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The AIC’s online Bible Study series, Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation, is nearing its completion with the uploading this week of Episode Nineteen. The series will conclude in late September or early October with Episode Twenty-eight. Continue reading “Revelation 19 and Twelfth Sunday After Trinity”
This week my iPad was replaced by Apple and I was able to complete production of Episode Eighteen in the Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation series. The episode is focused on Chapter 13:1-10, the Beast with a Blasphemous Name. The remaining verses in Chapter 13 will be discussed in Episode Nineteen. St. John’s perspective is still earth, looking to heaven, when he receives a vision of the Beast with seven heads,each crowned,ten horns, and “on his head a blasphemous name.” Watch Episode 18 Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 18 and Eleventh Sunday After Trinity”
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
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”
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”
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”
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.
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”
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”
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”
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”
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
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”
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