Friday Frivolity: Christian Children Classics
Whoever came up with these is a genius…
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Whoever came up with these is a genius…
Today is the Feast of the Holy Hierarchs, typically known in the West as the Cappadocian Fathers: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nazianzus and St. John Chrysostom. They were each great theologians in their own right and were staunch defenders of the Faith against different heresies:
My friend Nelson who is a lover of coffee and Eastern Christianity, sent me this link which describes different kinds of coffee in terms of early heresies…
…I think he secretly realizes that tea is superior.
Happy St. George’s Day! Today I’m leaving Blighty and heading back to the United States with my shiny new visa. Since I’m going to be on a plane for most of the day I thought today’s post should be something related to the theme of “flight”.
Before Lent, Elias over at “That Hideous Blog” posted a picture of a Russian Astronaut with an icon of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary):
This reminded me of an amazing podcast episode by Jimmy Akin from Catholic Answers. In this podcast episdoe he talks about how Catholicism might respond to space colonization. It makes me so happy that someone else is out there thinking about this stuff! 😀