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October 2015

running

God Help Us Run

On Sunday, it is the feast of All Saints, and the collect will be of that feast day. Many people use the Sunday collect on weekdays following. All Saints is a day – not a celebration for a week. Hence, on weekdays next week, one would use the collect for the Sunday which All Saints

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St Gregory of Nyssa

Omnium Circumstantium

Stand around the Altar in a Circle Lost in translation, in the Roman Canon (used century upon century upon century and now RC Eucharistic Prayer 1), is that we all stand around the altar. The Roman Canon has: …Memento, Domine, famulorum famularumque tuarum N. et N. et omnium circumstantium, quorum tibi fides cognita est et

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Open Bible

Beliefs Bias Bible Translation

Unlocked Literal Bible Translation Anyone who knows two languages well realises that translation from one language to another is fraught with problems. Most people who read the Bible do so in translation, and most who read it place great weight on it – treating it as God’s Word. So translating the Bible is a task

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Tradition

Tradition

Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering where we are and when we are and that it is we who have to decide. Traditionalism supposes that nothing should ever be done for the first time, so all

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Videos of Note

Shira Choir sings Psalm 121 at Bar Mitzvah Researchers Pull Solar Power From Transparent… by Mashable In the comments – do you have other videos to share? If you appreciated this post, consider liking the liturgy facebook page, using the RSS feed, and/or signing up for a not-very-often email, …

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