by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon When, at the Council of Nicaea, the Church formally determined that Pascha should always be observed on a Sunday, that determination necesarily affected the final day of Pentecost. Thus, beginning and ending on a Sunday, the whole fifty days of Pentecost began to take … [Read more...]
Two Criminals
by St. Augustine of Hippo Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved - do not despair. One was not - do not presume. … [Read more...]
Discerning The Biblical Canon
by St. Augustine of Hippo The most skillful interpreter of the sacred writings, then, will be he who in the first place has read them all and retained them in his knowledge, if not yet with full understanding, still with such knowledge as reading gives, — those of them, at least, that are … [Read more...]
