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Knowing the Past is a Great Thing: Thanks, Venerable Bede!

May 27, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

If you forget the past you are not really doomed to repeat it. However, remembering the right things from past can help you find wisdom, live in gratitude, and avoid certain things that would make you look like a doofus. One English monk who knew this, and helped the church remember its past for centuries after his death was “The Venerable […]

Filed Under: Saints, Theology, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bede, Patron Saint of Historians, St. Bede, Venerable Bede

Vocabulary Lesson: “Easter,” “Pascha”

April 22, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Why, you may ask, do Christians call the Sunday Jesus rose from the dead “Easter”? Good question. Apparently Christians are capable of getting their knickers in a knot about this: the word itself derives from an old English word, “Eostre,” which is the name of a pre-Christian deity. What? Were those rascally medievals trying to […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Saints, Theology, Vocabulary Tagged With: Church year, Easter, Pascha, resurrection, Venerable Bede

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