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The Desert Island Book of the Massachusetts Colony
The first book printed in North America was a copy of the psalms. Why?

The Gifts of the Magi
Epiphany was one week ago today. At that time, we looked at Sedulius’s treatment of the gifts of the Magi in his Paschale carmen.…

Bucer to Bullinger (7): On the Scholastics
In the last two posts, we looked at Bucer’s statements on the Wittenberg theologians in his 1535 letter to Bullinger and Leo Jud. Today…

Epiphany in America, 2022
*I’ve chosen this week to post in its entirety the Epiphany homily written by Rev. Alan R. Crippen II, rector of Holy Trinity Parish,…

“Tearful Faith’s Extended Hand”: A Fifth-Century Hymn (6)
Sedulius is back with three more verses. Today we have three more miracles (Q, R, S): the raising of Lazarus (John 11); the healing…