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  1. Vouthon

    New Papyrus With Early Sayings of Jesus is earlier than any New Testament manuscript...with material from the Gospel of Thomas

    This tiny fragment of Greek text titled P.Oxy 5575 from the latest volume of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri made waves late last year in early Christian scholarship. Dated by papyrological experts to the second century, it potentially revolutionizes our understanding of the textual transmission of the...
  2. Vouthon

    A day after the pope’s announcement that Catholic priests may bless same-sex couples, one New York couple receives theirs.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/catholic-gay-blessing-pope-francis.html As a Jesuit priest for more than two decades, the Rev. James Martin has bestowed thousands of blessings — on rosary beads, on babies, on homes, boats, and meals, on statues of saints, on the sick, on brides and on...
  3. Vouthon

    The Love Life of Jesus

    Do you think that Jesus was a celibate man or perhaps had a love life? How (if you are a Christian) would your answer to this question influence (or as the case may be not influence) your understanding of Christology? An assumption is often made by many Christians that Jesus refrained from...
  4. Vouthon

    Pope and Protestant leaders denounce anti-gay laws

    A milestone ecumenical moment for the Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian traditions, and the cause uniting them could not be more important or timely. Let's pray that their common witness, united front and words resound throughout South Sudan, the African continent, and the wider world...
  5. Vouthon

    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Blasts Russia Church’s ‘Pan-Slavism’

    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Blasts Russia Church's 'Pan-Slavism' Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew blasted what he called the “pan-Slavism” of the Russian Church under the leadership of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in a wide-ranging speech last week in Abu Dhabi. Speaking at the “World...
  6. Vouthon

    'Transgender' lives in medieval Christendom

    In book 10 chapter 15 of his sixth century Historia Francorum (History of the Franks) - which chronicles the emergence of the Merovingian kingdom of Francia from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire - St. Gregory of Tours narrates his first-hand account of a rebellion staged by two Frankish...
  7. Vouthon

    Will empire return?

    The historian John Darwin claims that empire is the default mode of politics in the history of the world. China, for example, was ruled by various imperial dynasties (after coming together as a polity in the aftermarth of the Warring States period in 221 BCE) for over 2,000 years, before it...
  8. Vouthon

    Trinity: Divine Mind Knowing and Loving Itself

    In the fifth century CE, the Latin theologian St. Augustine of Hippo wrote a book on the Christian doctrine of God as Triune Being called De Trinitate: "The Image of the Trinity in the Mind of Man Who Knows Himself and Loves Himself. The Mind Knows Itself Through Itself. For the mind cannot...
  9. Vouthon

    Pro-life is not just opposing abortion, Vatican says after U.S. ruling

    Pro-life is not just opposing abortion, Vatican says after U.S. ruling | Reuters June 25 (Reuters) - Anti-abortion activists should be concerned with other issues that can threaten life, such as easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternity mortality rates, the Vatican's editorial director...
  10. Vouthon

    Happy New Year & Merry Eighth Day of Christmas (Feast of Circumcision of Jesus, Solemnity of Mary)

    :sparkles: Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!!! :sparkles: "And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, his name was called Jesus, the name called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb " (Luke 2:21) The Carol On the eighth day of Christmas My true...
  11. Vouthon

    Merry Sixth Day of Christmas

    :glowingstar: Merry Christmas!!! :glowingstar: The Carol: On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Six geese a laying, five gold rings Four calling birds, three French hens Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree Today is the 6th feasting day of the Octave* of...
  12. Vouthon

    Merry Fifth Day of Christmas (Feast of Saint Thomas Becket)

    :glowingstar: Merry Christmas!!! :glowingstar: The Carol: On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Five Gold Rings Four Calling Birds Three French Hens Two Turtle Doves, and A Partridge in a Pear tree Today is the 5th feasting day of the Octave* of Christmas and the Feast...
  13. Vouthon

    Merry Fourth Day of Christmas (Feast of the Holy Innocents, Childermas)

    :glowingstar: Merry Christmas!!! :glowingstar: The Carol: On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Four calling birds Three french hens Two turtle doves, and A partridge in a pear tree Today is the 4th celebratory day of the Octave* of Christmas and the Feast of the Holy...
  14. Vouthon

    Merry Third Day of Christmas (Feast of St. John the Apostle)

    :christmastree: Merry Christmas!!! :christmastree: On the third day of Christmas My true love gave to me Three French hens, Two turtle doves And a partridge in a pear tree. Today is the 3rd celebratory day of the Octave* of Christmas and the Feast of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist...
  15. Vouthon

    Merry Second Day of Christmas (St. Stephen's Day, Boxing day in the UK)

    Wishing my fellow Christians a very merry second day of Christmas and Happy St. Stephen's Day!! :glomp: (And to fellow Brits, a happy Boxing day an'all!) To the rest of y'all, including the secular celebrants, I hope everyone is relaxing and gorging upon delicious festive leftovers before...
  16. Vouthon

    Pope Francis: Don’t Sweat Over ‘Sins of the Flesh’

    Don’t sweat about sins of flesh, says Pope Francis | News | The Times Catholics who believe they need to abstain from sex outside marriage or face the fires of hell have been told by Pope Francis it is time to relax and instead worry about more serious sins. In a candid conversation with...
  17. Vouthon

    Muhammad: Paraclete and Spirit of Truth in John's Gospel?

    In another thread, which is still trending on RF but directed solely to Muslim posters, the question was posed as to whether the 'Advocate' and 'Spirit of Truth' in the Gospel of John could refer to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. This interpretation appears to have been argued expressly, for the...
  18. Vouthon

    Pelosi references Epiphany and St. Francis as House confirms Biden win

    Pelosi references Epiphany and St. Francis as House confirms Biden win - Catholic Review Pelosi references Epiphany and St. Francis as House confirms Biden win WASHINGTON (CNS) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referenced the Epiphany, St. Francis of Assisi, and also uttered a prayer as the House...
  19. Vouthon

    Happy Twelfth Night and Feast of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day)

    For the last time, I wish fellow Christians on RF a "Merry Christmas!" :glomp::heart::sparkles: "The Lord and ruler is coming; kingship is his, and government and power." With these words, the Church proclaims that today's feast brings to a perfect fulfillment all the purposes of Advent...
  20. Vouthon

    Official plane used by Trump will fly to Scotland just before Biden inauguration – report

    For the love of...... he could be flying to Scotland!!!???? :fearscream: Why the heck do we need to get him? :facepalm: So our American friends get rid of him from the White House only for him to be palmed off to us! We're suffering enough already as it is from the new covid strain, a fresh...
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