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Maronite Meditation 73 Today we shall begin to examine the evidence around the authorship of the Gospel of St John. It is a huge topic, but we shall take one […]

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We are continuing with our theme of examining the assertions of academics working in Biblical Studies, and asking the basic question: how do we discern what is reliable in their […]

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The tradition of the Church has, for some time and in many places, been to celebrate the Sunday immediately after Easter Sunday as “Thomas Sunday,” on which the Sunday’s Gospel […]

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Maronite Meditation 71 Reading the Bible Welcome to the first of our Maronite meditations on reading Scripture. We are going to commence by clearing the ground. We will look at […]

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In chapter 2, Goodacre shows how, contrary to what is usually said, passages from St John’s Gospel can be set alongside parallel passages from the Synoptics, such as the sundering […]

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Goodacre, Mark (2025) The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids This stimulating book has arrived just as I have been working […]

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I have already written two posts on Hosanna Sunday (see below). I would especially draw your attention to the Syriac-based meditation, as that is fairly unique – at least in […]

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When Did St Joseph Die? I have already written a post about Saint Joseph. https://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/03/17/st-joseph/ However, I wish now to speak a little bit more speculatively in a way which […]

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n addition, St John Chrysostom (347-407), wrote a letter to a hermit named Maroun, and asked him for his prayers, as St John was then suffering in exile. It is […]

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