Revelation – Episode 17 and Ninth Sunday After Trinity

Episode Seventeen in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation was uploaded earlier this week and can now be viewed on the AIC’s You Tube channel and linked from the Bible Study page at the AIC web site:  www.AnglicanInternetChurch.net.  The topic is Revelation, Chapter 12, the Woman, the Child and the Dragon.  It is loaded with three illustrations from the Bamberg Apocalypse as well as icons from the 6th though the 18th Centuries, a painting from the early 19th C., a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia, and a picture of a gold and enamel figure from the Basilica of St. Mark, Venice (9th Century).   Watch Episode 17 Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 17 and Ninth Sunday After Trinity”

Revelation – Episode 16

John With Little Book and Rod, Folio 26, Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany
John With Little Book and Rod, Folio 26, Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany

Episode 16 in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation was uploaded to our You Tube channel yesterday.  The focus of this episode is Chapter 11, The Two Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet.  In order to include all the verses in a single episode, this one runs longer than the usual AIC Bible Study series guideline, with a 33 minute running time. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 16”

Revelation – Episode Fifteen and Seventh Sunday After Trinity

The War on Christianity continues, with imperial edicts promoting transsexuals in the military, fines for opposing gay marriage, gag orders against expressing Christian doctrine, and, yesterday, murders in the American heartland.   I do not think there has ever been a more concerted, disciplined assault on Christianity in the United States.  I fear more is coming.  Your only defense is the practice of Christian Spirituality, which they cannot take from you.  More on that in a later post.

John Receives the Little Book, Bamberg Apocalypse (1000-1020 A.D.), Bamberg State Library, Germany.
John Receives the Little Book, Bamberg Apocalypse (1000-1020 A.D.), Bamberg State Library, Germany.

Revelation – Episode Fifteen, focused on Chapter 10, the Mighty Angel and the Little Book, is now available on our You Tube channel and our Podcast channel. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode Fifteen and Seventh Sunday After Trinity”

Revelation – Episode 14 and Sixth Sunday After Trinity

Detail from the Fifth Trumpet illustration from the illuminated manuscript, The Bamberg Apocalypse (1000-1020 A.D.), Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany.
Detail from the Fifth Trumpet illustration from the illuminated manuscript, The Bamberg Apocalypse (1000-1020 A.D.), Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany.

Yesterday evening I uploaded Episode Fourteen in the New Testament: An Idealist Interpretation series of Bible Study videos on our You Tube channel.  In this episode the focus is Chapter 9, the account of the Fifth and Sixth Trumpets.  The video includes illustrations of both events from the 11th C. manuscript, The Bamberg Apocalypse.  A key phrase is the Bottomless Pit (Abyss), Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 14 and Sixth Sunday After Trinity”

Revelation – Episode 13 and Fifth Sunday After Trinity

Episode Thirteen in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation has been uploaded to the AIC You Tube channel and is available through a link on the Bible Study page at the AIC web site.   The focus of Episode Thirteen is Chapter 8, St. John’s account of the first four trumpets, illustrated with several new pictures from the Bamberg Apocalypse.   Watch Episode 13 Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 13 and Fifth Sunday After Trinity”