James Barr (1924-2006) was a major biblical scholar. A professor at Oxford University, he belonged to the Church of Scotland, although he was quite liberal, and was something of a […]
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The Season of the Resurrection
In the icon for Easter Sunday, we see the empty tomb in the middle left. It is presented as if it were a small house, topped with a red cross, […]
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Typology: The Temple and the World
We learn more and more as we remain before the mystery of typology, the mystery of how heaven is made present on earth through the divine pattern. One element which […]
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Our Arrival at the Port
On the night of Palm Sunday we Maronites celebrate a rite which we can call “Arriving (or Arrival) at the Port,” or “Reaching the Harbour,” or some combination of these. […]
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Hosanna Sunday
This Sunday is “Hosanna Sunday.” The name in Syriac comes from a verb meaning “to acclaim Hosanna!” That word then passes into Arabic as meaning not “palm,” but “palm branches.” The […]
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St John Chrysostom’s Letter to St Maroun
St John Chrysostom’s Letter to Maroun (Letter 36) St John Chrysostom (347-407), who was a priest in Antioch, and became Bishop of Constantinople, wrote a letter to a hermit named […]
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Why Did St Maroun Succeed?
Why did St Maroun succeed in his work of sanctification and evangelisation? I have already set out what Theodoret wrote about St Maroun. http://www.fryuhanna.com/2019/04/17/introducing-st-maroun/ Let us now examine that like […]
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St Joseph
St Joseph, the Foster Father of the Lord, is one of the greatest saints of the entire Church. He is a model of fatherhood, of manhood, and of the virtues […]
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Jesus, Jonah, and Typology (Second and Final Part)
Jesus and Jonah: The Second Point of Contact (Calming the Storm) Goppelt says of the story of how Jesus calmed the storm that: “The similarity in the descriptions of the […]
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Jesus, Jonah, and Typology (Part One)
“A typology is a belief that objects, events, persons, and institutions exist and occur in relationship to other corresponding objects, events, persons, and institutions. For earthly things, when considered antitypes, […]
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