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blogs.ancientfaith.com
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| | | | | A friend of mine likes to say that no nation or people is truly a Christian nation or people until it has a nationally-venerated icon or shrine of the Theotokos. This is not a doctrine of the Church, of course, but it is a cultural observation that rings true in a certain way. There is something about how a Christian society works that almost inevitably results in having a veneration for the Lord's mother at the center. | |
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justanotherjim.wordpress.com
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| | | | | September 1 is the start of the ecclesiastical year in the Orthodox Church. The liturgical event is Sep 8 (this coming Tuesday), the celebration of the birth of Mary, Jesus' mother. Even though I've been Orthodox for many years, I still approach the Orthodox liturgical year with wonder at the logic of how it works... | |
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veritasdomain.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Since its almost Christmas, I thought I share this poem ... The Story Of The Birth Of Jesus Once a cold night in December, Began a story we all remember, With angels singing praise, And nearby Shepherds daze. That night in a lonely manger, Could not have been lonelier, For a young pregnant virgin, With... | |
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historyforatheists.com
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| | | Alec Ryrie, Unbelievers - An Emotional History of Doubt (William Collins, 2019) 262 pp. We unbelievers are often mentioned in passing in histories of religion, but there are only a few works of history that focus on those of us who reject religion or who never held religious beliefs at all. This one is by a scholar who is a Christian, but one who strives to give a balanced and nuanced view of how various modern Western strains of unbelief... Read More Read More | ||
