SONNET LVXIII
Most glorious Lord of lyfe, that on this day,Didst make thy triumph ouer death and sin:and hauing harrowd hell, didst bring awaycaptiuity thence captiue vs to win:This ioyous day, deare Lord, with ioy begin,and grant that we for whom thou diddest dyebeing with thy deare blood clene washt from sin,may liue for euer in [...]
On the Day of the Lord’s Glorious Resurrection
Monday a’Machen: The Heart of the Gospel
“The Christian Church, then, is founded upon the resurrection of Christ from the dead. If the resurrection be denied, then the origin of the Church becomes an insoluble problem. The Church itself is a witness to the resurrection. Not merely isolated passages, but the whole of the New Testament, bears testimony. [....]
“If Jesus was raised [...]
Христос воскресе, радост донесе!
For me, one of the great joys of Pascha is to sing in Church (and everywhere!) the wonderful hymn Људи ликујте (Rejoice, O People!), written by St Nikolaj Velimirović (d. 1956)—our beloved Vladika Nikolaj, the “Serbian Chrysostom.” This is one of many Serbian religious folk songs, a genre that is usually called “duhovne pesme” (“spiritual [...]
Prolegomenon to a Bible Review: On the Necessity of Seriously and Critically Engaging Matters of Text and Translation
It has been my experience that, when faced with the discussion of issues of Biblical text and translation, not a few Orthodox Christians in North American contexts protest that all such considerations are ultimately petty and irrelevant, since all one really needs in order to approach the Scriptures in an Orthodox manner (say they) is [...]
Room With a View Meme
Some time ago, the Rev Mr Ker (i.e., The Blogger Formerly Known as Lingamish) inflicted on Biblioblogdom (and beyond) a meme whose point was to post a picture of the view from your desk. On that occasion he said: “I would tag Estêbãn Vasquez [sic] but I’ve never seen any photos on his black hole [...]
Customer Service Update
It is now the weekend, and there’s been no word yet from Conciliar Press regarding a replacement copy for the sloppily bound and sloppily handled copy of the complete Orthodox Study Bible that they dispatched to Kevin Edgecomb, who (unknowingly) passed it along to me. I find this a bit disappointing, but perhaps they’re just [...]
In Which I Discuss, or Otherwise Note, Sundry Comments By Other People Whose Blogs I Read (Or, Highlights from the Blogroll)
Jim West suggests that I should attend the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. And it’s not like I haven’t seriously considered it: after all, BTSR is a terrific school with quite the attractive biblical studies curriculum, and BTSR students have cross-registration privileges at nearby Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, itself a fine center for the [...]
In Which the OSB and I Don’t Get Off to Such a Great Start
As I mentioned earlier, our good friend Kevin Edgecomb kindly decided to send me a copy of the complete Orthodox Study Bible, an endeavor to which he attended with remarkable celerity: indeed, I received my copy of the OSB this afternoon, exactly a week after he made the offer! Many, many thanks to Kevin.
Upon retrieving [...]
Announcement: New Orthodox Psalter Published
Readers will remember that in an earlier post I mentioned that Michael Asser’s revision of the King James Version’s Psalter according to the Septuagint (available online here and here) was forthcoming in a printed and further corrected edition from the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies. I am glad to report that the book is now [...]
On People Who Wish Not to Be Bothered with the Facts (or, Don’t Mess with Moisés Silva)
Mike Aubrey reports that, much to his horror (and mine), someone found his blog through these vile search terms:
“moises silva liberal”
I know well, my gentle snowflakes, that no words can possibly express the tremendous horror produced by such ghastly (and indeed, hellish) lucubrations, produced as they are by sick and perverted minds. It is [...]
More Tuesday Morning Musings
My superfriend Juhem has apparently decided to move from retelling stories from our high school days on to poking fun at me on the basis of news items. Of course, I’m only complaining because I had seen the very same news item a while back and had thought to do the same thing with Jim [...]
My Modus Operandi (or, "P.P.S.: I Can Kill You With My Brain")
Since earlier I uncovered the real reason behind Jim West’s drive to blog, I thought it only fair to likewise expose the dark pathology undergirding my own blogging (and commenting) proclivities:
Comments from the Peanut Gallery:
[00:42] nick_norelli: Where do you find this stuff?[00:43] nick_norelli: And did YOU write that?
Yet More Comments on the Complete OSB
Those keeping track of the many reviews of the complete Orthodox Study Bible that have appeared online in recent weeks might also wish to take note of the following posts:
1) Our good friend Kevin Edgecomb has produced another review piece entitled Orthodox Study Bible redux, in which he ably discusses a number of errors and [...]
