June 28 2008 Benedict XVI, Patriarch of the West, and Bartholemew I, Ecumencial Patriarch of Constantinople recited together the “Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed”. Πιστεύω είς ενα Θεόν, Πατέρα, παντοκράτορα, ποιητήν ουρανού καί γής, ορατών τε πάντων καί αοράτων. Καί είς ενα Κύριον, Ίησούν Χριστόν, τόν Υιόν του Θεού τόν μονογενή, τόν εκ του Πατρός γεννηθέντα πρό πάντων
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Jesus: The cold case by Bryan Bruce (Random House New Zealand Ltd 2101) 272pages $40 Warning: don’t read this book at the breakfast table. If you know anything about the subject at all you will be constantly in danger of either choking on your corn flakes or spraying them all over the table! As I
On Thursday June 3 is the feast of Corpus Christi. Many transfer this feast to Sunday June 6. Here is a reflection on the collect/opening prayer for Corpus Christi Corpus Christi is, of course, a feast day – a single day, hence it is not appropriate to use its collect for the days following, just
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Fr Tim Schenck has done rigorous research by getting ideas from all his facebook friends and combining these into the model sermon for Trinity Sunday. He notes, “that the key to good preaching on Trinity Sunday is linguistic sleight of hand. If you distract the congregation enough with props they won’t pay attention to the
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The Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore has been appointed as the new Dean of Auckland’s Holy Trinity Cathedral. She is currently Vicar of St Aidan’s Anglican Church in Remuera. The new Dean-elect intends to engage with Auckland City and the wider Diocese in what she describes as a critical time for the region, “As the super city
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I recently drove past a church which had the sign: “Two people can do anything – as long as one of them is God”. One interpretation would be a moral one: God is permitted to do absolutely anything God wants… God can do anything… and you are permitted to do absolutely anything you want if
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There are a number of versions of this online, this is the best quality one I found, I think. Here is another version. And another.
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