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. […]
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The Life of St John Chrysostom
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 […]
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Holiness in the Family Home
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 […]
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Texts for Maronite History
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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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 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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Jacob of Sarug on Jacob at Bethel
Jacob of Sarug wrote a verse homily on Jacob the Patriarch’s Revelation at Bethel (trans. Dana Miller, Gorgias Press, 2020). This is based on Genesis 28:10-22: Now Jacob … came […]
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Non-Catholic Denominations, R.H. Benson, “Nonconformism”
Typically incisive, chapter 2 of Part II of Robert Hugh Benson’s Non-Catholic Denominations is titled “The Nonconformists: Nonconformity in General.” Now, the “Nonconformists” in English religion were those Protestants who […]
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