Pope to visit Britain 2010
2009-09-24 01:06:00 Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain next year following an invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a government source said on Wednesday. It would appear that the visit will be a State Visit and not simply a "pastoral visit" as Pope John Paul II conducted many years ago. One hopes that there will be official confirmation of this soon: as well as an idea of his itinerary.
Pope Leo XIII meets two Saints
2009-09-20 21:55:00 Pope Leo XIII in 1898 St Therese describes her attendance at an audience with Pope Leo XIII. She summons up the courage to ask him to intervene to allow her to enter Carmel. Her father, now Blessed, also meets the Holy Father. But one really wants to know what exactly did Pope Leo XIII think of this strange young girl who would not let go of his knee and who was dragged off by the Swiss Guard. "We spent six days in visiting the great wonders in Rome, and on the seventh saw the greatest of all?Leo XIII. I longed for, yet dreaded, that day, for on it depended my vocation. I had received no answer from the Bishop of Bayeux, and so the Holy Father's permission was my one and only hope. But in order to obtain this permission I had first to ask it. The mere thought made me tremble, for I must dare speak to the Pope, and that, in presence of many Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops! On Sunday morning, November 20, [1887] we went to the Vatican, and were taken to the Pope's private...
Stories of the Prophets DAY 11. Jesus Christ Pope Vatican Nicea Cross Rapt
2009-09-08 03:20:00 DAY 11The Stories of the Prophets is a videos series. Listen to the explanation of how each family member in the Family of Light was sent with a purpose to enlighten YOU! Jesus son of Mary Story of Truth pt 33 Christian Pope Catholic Council Nicea Ascension Inter Galactic War Judgment Day Story of Truth pt 34 Crucifixion Graven Images Idol Iconoclast Lazarus Dead Possession Jesus Destiny Israel Story of Truth pt 35 Aramaic Galaxy Rapture Left Behind Prayer Gethsemane Symbols Cross DAY 10 DAY 12 Once viewers have watched all the stories they will begin to experience supernatural ability and have an intuitive sense of the unseen world. Take the journey.The Unseen World Saleem Siddiqui is a ...
By: Hot Conflict
Pope says atheists are responsible for global warming
2009-08-29 21:25:00 [From National Secular Society] The Pope has claimed that atheism is responsible for the destruction of the environment. In a speech at the Vatican on Wednesday, Ratzinger said: “Is it not true that inconsiderate use of creation begins where God is marginalized or also where his existence is denied? If the human creature’s relationship with the ...
By: News for Greens
BREAKING: 'Stop The Meter' Protesters Picket Ald. Pope's Hom
2009-07-08 04:44:00 The South Chicago "Stop the Meters" protesters have brought their anti-parking meter message home. More specifically, to 10th Ward Alderman John Pope's home.Tuesday evening at 6 PM, a busload of protesters, along with another few car loads of people totaling 60-75 people, showed up on Ald. Pope's doorstep....
Gaza Disowned: The Pope, Israel and ?Reconciliation?
2009-05-23 02:48:00 By Ramzy Baroud5/21/09?Gaza is not on the Pope?s itinerary, nor will it be. There will be no change in these plans. But I?ll say it very clearly, the Pope is absolutely not going to Gaza.?Such were the astounding comments made by the Pope?s spokesman in Israel, Wadie Abunasser, prior to Pope Benedict XVI visiting Palestine and Israel.As if there was no massacre in Gaza, no families entirely slaughtered, no human rights violated to match the record of the most grisly of crimes in modern history. As if Gaza were a mere irritant in the annals of human suffering. More, as if there were no Catholic flock in Gaza. To clarify, there are actually nearly 2,000 Catholics in Gaza, apparently not important enough for the ?cut?.Now, there are a lot of important religious sites to see around the Holy Land, lots of old churches, stones, ruins and the like?sites of much more significance, such as the Western Wall, the Holy Sepulcher and so on? far more important than visiting the site of a fresh ma...
Let’s Leave the Pope and Prayer Out of It
2009-03-29 15:44:00 I am in Denver this weekend, soaking up the love of my niece and nephew and catching up on all things newsworthy. What’s up with the Pope? Your favorite cross-dresser and mine was in Africa recently telling the AIDS-ravaged continent that condoms won’t really help prevent AIDS. Great. I expect such ramblings from the crazy nun down at the local church, but a world leader? If you listen closely, you can hear frustrated grumbles the world over from doctors and scientists who know better. Hey, Benedict, why not encourage people to smoke, forgo exercise, and stop washing their hands too? Ya douche. I love how religious leaders apply the same logic and reason they used to come to the conclusion that there is an all-powerful boogeyman in the sky who knows what we do with our naughty bits every night to also conclude that educated physicians don’t know shit. In related news, the Brady Center, whose work I admire and support, wants March 30th to be a National Day of ...
Italian famed for Moro, pope photos, dies in Rome
(AP)
2009-03-19 23:04:00 AP - Gianni Giansanti, an award-winning Italian photographer who snapped candid portraits of Pope John Paul II during his pilgrimages, has died in Rome after battling bone cancer, his colleagues said. He was 52.
Pope: ?condoms make the Aids problem worse?
2009-03-18 16:43:00 Source: Times Online A lot of Catholics have been complaining about Benedict 16?s utterly immoral statement, and, on one hand, one can?t fault them for it: it just shows that they still have some sense of morality, that they?re not mindless robots obeying ?Dear Leader?. On the other hand… do those Catholics (and Christians in general) know ...
By: Way of the Mind
Pope fallacy
2009-02-26 18:34:00 Thursday 26: Freedom of self-expression is important but why doesn?t the Pope demote the appallingly dense Richard Williamson? When I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, I stepped inside a crematorium and huts at Birkenau, as well as the torture rooms in Auschwitz, and there definitely was hate and fear still emanating from their walls. I defy even the non-empathic ...
le pope dans les airs
2009-02-21 08:57:00 Pope - prtre orthodoxe grec ...Priest in the sky, Greek Orthodox priest ... dominique houcmant
Klenicki, interfaith rabbi honored by pope, dies
(AP)
2009-02-01 00:05:00 AP - Rabbi Leon Klenicki, an advocate for improving interfaith relations whose efforts were lauded by Pope Benedict XVI, has died. He was 78.
Pope invoke?s God?s Blessings on Autism Community for Autism Sunday
2009-01-27 18:11:00 Autism Sunday the International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome takes place on Sunday 8th February 2009. A letter from the Vatican arrived in the UK for the Co-Founders of Autism Sunday, advocates Ivan and Charika Corea who have a 13 year old son, Charin who has autism. They were delighted to read ...
Timothy McCorkell wrote a new blog post: Pope Gets Youtube Channel
2009-01-24 04:34:00 Timothy McCorkell wrote a new blog post: Pope Gets Youtube Channel Wow, I guess the end of the world is coming faster than I expected. Well, it should be interesting to see how the Pope handles all those spam comments. Details of the story are on this link. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2009-0123/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_you-tube
San Francisco: Pope owes millions in taxes
2009-01-22 15:04:00 This should cause great wailing and gnashing of teeth: San Francisco will try to collect up to $15 million in taxes from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which is refusing to pay certain taxes on properties the church is transferring from one Catholic nonprofit organization to another. That tax bill would be the second largest of its ...Copyright 2008 Bligbi. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement.
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Jesus of Nazareth - Pope Benedict XVI Book
2008-12-31 15:00:00 The Holy Father does not disappoint in his book, Jesus of Nazareth. If you have not read this amazing Bible study, get yourself a copy and start reading it today. Great, great, great, great read. The book can be read by the Catholic everyman and scholar alike. That's just how much treasure God has placed within ...
Caption contest: Bob Dylan and the Pope
2008-10-26 19:25:00 Thanks to the kind folks at Cascade Books, I now have a couple of giveaway copies of Nate Kerr’s new book. So it’s time for another caption contest – here’s a photo of Bob Dylan’s performance for Pope John Paul II in Bologna, 1997:The best two captions will win a free copy of Nate’s wonderful book, Christ, History and Apocalyptic: The Politics of Christian Mission.
Batman año 100 (Paul Pope)
2008-10-04 17:54:00 Hay tres historias de Batman de los 80 que todo buen aficionado al tebeo debería haber leído, por su carácter de clásicos: Year one (de Miller y Mazzuchelli), The dark knight return (de Miller) y Killing joke (de Moore y Bolland). Estas historias, junto a otras de similares características con otros protagonistas (Watchmen, Daredevil...) fueron un antes y un después para el cómic de supehéroes, ya que supusieron un oscurecimiento en el fondo y la forma que adoptaron los cómics de DC y Marvel, un acercamiento más adulto al género que tuvo al final consecuencias lamentables al querer adoptar todo el mundo un estilo que al parecer no habían asimilado, quedándose en la forma y pasándose por el forro el fondo. No todo el monte es orégano, no es oro todo lo que reluce, etc, etc...Bueno, a lo que iba... las tres obras mencionadas han quedado para una gran parte del fandom como tres ochomiles frente a los cualquier otro posterior tebeo de Batman se ve como un paseo por los mo...
By: Eguren zone
Sarah Palin Has Lived Pope John Paul II?s Vision of a Feminist Christian Wo
2008-09-11 06:49:00 Ted Lipien, author of ?Wojtyla?s Women: How They Shaped the Life of Pope John Paul II and Changed the Catholic Church,? said that Sarah Palin can be described as a New Feminist Christian woman who has followed the most important rules for marriage and families set by the Polish Pontiff. www.tedlipien.com/index.htm September 10, 2008, San Francisco ...
Sandra "Pope" Palin Opposes Birth Control
2008-09-09 12:53:00 Whoa. Wackjob Express.Not just for unmarried couples like her teen slut daughter and her young dumb and full of cum boyfriend, but for married couples too. Which I guess is why Sandra Rhythm Method Palin is on her fifth kid right now at age 43, a Down's Syndrome kid she created herself by getting knocked up for no reason once again so late in life and not having the kindness to put the zygote out of its misery and spare taxpayers tons of money via D & C.Her kids obviously don't believe in birth control either. And I guess the Bush Administration doesn't? Seen the latest headlines about the Bushies classifying all birth control as "abortion"? Wow, these people are really a bunch of idiots! Dangerous idiots at that.P.S. Apparently she's flip-flopped on that lately, and now she supports birth control and sex education, but I guess her daughter is too stupid to use it. She's pro-rubbers, but anti-explicit sex education, whatever the Hell that means.
By: Robert Lindsay
Pope Benedict?work towards ending racism!
2008-08-18 18:41:00 Earlier today the secular press reported that Pope Benedict XVI exhorted faithful Catholics to actively work against the enduring plague of racism throughout the world. The elimination of cultural, ethnic, racial and social racism is perhaps the most difficult eradication to achieve in our multicultural and multiethnic global community. Perhaps the best manner to begin ...
Pope Benedict?Work Towards Ending Racism!
2008-08-18 16:12:00 Earlier today the secular press reported that Pope Benedict XVI exhorted faithful Catholics to actively work against the enduring plague of racism throughout the world. The elimination of cultural, ethnic, racial and social racism is perhaps the most difficult eradication to achieve in our multicultural and multiethnic global community. Perhaps the best manner to begin ...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Pope John Paul II Shared Highly Negative View of
2008-08-05 01:53:00 Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who diedSunday at the age of 89 in Moscow, was greatly admired by the late Pope John Paul II. According to Ted Lipien,the author of arecently published book, Wojtyla’s Women, How They Shaped the Life of Pope John Paul II and Changed the Catholic Church, both men shared a highly negative ...
Pope: All faiths must unite against violence
2008-07-18 12:46:00 SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict XVI told representatives of Islam and other faiths that they must unite to combat religion’s role in “sinister and indiscriminate” violence. Without mentioning terrorism directly, the pontiff said there were those in who were using religion “as a cause of division rather than a force for unity” in a 40-minute exchange ...
By: TexasFred's
Mystery Of Two Nuns, Convent, Man And Pope Benedict
2008-06-10 09:42:00 A mystery is catching the attention of Romans as two nuns have chained themselves in front of the Vatican and appealed to Pope Benedict XV to grant them permission to return to a convent from which they were expelled. Dressed in Camelite habits, the two nuns say they have been thrown out of a convent ...
Scripture and the Pope: Part 5
2008-06-05 20:13:00 Here is Part 5 in my debate with Amy on papal infallibility as it is found in Scripture. Also see Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.Pax Christi,phatcatholic - - - - - - - - - -I apologize ahead of time that most my comments are not backed with Scripture at this point. I have made most of those already in previous posts. While I put little stock in my own opinions as compared to the authority of Scripture, I am responding to the best of my ability from a biblical worldview rather than by book, chapter and verse. I have prayed extensively about this, as I consider truth claims no light matter that can be made without great accountability. (To whom much has been given, much is required.)I do think that the lack of Scriptural support is a deficiency in your argumentation. I mean no offense in this at all, but many of your arguments seem to come from your own ideas of what you would like a verse to mean instead of what the context, the original languages, other Scripture passages, and biblical schola...
Church Autism Ban: Pope Benedict urged to act
2008-06-04 07:33:00 Autism campaigners around the world have called on Pope Benedict XVI to act on autism in the wake of the first ever restraining order on a teenager with autism issued by a church. Fr.Daniel Walz took out a temporary restraining order on Carol Race and her 13 year old son Adam Race on the grounds ...
Pope Benedict 16th (Modern World Leaders) ??????? (?????????)
2008-06-04 05:41:00 Pope Benedict 16th (Modern World Leaders) ??????? (?????????)# Author:Clifford Mills , Arthur Meier Schlesinger # Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 112 pages# Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (September 30, 2006)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0791092283# ISBN-13: 978-0791092286The world changed dramatically on Saturday, April 2, 2005,at 9:37 p.m. Rome time. John Paul II, the second-longest serving pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church died after a lengthy illness. Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Saint Peter?s Square in Vatican City. Some visitors to the Vatican were startled by the powerful emotions that the popular pope?s death brought to the growing crowd drawn from around the world. Some dropped to their knees on the cobblestones in the square and sobbed so violently they could not be comforted by anyone; others seemed stunned as they began their cycle of grief at the loss. Pope John Paul II had been an extraordinary presence, and his absence was ove...
Pope says Vatican will excommunicate women priests
2008-05-30 20:06:00 Advocates of women ordination cite the letters of Saint Paul, some of the earliest texts of Christianity, to show that women played important roles in the early church.
Roman Catholic hierarchy cuts off Pope?s nose to spite his face - cue Monty
2008-05-22 20:49:00 Jim Loney needs no more effective publicist, for the broad spectrum of social justice issues he cares about so much,as long asthe Roman Catholic Church and ‘her’ operatives carry his water and are so hung up about his sexual orientation. Last week Jim gave a characteristically impassioned speech at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre after the ...
This Day In History - Pope Benedict XV Canonizes Joan of Arc as Saint
2008-05-17 13:59:00 Joan of Arc was a French military leader and heroine. Inspired and directed by religious visions, she organized the French resistance that forced the English to end their siege of Orlans in 1429 and secured the coronation of the dauphin, later Charles VII of France. Captured and sold to the English by the Burgundians, she ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "This Day In History - Pope Benedict XV Canonizes Joan of Arc as Saint", url: "http://top-dollar-website.com/-articles/this-day-in-history-po-pe-benedict-xv-canonizes-joan-o-f-arc-as-saint.html" });
By: Top Dollar Blog
Scripture and the Pope: Part 4
2008-05-15 19:48:00 Here is Part 4 in my debate with Amy on papal infallibility as it is found in Scripture. Also see Parts 1, 2, and 3.Pax Christi,phatcatholic- - - - - - - - - -Somewhere between ?Pope? and utter nonsense, is my view of name changes in the Bible. Jesus does not deliver the name change at this point, only makes reference to it. As if he said, ?Peter, just like your name means Rock, upon the Rock of what you just said (You are the Son of God) I will build my kingdom.? Kind of like, ?Amy (cute girl in the profile pic), Just like your name means beloved, so this smart, Phatcatholic guy loves you.?I disagree with you here and I think I can prove why, but I also don't think it's necessary. We may be going on a tangent in debating what or who "this rock" is. My understanding is that the identity of the rock confirms Peter's primacy among the apostles and the unique leadership position that Jesus gave to Peter. But, we're not debating that. Instead, we are debating whether or not Peter (a...
To connect with Catholic youth, pope goes digital
2008-05-07 19:00:00 To connect with Catholic youth, pope goes digitalText messages, "digital prayer walls," and a social-networking site are all part of July's World Youth Day in Australia for the Catholic Church. http:/-/www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9938-090-36.htm...
Father Williams On The Pope
2008-05-07 18:03:00 Katie Couric speaks with Vatican analyst Father Thomas Williams about Pope Benedict XVI’s tour of the United States and its significance for the embattled Catholic Church. (CBSNews.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ofBvYumVDWs
By: Catholic Tube
News : Pope goes digital to better connect with youth
2008-05-07 17:43:00 SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience. The Pope will text daily messages of inspiration and hope during the six-day Sydney event while digital prayer walls will be erected at event sites and the church will set up a Catholic social networking Web site akin to a Catholic Facebook. The Catholic Church said it decided to use technology to connect to the estimated 225,000 young Catholics expected to attend the World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations that start on July 15. "We wanted to make WYD08 a unique experience by using new ways to connect with today's tech-savvy youth," Bishop Anthony Fisher said in a statement on Wednesday. Australian telecoms firm Telstra will provide voice, data, mobile, broadband and broadcast services for the event, as well as erect digital prayer walls at event...
Secrets Of The Catholic Church Reveal Puppet Pope
2008-05-05 20:04:00 Whenever I?m feeling particularly frustrated, I pop on a wonderful little diddy called Slaughtered by PanterA to cheer me up. Try it out for yourself PanterA - Slaughtered I see dudes who are clearly queer dating women and looking prettier than them. So as far as this girl is concerned, I wonder if the joy of ...
Prayer for Pope Benedict XVI
2008-05-05 12:00:00 Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to Your shepherd, the Pope, a spirit of courage and right judgement, a spirit of knowledge and love.By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care may he, as successor to the apostle Peter and vicar of Christ, build Your church into a sacrament of unity, love, and peace for all the world.We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.Amen.
By: Catholic Prayers
Scripture and the Pope: Part 3
2008-05-04 15:00:00 Here is Part 3 in my debate with Amy on the authority and infallibility of Peter (and his successors) as it is found in Scripture. Also see Parts 1 and 2.Pax Christi,phatcatholic - - - - - - - - - -Though my digestion of your post is incomplete, and I have no hope of addressing everything you have written, I will do my best to reply. My reply is very incomplete. Thank you, in advance, for putting up with the length of this.The length doesn't bother me at all. I try to be as concise as possible, but sometimes you just have to write a lot in order to defend a position, and I'm okay with that.Some of your post matches up with what I have learned my entire life in studying the Bible.Some things you have written, I hold as truth, the first of them being that,?All things pale in comparison to Jesus.?Second, I also agree with your view that people?s names hold great importance.Good to know.Thirdly, your point on keys and authority pointing back to the Davidic kingdom ("Among these was a ...
Prayer by Pope Paul VI
2008-05-04 12:00:00 Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow-men throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger.Give them through our hands, this day their daily bread,and by our understanding love, give peace and joy.By Pope Paul VI
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Scripture and the Pope: Part 2
2008-05-02 05:59:00 Here is Part 2 in my debate with Amy on the authority of the pope and the Scriptural witness to this authority. Also see Part 1.Pax Christi,phatcatholic - - - - - - - - - -Thank you for engaging me in this discussion. I know you are busy. I have been praying for you and the cute girl in your profile pic.Thank you!! That means a great deal to me. We certainly need your prayers. You'll be happy to know that my fiancee's name is Amy too!...to the fact that we are both Switchfoot fans, there can be no debate on this.Great!Again we have a point where no contention can be made: The Bible is authoritative because it has been inspired by God (God-breathed). (2 Tim. 3:16, 17)Good to know.Now I have a question: 1)How do you know for sure: "his words are protected from error by a charism of the Holy Spirit given to the Successor of St. Peter."Can you direct me to scripture that supports this?Well, as I'm sure you know, the foundational passage is Mt 16:13-20, where we find a truly amazing c...
Lou Dobbs and Tom Tancredo Attack The Pope
2008-05-01 03:29:00 On April 16, 2008, Lou Dobbs took his ?advocacy journalism?1 to a new low in mischaracterizing Pope Benedict XVI?s recent visit to the United States. False Claim: Pope Benedict supports ?amnesty? and wants the U.S. to ?ease any enforcement.? DOBBS: Well, Pope Benedict XVI is in the nation?s capital tonight, there to help the Catholic Church and ...
By: Mexico Trucker
Scripture and the Pope: Part 1
2008-04-30 19:19:00 What follows is Part 1 in what I think will be a very fruitful dialogue with Amy, who owns a blog called "The Way I Say." I happened upon her blog because I was looking for a poem about redemption for a presentation on that topic and she just happened to have exactly what I needed. Since then she has made some very helpful comments on my blog and I look forward to our dialogue together.That said, here is her first post to me:First of all, do you like switchfoot, because that is a most important matter to clear up?Do you give as much authority to the Pope's words as you do to scripture?I definitely like Switchfoot! I hope that's ok :DAs for your second question, I don't want to give a simple "Yes" or "No" answer because I'm afraid it might imply things I don't intend. I will say that, when the pope speaks as the Successor of St. Peter, in his role of feeding and tending God's people, on a matter of faith and morals that is to be binding on the whole Church, then his words requi...
Pope’s US Visit. Is US to blame for abuse crisis?
2008-04-30 03:21:00 The headlines are going up: Pope blames US for abuse crisis. Of course, we shall need to see whether his statements exact-ly reflect the headlines. (-See BBC News reference below, Pope attacks US sex abuse record) If they are accurate, it may appear as a type of papal and Roman Catholic hierarchy self-absolution? Surely, the responsibility needs to be taken as a whole by the ‘Captain’. There can be no blame shifting, as decent Roman Catholics themselves have attested, when they were ready to buck an incredibly powerful heirarchy in a courageous coming out against sexual abuse within their church. A Suggestive Historical Counter-factual Let us alter the scenario. Suppose this: that, decades ago, a Pope had said: We are getting shocking reports of sexual abuse. We shall move against this iniquity with the utmost urgency and thoroughness and compassionate professionalism - compassionate, above all, for the survivors of this great and abominable abuse. It ...
Witness to Hope : The Biography of Pope John Paul II ????:????????
2008-04-27 18:01:00 Witness to Hope : The Biography of Pope John Paul II????:????????# Author:George Weigel# Format:PDF 3.3MB# Page Count: 1056 pages# ISBN-10: 0060732032# ASIN: B000ECXDNAGiven unprecedented access to Pope John Paul II and the people who have known and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel presents a groundbreaking portrait of the Pope as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions have defined a new approach to world politics--and changed the course of history.John Paul II has systematically addressed every major question on the world's agenda at the turn of the millennium: the human yearning for the sacred, the meaning of freedom, the glories and challenges of human sexuality, the promise of the women's movement, the quest for a new world order, the nature of good and evil, the moral challenge of prosperity, and the imperative of human solidarity in the emerging global civilization. By bringing the age-old wisdom of biblical religion into active conversa...
But for the Grace of an Old, Army Jeep
2008-04-24 23:40:00 A few Sundays ago I had the opportunity to take our new car out for a spin. As I accelerated down one of the main highways just outside of town, I felt good, happy actually, and I hadn?t felt that way in a while. With a cup of steamy 7-11 Coffee in my hand and some jazz playing on the car stereo, I hastened past a crude, cardboard sign which simply read ?Car Show.? An arrow drawn in magic marker led the way. I thought to myself that this would be a good place to take the kids later on in the morning. My wife wasn?t feeling well and I felt that the little ones shouldn't hang around the house and waste the day. Then, I caught a peek at some of the cars pulling in the lot where the event was to take place. Funky notes from the tune ?Sponge? by Randy Brecker got my foot tapping and I sped on past the ancient, re-born vehicles filing into the car show?s venue which was a church parking lot. My new Malibu ran smoothly, quiet, and I savored my artificial world crafted by General Motors an...
By: Mr. Grudge
Sotheby?s London To Offer J.M.W. Turner?s Masterpiece Pope?s Villa At Twick
2008-04-24 19:56:00 This morning, Sotheby?s London announced the sale in July of one of the most important oil paintings by J.M.W. Turner to come to the market in living memory. Pope?s Villa at Twickenham is an exceptional landscape view of Alexander Pope?s villa on the banks of the River Thames at Twickenham and since its exhibition at Turner?s gallery in 1808; the masterpiece has made only one appearance on the open market in 1827 ? some 181 years ago. The painting, which is one of only a handful of major works by Turner that has remained in private hands, has hung at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire in recent decades and is now being sold by the Trustees of the late G.M. Dent-Brocklehurst. It is expected to fetch 5/7 million ($9.6/13.8 million) when it is sold in the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale in London on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. The painting will be on view at Sotheby?s in New York with our major spring sales, beginning Friday, May 2, 2008.
The Word "Pope" in The First Century
2008-04-24 02:37:00 This is the follow up to my previous post: The Word "Pope" in the Second Century. It has come to my attention that the Greek word sheds some very interesting light on this discussion.First, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Greek word closely associated with the Latin word "papa" (from which we derive the word "Pope") is "pappas" or "papas". Neither of which appear in the New Testament. I was disheartened at first, hoping to find some Scriptural paradigms for the use of the word which the Church at Gaul used to address Pope Eleutherius.Thanks to this awesome link though, (thank you for the hat tip Mike Aquilina), I discovered that the word Eusebius records for us is "pater" not "papas"! That's Strong's #3962 if you have a Lexicon handy. Now listen to what Thayer's Lexicon says of the word:“the author of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself”As used in Romans 4:11-12,16, 1 Maccabees 2:54. Reminds me of:"The college or body of bi...
Fitna the Anti-Muslim Movie, Winston Churchill and the Pope
2008-04-23 19:05:00 Fitna is a disturbing Dutch documentary that openly speaks against the Islamicization of the world and the violence allegedly promoted by the Qur’an, the holy book of Islam. The movie shows videos and news clippings of acts of terrorism and extremism that have… Our quote today comes from one of the greatest Englishman who ever lived ... |
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