ROMAN CHRISTENDOM

“There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled. And Joseph went up from Galilee to be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.” (Luke 2:1-5) +++ "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's..." (Matt 22:21) +++ “Honour all men. Love the brethren. Fear God. Honour the Emperor [Caesar].” (1 Pet 2:17) +++ “Then Paul said: I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged….I appeal to Caesar.” (Acts 25:10-11)

Sunday, 27 September 2009

The fast of the seventh month: Ember days and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement

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This evening starts the day of atonement of the Jews, Yom Kippur . This year, 2009, it virtually coincides with the Ember Days of September ...
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Thursday, 24 September 2009

The sacred and the secular: the perfection of God's plan

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A lengthy, slightly frustrating but ultimately useful discussion with a correspondent leads me to a few further random thoughts on the relat...
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Saturday, 19 September 2009

Jews and Christians: the untold story

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A harmless but misguided individual calling himself "Anders" has written to this site surreptitiously seeking to get me to adverti...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009

The Lay vocation: clergy and religious are NOT the same thing

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This portrait of The Holy Family by Claudio Coello, the 17th century Portuguese painter of the Spanish School of Madrid, tells us what we n...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 2nd anniversary of Summorum Pontificum

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CRUX fidelis, inter omnes, arbor una nobilis; Nulla talem silva profert, Flore, fronde, germine. Dulce lignum, dulci clavos, dulce pondus su...
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Thursday, 3 September 2009

Latin and the vernacular

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The primacy of Latin does not, of course, exclude appropriate use of the vernacular. One of my favourite pieces of music is the wonderful pi...
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"Heralding the dawn of the Gospel": the sacredness of Latin taught by Blessed Pope John XXIII

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Veterum Sapientia An Apostolic Constitution of His Holiness John XXIII On the Promotion of the Study of Latin 22 February 1962 Blessed Pope ...
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Western culture is, above all else, Roman - and Christian Roman at that. This is so because it has been shaped and defined by Roman Catholicism, ruled by a Roman Emperor, guided by a Roman Pontiff and blessed by Roman rites in a Roman language. Even its enemies have been forced to recognise this. Our laws, our science, our culture, our art, our music, our literature, our parliaments, our scholarship, our primary institutions all derive from this Roman and Christian heritage. The oldest rite of worship in the Christian Church is the classical, Roman rite, deriving, as it does, from the ancient Jewish Temple worship, perfected under Roman rule. It is theologically unsurpassed. It is a timeless love song to the Creator of all things. In a curious "trahison des clercs", many today, even amongst the clergy, have forgotten this and so have become disconnected from their spiritual and cultural roots. It is perhaps time to recall and re-capture our traditions and to re-connect with them in a modern setting.
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