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Publisher of medieval texts and Christian classics
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National identity is important, but when it becomes an idol, it leads to perdition. To the sixth-century Britons, the Saxons were nothing but barbarian invaders. Yet after being Christianised, the English would eventually go on to convert half the Continent in turn and produced.
Among other most wicked actions, not to be expressed, which their own historian, Gildas, mournfully takes notice of, they added this — that they never preached the faith to the Saxons, or English, who dwelt amongst them; -Bede, Eccl. History 1.22.
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For those interested, we did a whole thread on the Western Iconographic tradition:.
The 7th century Deesis from the Church of Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome depicting Christ flanked by the Virgin and John the Baptist. 📸 My own. #FrescoFriday #Rome
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RT @ByzantineLegacy: The 5th-century Acheiropoietos Church in the early 20th century.Images from Paul Jouve (1916).Plateforme Ouverte du Pa….
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RT @ScriptoriumP: The Christian Symbolism of Levirate Marriage. In the Old Testament, if a woman was widowed, it was the responsibility of….
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We should meditate on this until we fully understand its importance.
2 Peter 2:1.But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
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RT @chartres_Fiona: The Angel appearing to the shepherds is part of a larger 13thC Life of the Virgin cycle at St Clements, Ashampstead. Th….
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RT @ScriptoriumP: What are the sources of saints' lives?. The 7th-century author Theodore of Alexandria gives us some insight into the meth….
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