Saturday, December 23, 2017
Augustine on what Christ became
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[Christmas] It is called the Lord’s birthday when the wisdom of God presented itself to us as an infant, and the Word of God without word...
Monday, May 4, 2015
Aoibhinn beatha an scoláire - Sweet is the scholar's life!
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The Scholar's Life (Beatha an Scoláire) is a seventeenth century Irish poem that describes the life of leisure and privilege enjoyed by ...
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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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