Today is the 525th anniversary of Philip Melanchthon's birth in 1497. Here's a poem to celebrate. The poem, a tribute to Melanchthon after his death--that is, his heavenly birthday--is by Theodore Beza and comes from his Icones, a set of tributes to Reformers from...
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“With Noiseless Footstep Coming Down”: Another Greek Christian Epigram
It's Monday, and we're back with another poem from Book 1 of the Greek Anthology. This week's poem, Greek Anthology 1.37, is a two line epigram consisting of a single elegiac couplet on the birth of Christ. (A little out of season, perhaps; but, then again, the...
Bucer to Bullinger (10): On the Gauls
Starting a new section today in Bucer's 1535 letter to Bullinger, on that perennially vexed question of Franco-German relations. Bucer on the Gauls Concerning our response to the Gauls: For me, in Christ there is neither Gaul nor German, and it is not permitted to...
“O Fellow-Throned”: A Greek Poem-Prayer to Christ
It's been a little while since I translated a poem from the first book of the Greek Anthology. So here's another one--a hymn of praise and prayer to Christ. First is the Greek text as found in the Loeb (volume 67), followed by the Loeb translation (in prose) by W.R....
Bucer to Bullinger (9): On a Council
Below is the rest of the section on the possibility of a council from Martin Bucer's 1535 letter to Bullinger and Leo Jud. The new material begins with "If the Lord has accomplished such things...". Bucer on a Council Concerning a council: A long time ago, under the...