Some more thoughts on Martyrdom

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Superchristological and Homoousiosis

Found this on this website. Love the song but pretty dubious about the mariology on the same page.
To the tune of “Supercalafragalisticexpialadocius”
…Um diddle diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle diddle um diddle ay
Superchristological and Homoousiosis
Even though the sound of them is something quite atrocious
You can always count on them to anathemize your Gnosis
Superchristological and Homoousiosis
Um [...]

St Cyril of Jerusalem on Penal Substitution

Cracking quote!!!
“For we were enemies of God through sin, and God had appointed the sinner to die. There must needs therefore have happened one of two things; either that God, in His truth, should destroy all men, or that in His loving-kindness He should cancel the sentence. But behold the wisdom of God; He preserved [...]

Who’s the Daddy?

Just about to head out and celebrate Tenebrae, but before dusk falls…

You’re St. Justin Martyr!
You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think that nature, history, and even the pagan philosophers were often guided by God in preparation for the Advent of the Christ. You find “seeds of the Word” in unexpected [...]

Daddy Cool

Some nice stuff on Patristics from the Way of the Fathers:
The Fathers of the Church are a select group of early Christian teachers, usually numbered around a hundred. The Church has long revered them and given them a privileged place of doctrinal authority. The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists the Fathers among its “principal [...]

More 1st November Wisdom

This time via the Pontificator:
How can we explain our zeal in attending this solemn gathering today, beloved, if not by the fact that our brothers and sisters who have been called away from us to Christ have summoned us all here? Gladly then let us come to Christ with songs of praise, for our departed [...]

All Saints Day

The Way of the Fathers writes:
In his standard work on Early Christian Doctrines, J.N.D. Kelly notes how the earliest Christians reverently preserved the relics of the martyrs and every year celebrated their “birthdays” (into heaven, that is). Origen and Cyprian attest to the custom of seeking the intercession of the saints. [...]

Reclusive

Gotta love this response by Mike Aquilina to a meme:
If you were invited to a Halloween/ All Saints Day Costume Party, which saint would you dress up as and why? (The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, is not an option.)
Well, since the BVM is out, I guess I’d choose Anthony [...]

Golden Mouth the Dropout

Yesterday reading the Way of the Fathers there was a lovely little biography of St John Chrysostom, known to his mates at “Golden Mouth”. In particular I took delight in this little paragraph:
He decided, however, that he was interested in contemplation more than career, and so he stepped out of track for clerical orders [...]