Nicene Creed – Episode Four

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The Emperor Constantine and the Bishops of the Council of Nicea.  Early Byzantine icon.  Artist uknown.

IN working out the content for the Nicene Creed video series I ran into a problem with the length of the episodes.  The revised format shows up in Episode Four, released today as the first of three episodes focused on the Creed’s descriptions of Jesus Christ.  Here’s the plan for all three: Continue reading “Nicene Creed – Episode Four”

The Nicene Creed – Episode Two

I’ve struggled for two weeks trying to finish Episode Two in The Nicene Creed.  The original version ran 34 minutes and the recording I made of the sound file had audible sound only for the first 3 minutes.  Thus having been forced to try again, I made significant changes, reducing the length to just over 14 minutes.   The finished version is focused only on the first part of the first paragraph, including “I believe” and running through “Maker of Heaven and Earth.”  In Episode Three I will finish the first paragraph with a discussion of the last phrase in the first paragraph:  “And of all things, visible and invisible.”

Watch the video       Listen to the Podcast version.

 

The St. Chrysostom Hymnal – 4th Edition

Hymnal-2016-cover.inddThe 4th edition of the St. Chrysostom Hymnal is almost ready for publication.   The preliminary design for the cover follows our new white on black color scheme and a quotation from St. Athanasius: “the act of singing effects harmony in the soul.”

This collection of 474 hymns, songs and canticles, all in the public domain, is offered as a supplement to the venerable Episcopal Hymnal (1940). Continue reading “The St. Chrysostom Hymnal – 4th Edition”

The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode Tw0

LP-Title1-smallEpisode Two (of two) in The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase is now available in both video and podcast forms.   The focus in Episode Two is on the fourth, fifth and sixth petitions; the Doxology (in St. Matthew’s version); and a general summary of the series.  The discussion of the Doxology includes a presentation on the two most likely ways the Doxology found its way into St. Matthew’s Gospel.  The illustrations include art from the 9th through the early 21st Centuries.  The episode runs just over 21 minutes.       Watch the video      Listen to the Podcast Continue reading “The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode Tw0”

The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode One

LP-Title3bEpisode One in the much-delayed AIC teaching video series, The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase is now available on our You Tube channel and also in a podcast version.  The title slide includes James Tissot’s late 19th C. depiction of Jesus teaching the Disciples in charcoal, graphite and watercolor on gray wove paper, from the Life of Christ at the Brooklyn Museum. Continue reading “The Lord’s Prayer: Phrase-by-phrase – Episode One”

Lives of the Saints – Episode 14 – St. Matthew

We’re having amazing weather here in Virginia.  Warm days.  Cool nights.  Lots of sunshine.  My petunia garden, this year featuring twenty different colors and patterns, loves every minute of it.  I’ve expanded my use of pedestals combined with trailing petunias to create columns of color throughout the garden.

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SAINT MATTHEW, statue by Camillo Rusconi, carved 1711-1715 A.D., Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome.  Public domain.

This week I finished and uploaded Episode Fourteen in The Lives of the Saints, First Series – the 1928 B.C.P. Saints, which is focused on St. Matthew, whose Feast Day/Holy Day is September 21st.  The episode highlights the themes and unique content of St. Matthew’s Gospel. Continue reading “Lives of the Saints – Episode 14 – St. Matthew”

Lives of the Saints – Episode 13

A short, 11-minute tribute to St. Bartholomew is now available on our You Tube channel and also linked from the Digital Library page at the AIC web site.  St. Bartholomew/Nathanael is honored on August 24th.

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St. Bartholomew in the West Portal, c. 1190 A.D., Basilica of St. Trophime, Arles, France.  Image copyright Can Stock Photo, Inc./joymsk

There are multiple illustrations, including this c. 1190 A.D. bas relief from the West Portal at the Basilica of St. Trophime, Arles, France (the other half of the pair was used to illustrate the episode on St. James). Continue reading “Lives of the Saints – Episode 13”

Episode 12 in The Lives of the Saints – St. James

It’s been a very good week, with decent weather, a chance to get outdoors for at least one day, and several projects either completed or getting closer to completion.

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St. James the Greater in the West Portal, Basilica of St. Tropheme, Arles, France, c. 1190 A.D.  copyright Can Stock Photo, Inc./joymsk

On the video and podcast fronts, I completed and uploaded Episode Twelve in The Lives of the Saints, First Series, the 1928 B.C.P. Saints.  Episode Twelve celebrates St. James the Greater, brother of St. John, whose feast day is July 25th.   Continue reading “Episode 12 in The Lives of the Saints – St. James”