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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
: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...
: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...
: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...
: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...
: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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...