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These posts have to do with the school and school matters.
“As the northern kingdom fell fully into idolatry and remained more-or-less in a state of idolatry until its final destruction in 721BC, prophets like Elijah arrived in due course to protest and condemn the prevailing immorality.”
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“…the last half millenium of the history of the Hebrew people before the birth of Christ. It was during this period that the specific Jewish identity was fashioned and strengthened as the people fortified Jerusalem…”
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“I do so love that Christ uses the same language here in his fearsome aspect that he used in the Gospels, when He also terrified men like John by walking over the water to them on a stormy sea.”
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“…the crucial point of his teaching was that everyone, not just monks and nuns, everyone is called to holiness.”
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“…the authority of Son of God… is an authority that cannot be rejected for it has replaced the authority of the Hebrew priesthood, abrogating it and restoring a more ancient system…”
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“While most Catholics call Anthony the patron Saint of lost articles (possibly because of his photographic memory), they do not always know that he was a formidable intellect…”
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“…the constant theme of the Acts of the Apostles, which is the theme of the Gospels: that the time of the Messiah had arrived and so the gates of Israel had been thrown open at last, and the promises of old had been made available to the Gentiles. The Apostles had to learn this, then they had to legislate for the Gentile Christians.”
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“…the story of his being so very still in prayer as to allow a bird to nest in one of his hands and even lay an egg in the nest.”
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“…the best thing about all of Tolkien’s work, as the video says, is not the vivid worlds and interesting characters that he created, but rather the depth of human experience that he injected into them…”
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“One of the reasons I like Ecclesiasticus so very much is that it is practically Christian. Having been written not long before the time of Christ, it obviously influenced the Apostles and other early Christians…”
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