Nielsen’s Nook

I came across an interesting entry in The Anglican Tradition: a Handbook of Sources edited by G. R. Evans that caught my eye this morning while I was reading. A little water is customarily added to the wine during the consecration of the elements (BCP, 404). But why? How has this come to us and what is it attempting to ...

Translation2 For the fire (which made the appearance of a vaulted ceiling, [1] like a ship's sail being filled by wind) completely enclosed [2] the body of the martyr. It was there in the midst of the flames, not as burning flesh, [3] but as gold and silver being smelted in a furnace. For we also noticed such a fragrance ...

View Previous Part: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4The Saintâ??s Place in ChristIn the Russian Context, На Ð Ñ?сском ...

View Previous Part: Part 1 | Part 2Christ as Fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant 2 Samuel 7:14 (NRSV)14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him with a rod such as mortals use, with blows inflicted by human beings. Revelation 21:7 (Writer’s)7The one who is overcomes will inherit ...

View Previous Part: Part 1 Fount of Living Water18 Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I have answered you, on a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages; 9 saying to the prisoners, “Come out,” to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.” They shall feed ...