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Aug 22 2012

defining God as indefinable

The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) defined God as “eternal and immeasurable, almighty, unchangeable, incomprehensible and ineffable“. [Reinforced by the First Vatican Council] in·ef·fa·ble [in-ef-uh-buhl] adjective 1. incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible. 2. not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable. in·com·pre·hen·si·ble [in-kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl] adjective 1. impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.

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Aug 21 2012

A Mass by any other name 4

By Bosco Peters / 7 Comments

Divine Liturgy (Greek: θεία λειτουργία, Georgian: საღმრთო ლიტურგია, Bulgarian: Божествена литургия, Russian: Божественная литургия, Armenian: պատարակ, Serbian: Света Литургија, Romanian: Sfânta Liturghie) is the common term for the for the Christian service with bread and wine in the Byzantine tradition. It is used in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. Armenian Christians, both of

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Aug 20 2012

Olympics Anglicana

By Bosco Peters / 14 Comments

Breaking news: The Olympic Organising Committee has waited until the 2012 Olympics were concluded to announce that for future olympics they want to do something different. Because of the particular approach and expertise of my church in liturgy, the Anglican Church of Or has been contracted to run future olympics. The contract will last for

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Aug 18 2012

Sabbath Torah reading 30 Av 5772

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The Torah reading in the synagogue this Sabbath is Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Rosh Chodesh is two days – today and tomorrow, beginning the month of Elul (אֱלוּל). If you count from Tishri, then that is the last month of the year. Rosh Chodesh Elul is the beginning of a forty day “Season of Teshuvah” that culminates

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Aug 17 2012

The Guru’s cat

By Bosco Peters / 9 Comments

The story of the Guru’s cat is worth repeating: When the guru sat down to worship each evening, the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered that the cat be tied during evening worship. After the guru died the cat continued to be tied during evening worship. And

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Aug 16 2012

Why common prayer 1?

By Bosco Peters / 11 Comments

It was inevitable, as I hinted, that my post on chaos about liturgy rules and agreements would result in questioning why have these agreements at all? Why have common prayer? And in one version of the question: can’t we have some flexibility in liturgy? Let’s deal with the flexibility question first. It’s a straw man.

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Aug 15 2012

Loving God

By Bosco Peters / 22 Comments

Let us pray (in silence) [that we may love God in all things and above all things] pause God, you have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, and which surpass our understanding; pour into our hearts such longing for you, that we, loving you in all things and

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Aug 14 2012

concert or common prayer?

By Bosco Peters / 12 Comments

Yes, you can find God at a concert. God is present there. Yes, God is with those who do not claim faith in God, do not entrust themselves to God. God can work through atheists. And agnostics.…. I was recently at a service of Choral Evensong. The acoustics were such that I could not pick

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