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A very interesting study of meditation and contemplation in the Christian tradition was published by my colleague Professor Garry W. Trompf, one of the world’s leading schoalrs of religion. This […]

Having discussed some basis Biblicist assumptions, http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/10/08/modern-biblicist-logic-raymond-brown-and-the-beloved-disciple/ let us consider Raymond E. Brown’s use of the theory of “The Community of the Beloved Disciple.” This came to the fore in […]

According to Fr Sfeir, the first hermit known to have lived in Lebanon was a saint known as Erasmus of Elmo. Sfeir states that Erasmus came from Formia, in Italy. […]

St John Chrysostom, Feast 13 November St John Chrysostom is one of the most important of all the many famous bishops from Antioch. He is celebrated in the Maronite Liturgy […]

Holiness in the Family Home The best way of life is a prayerful one, remembering God. When we rise in the morning, we pray, we prepare ourselves, and dedicate our day […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]