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God bless the old Irish (again)
This paper Hearts And Minds Aflame For Christ: Irish Monks—A Model For Making All Things New in the 21st Century by Daryl McCarthy at the C.S. Lewis Foundation’s site is magnificent. A wonderfully strong and encouraging vision — long term, … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, Charlemagne, columban, dark ages, education, evangelism, gall, holiness, irish, language, learning, merovingian, monks, patrick, reformation
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Jan Hus: Truth Prevails
Continuing our “honouring the fathers” we watched the Jan Hus: Truth Prevails documentary. While informative this was not great, somehow it wasn’t encouraging in the manner of the Wycliffe story. It was bracketed by the Roman Catholic Church launching of … Continue reading
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Tagged honouring the fathers, jan hus, reformation, roman catholic, stassi
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The Morning Star of the Refomation
In our desire to “honour the fathers” and flowing out of a desire to understand some of the reformation better I had ordered some DVDs. The first was John Wycliffe who is known as the Morning Star of the Reformation. … Continue reading
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Tagged honouring the fathers, john wycliffe, lollards, reformation
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The pen of the old goose of Bohemia
I read this wonderful anecdote on Reformation Sunday (with a disclaimer since I struggled to find the reference to the source at the time), which sadly appears to be fiction: We step a moment out of the domain of history, … Continue reading
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Tagged dream, false, fiction, frederick elector, john huss, martin luther, reformation, spalatin
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