A former occultist: “Now this is how someone would sneak in occult symbolism.This thing is basically the precise layout for the invocation of the spirits corresponding to the classical elements as a prelude to witchcraft.” https://t.co/CHAN8Lv0aC — Beverly De Soto (@Editorregina) Decembe...
While Israel would have sung the song in expectation of Christ’s first coming, the church now sings the song to commemorate the first coming and expects the second coming in the future. Advent Liturgical Traditions and Celebrations To balance the two elements of remembrance and anticipation, the...
Chapter 2 - This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Zion, the Royal City of God - In days to come, The mountain of the
Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi. Loosely translated: “The norm of prayer governs the norm of belief; the norm of belief governs the norm of living.” Many priests nowadays (including myself) are asking, “What if there’s deficientlexin theorandi? Won’t that diminish thecredendiand...
A fascinating, first-rate discussion. There are really two subjects being kicked around here, discrete but related. One is the nature of the interaction between Christian and non-Christian elements of the West, and of Christianity itself. The other is liberal Christianity. ...
POINT: We know what to do and have come close to understanding much of nature in the last 200 years. In particular the last 20 years when most of the pseudo science of the Agenda 21 movement has been proven false by observation, especially the claims of IPCC politicians that are denied ...
and that evils are often corrective devices. However, the problem of evil that most concerns Saadia is that of the suffering of the righteous and the prosperity of the wicked. Not only is this unjust. According to Saadiah, it challenges the very idea of reward and punishment. His general re...
This danger was the greater from the absence of any deeper spiritual elements. All that Israel needed: study of the Law and good works,' lay within the reach of every one; and all that Israel hoped for, was national restoration and glory. Everything else was but means to these ends; ...
(such as beer). It is precisely by withdrawing from the world that the monks have the proper perspective to influence culture and to become a model for it. The monastery is meant to be as self-sufficient as possible, which witnesses to the need to return to the basic elements of culture...
These semi-circular arches and arcades are all different in their physiognomy and, more impor-tantly for the purposes of this chapter; some are monumental, constructive archeswhile others are purely decorative elements. The obvious question is, then: why isthis exact motif ubiquitous?In the ...