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Folio 45, The Fall of Babylon, Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, 11th C.
The Fall of Babylon

Earlier today I completed and uploaded Revelation: An Idealist

Angel with Millstone
Angel with Millstone

Interpretation, Episode Twenty-three in both video and podcast versions.  The topic is Revelation, Chapter 18, the Fall of Babylon.  Illustrations from the Bamberg Apocalypse include Folio 45, the Fall of Babylon and Folio 46, Angel with Millstone.    Watch the Video on You Tube   Or Listen to the Podcast version.

Chapter 18 is the second of two chapters in Act III of the Divine Drama that is the second half of Revelation.  The chapter includes a litany of condemnation and graphic depiction of the manner and mode of punishment for the spiritual Babylon (Rome), including punishment doubled consistent with her transgression.  I explain the Greek meaning of the word from which “fornication” is derived and point out that it means not only harlotry but also idolatry.

I also completed and uploaded my Podcast Homily for Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity (Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 14:1-11).    Listen to the Podcast Homily

I have now completed all the scripts and slides for the series and will be introducing them, one per week, until the final episode, Episode Twenty-eight, is uploaded.  I have started work on the book version, which I hope will be ready for Easter 2016 A.D.

Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity

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Quite a busy week, starting with a heart catheterization on Tuesday.  I am thankful and glad to report that the test found no new blockages in my heart and no obstruction in the stent which was installed in 2013.  The most convincing theory of the moment is that my symptoms were the result of stress, lack of exercise and lack of sleep, etc.  Consequently, lifestyle changes have already been made, including regular exercise, including at least 30 minutes of walking, and regular massages at my chiropractor’s office.

There will be no new episodes in our Bible Study series on Revelation this week.  I hope to complete work on Episode 23, focused on Revelation 18, before the end of next week.  All the slides are done, as is the sound recording.  I have to coordinate the pictures and sound, tedious, time-consuming work for which had neither time nor energy for this week!  Thanks for your patience.

I am presently at work on the final Chapter of Revelation and hope to have all the episodes completed before the middle of October.

Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, James Tissot, late 19th C. Public domain by the Brooklyn Museum
Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, James Tissot, late 19th C. Public domain by the Brooklyn Museum

I did complete and upload to the AIC Web Site and Facebook my Podcast Homily for Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity.  The Gospel reading covers the Raising of the Son of the Widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17).  The only illustration I know of is the lovely watercolor from the Life of Christ series by James Tissot at the Brooklyn Museum.

Listen to the Podcast Homily

Revelation – Episode 22 and Trinity 15

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The Whore of Babylon, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, Germany, early 11th C.
The Whore of Babylon, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, Bamberg State Library, Germany, early 11th C.

The AIC’s Revelation series moves closer to the end of the series with Episode Twenty-two, The Harlot of Babylon and Her Beast, focused on Chapter 17.  There is only one new illustration, from Folio 43, the Bamberg Apocalypse, The Whore of Babylon.  As you see, the title follows the King James text while title follows the less inflammatory version used in the New King James Version. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode 22 and Trinity 15” →

Revelation – Episode Twenty-one

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Angel with Seven Plagues, adapted from Folio 38, the Bamberg Apocalypse, early 11th Century. Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany
Angel with Seven Plagues, adapted from Folio 38, the Bamberg Apocalypse, early 11th Century. Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany

The episodes of Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation get harder to do as St. John moves toward the concluding chapters.  The subjects become more complex and include new images.  Episode Twenty-one, completed and uploaded earlier today, is focused on Chapters 15 and 16. Continue reading “Revelation – Episode Twenty-one” →

73rd Birthday, Episode 20 & Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity

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Surprisingly, amidst the hustle and bustle of celebrating my 73rd birthday yesterday, getting Episode Twenty in the Revelation series uploaded to the AIC’s You Tube channel, and servicing client accounts, I managed to complete and upload a Podcast Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity.

The Scriptural texts are Galatians 3:16-22 and Luke 10:29-37, Continue reading “73rd Birthday, Episode 20 & Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity” →

Revelation – Episode Twenty

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Folio 34, The Lamb on Mt. Sion, the Bamberg Apocalypse, 11th C., Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany.
Folio 34, The Lamb on Mt. Sion, the Bamberg Apocalypse, 11th C., Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany.

Late yesterday, on my 73rd birthday, I uploaded a new installment in the Revelation: An Idealist Interpretation series.  The focus of Episode Twenty is Chapter 14, the Lamb and the 144 Thousand.  Among the illustrations are two graphics from the Bamberg Apocalypse, an early 11th Century illustrated manuscript of Revelation.  Also in the episode are the Christ Pantokrator icon (6th C.) Continue reading “Revelation – Episode Twenty” →

Revelation 19 and Twelfth Sunday After Trinity

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The Horned Beast, Folio 33, Bamberg Apocalypse, early 11th Century. Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany
The Horned Beast, Folio 33, Bamberg Apocalypse, early 11th Century illuminated manuscript, Bamberg State Library, Bamberg, Germany

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” →

Revelation – Episode 18 and Eleventh Sunday After Trinity

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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” →

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” →