The Study of Texts for Maronite History Several times in my researches, I have come across a very interesting fact: the resources available to the student of Maronite history are […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Propers of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
The 24th Sunday after Pentecost Introit: (Jeremiah 29:11, 12, and 14) Thus says the Lord: “I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: you shall call upon Me, and […]
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Stephen Bullivant, “Mass Exodus”
Stephen Bullivant, Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019 This valuable book examines why a lot of Catholics have abandoned their […]
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Benson on the Methodists
In chapter 5 of Part 2, Monsignor Benson deals with the Methodists. He notes that John Wesley (1703-1791) had not originally intended that those who followed his preaching and practices […]
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
The 22nd Sunday of Pentecost Introit: (Ps 129:3-4) Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit? quia apud te propitiatio est, Deus Israel. (Ps 129:1) De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine […]
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Should we always go back to the Earliest Liturgy? The Case of the Didache
In last week’s post, http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/10/15/the-divine-liturgy-in-history-part-1/ I mentioned how the early Eucharistic liturgies were not fixed: the celebrant would produce most of the prayers as he went along, speaking from […]
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The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Introit (Esther 13: 9, 10, 11) All things are in Thy will, O Lord, and there is none that can resist Thy will: for Thou hast made all things, heaven […]
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The Divine Liturgy in History
It is fairly certain that the liturgy first celebrated in Antioch was conducted in the Greek language. Charbel Abdallah is of the view that Syriac began to become prominent in […]
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Benson on the Baptists
The Baptists are the subject of the next section in Benson’s book, Noncatholic Denominations. He notes that they developed from a people called the “Anabaptists,” who go back to the […]
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Modern Biblicist Logic, Raymond Brown and the Beloved Disciple
Topic 1: A First Example of Modern Biblicist Logic, Raymond Brown and the Beloved Disciple Why is historical method important? Consider this: the late priest and Professor Raymond E. Brown was […]
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