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Saturday, May 02, 2026

Michael Psellus, Fourteen Byzantine Rulers

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  Introduction Opening Passage:  From the beginning account, Basil II: The circumstances in which the Emperor John Tzimisces met his death h...

Father of Orthodoxy

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 Today is the feast of St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church. From On the Incarnation  (section 43): Now, if they ask, Why then...
Friday, May 01, 2026

Habitude XXXIV

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 To the fifth one proceeds thus. It seems that  gifts are not connected. For the apostle says, I Cor. XII, To some is given through the Spir...

Dashed XV

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 The modern age is an age of trying to replace the internal with the external. A goal in writing a book is to say what should be said but in...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

In the Garden Blind

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The Mystery by G. K. Chesterton  If sunset clouds could grow on trees It would but match the May in flower; And skies be underneath the seas...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Food of Angels

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 Today is the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church. From a letter to her niece, Sister Eugenia: Dearest daughter in Christ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Misplaced Morality Rots in the Roots Unconscious

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The Modern Manichee by G. K. Chesterton He sayeth there is no sin, and all his sin Swells round him into a world made merciless; The midnigh...
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