This week I have been reviewing files and updating some content. In doing so I noticed a few oversights, including the absence of a post for Trinity 23, which will not appear not the calendar in A.D. 2025. I will try to remedy the absence with a new post later in the year. For this week, I refer readers/viewers to the Fr. Ron’s Blog post for Trinity 17 which was produced for September 20th, A.D. 2024. It featured an exceptionally fine 12th C. illumination of the Holy Spirit whispering into the ear of Gregory the Great.
This week I start a new series of posts highlighting the content of the AIC Bookstore. There are more than two dozen volumes covering a wide range of topics, from volumes on each of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Revelation plus special volumes on the Easter and Christmas seasons. Today’s focus is a topical volume which has its origins in my earliest homilies at St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church (now closed) in Richmond, VA. Layman’s Lexicon: a Handbook of Scriptural, Theological & Liturgical Terms, came about out my own frustration in remembering the answers to frequently-asked questions from parishioners and website visitors. I started writing them down, putting them down in file folders with appropriate sources/definitions, etc. My wife Corkie used the entries to create a new graphic for the background of the cover. She created the Holy Spirit graphic based on a sanctuary mural at St. Joseph’s Villa Chapel, Richmond, VA, where the parish met. The volume includes nearly 350 words or phrases ranging from Abba, an Aramaic affectionate word meaning father, to Zoe, the Septuagint Greek word for the name of Eve. All entries in the book are crossed referenced to similar or related topics in the book. In the electronic version of the book cross references are operable internal links.
Some entries, such as Abba includes only 17 lines, while the Hades entry covers nearly four pages. For each entry there are, where appropriate, Scriptural cross-references, notations on where the word or phrase appears in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, which helps readers understand more about Anglican liturgical worship. Entries are not encyclopedic in scope but are intended to point a reader to sources for more elaborate definitions and also where interesting images are available. Layman’s Lexicon is a very handy quick-reference resource for any clergyman but also anyone seeking broader knowledge of the origins of Christian worship and belief.
The book, and all our publications, are summarized on the AIC Bookstore page. Each is printed on demand and available only through my Amazon Author Central page. At the back of the book is a summary description of each of the books available.
As always, thank you for your interest and support. Glory be to God for all things! Amen!
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