Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: Early Irish Speculations

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The incident of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil has long fascinated readers of th...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Patrick Fleming and the Letters of Columbanus

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The First Printed Edition of Columbanus' works by Patrick Fleming in 1667 The Irish monastic leader Columbanus wrote several letters...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Celebrating Christmas with Wise Men from Ireland

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Sedulius Scottus, (fl. 840-860) lived in Liège at a time when Irish scholarly influence in western Europe was at its zenith. He was a scr...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Live in Christ, that Christ may live in you

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"I live, yet no longer I, but Christ lives in me, he who for me has died; for that is the cry of the elect. But none can die to himse...
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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Massive Scribal Hangovers: One Ninth Century Confession

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Codex Sangallensis 904, page 204, a ninth century copy of Priscian's Latin grammar with an ogham gloss in the top margin Medieval Ir...
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Saturday, December 6, 2014

The Apertio Aurium and Illuminated Manuscripts

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Book of Kells folio 27v Insular illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells often contain a page with the symbols of the four evangel...
Friday, November 28, 2014

The sole sufficiency of grace: A ninth century Irish reflection

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Sedulius Scottus (fl. 840-860) was an Irish theologian and teacher who emigrated to Liège (Belgium) during the reign of holy Roman emperor L...