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If youโve enjoyed The Chosen on Netflix, donโt miss Jonathan Roumie in another role of a religious leader. Itโs 1968, Southern California. The hippie movement is at its height, together with the anti-war movement, second-wave feminism, and the sexual revolution. The world is in turmoil, and a small, conservative evangelical church community in Costa Mesa …
In this post I will present the latest addition to my Latin library, which is a single-volume edition of the 1962 Diurnale Romanum breviary. The post can be read as an addendum to โLearn Latin using contemporary resourcesโ or as a sample review related to โLetโs talk about books and literatureโ article found elsewhere on …
At the very beginning of this yearโs Lenten season, weโre going to read a short poem by Christina Rossetti (1830โ1894), the celebrated English poet and writer of devotional literature. Her two-part poem โAsh Wednesdayโ brings into focus the meaning of this important day in the church calendar. The poem is simple, but it's not exactly …
John Henry Newman was one of the intellectual giants of the Victorian era. Born in London in 1801, he led a long life filled with intellectual curiosity and deep concern with matters of faith. Originally an Anglican priest and theologian based in Oxford, he famously converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845, continuing his ministry as a …
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