Tenth Sunday After Trinity

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My Podcast Homily for the Tenth Sunday After Trinity is now available using the link below or the link on the Podcast Homilies page at http://www.AnglicanInternetChurch.net     Listen to the Podcast

Destruction of Jerusalem, oil on canvas by David Roberts, c. 1850
Destruction of Jerusalem, oil on canvas by David Roberts, c. 1850

This week’s Scripture readings are 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, St. Paul’s discourse on the Gifts of the Spirit, and Luke 19:41-47a, Jesus’ prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem (see illustration at left) and St. Luke’s abbreviated account of the cleansing of the Temple. Continue reading “Tenth Sunday After Trinity” →

Revelation – Episode 17 and Ninth Sunday After Trinity

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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” →

Revelation – Episode 12 and Fourth Sunday After Trinity

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Four Angels Hold Back the Four Winds of the Four Corners, The Bamburg Apocalypse, 1000-1020 A.D., Bamburg State Library. Public domain.
Four Angels Hold Back the Four Winds of the Four Corners of the Earth, from Folio 17, The Bamberg Apocalypse, 1000-1020 A.D., Bamberg State Library. Public domain.

Episode Twelve, the newest episode in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation was uploaded to our You Tube channel this morning.  It’s loaded with illustrations from The Bamberg Apocalypse, an illuminated manuscript made between 1000 and 1020 A.D. at the Scriptorium at Reichenau, Germany, under authorization by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 12 and Fourth Sunday After Trinity” →

Revelation – Episode 11 and Third Sunday After Trinity

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Episode 11 in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation includes my first use of illustrations from the 11th through the 19th centuries depicting scenes from Revelation  The focus in this episode is Chapter 6, St. John’s account of the opening of the

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Russian artist Victor Vasnetsov, 1887.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Russian artist Victor Vasnetsov, 1887.

first six of the seven seals, including St. John’s vision of the Four Horses of the Apocalypse, the fate of the souls and martyrs “under the altar” and the great cataclysm of earthquake, sun darkening, and the moon and stars falling.   Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 11 and Third Sunday After Trinity” →

First Sunday After Trinity and Revelation – Episode 10

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It was exciting and very satisfying yesterday to have completed and uploaded both a Podcast Homily for First Sunday After Trinity and Episode 10 in Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation.

The Podcast Homily for First Sunday After Trinity is focused primarily on the Gospel reading from Luke 16:19-31, the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.   Continue reading “First Sunday After Trinity and Revelation – Episode 10” →

Trinity Sunday and New Testament – Episode 45

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There have been moments when I did not think I would ever be able to complete the New Testament: Gospels and Epistles series, but it is now finished.  Episode Forty-five completes the study with the final four of five Unique Events in the Gospel of St. John:  Restoration of the Adulterous Woman; Foot Washing; Scriptural Warrant for the Sacrament of Confession/Penance; and Jesus’ post-Resurrection Breakfast by the sea with the eleven Disciples.  Illustrations for the episode include work by Gustav Dore’ (from Dore’s English Bible); James Tissot; a 6th C. mosaic at Ravenna, Italy and another at the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople/Istanbul; a 16th C. Russian Orthodox icon in the Pskov tradition; and the ICHTHYS logo that was inspired, in part, by St. John’s account of the post-Resurrection breakfast.

16th Century Russian Orthodox icon of Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet painting in the Pskov tradition. St. Peter points to his own head.
16th Century Russian Orthodox icon of Jesus Washing the Disciples’ Feet in the Pskov tradition. St. Peter points to his own head.

The episode is available in both QuickTime movie/video and Podcast formats.     Watch Episode 45.   Listen to Episode 45. Continue reading “Trinity Sunday and New Testament – Episode 45” →