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Continue reading →: On the Creation of the World (Victorinus)Victorinus of Pettau was an Early Christian writer who flourished around 270 AD, and who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian around 303 or 304 AD. In his commentary, On the Creation of the World, he observes a number of fourfold correspondences in relation to the created order:…
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Continue reading →: A long time ago in a manger far, far awayA long time ago in a manger far, far away … Star of Jacob
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Continue reading →: Christian symbols read as systems of domination and of liberationI was delving deeper into the anxious masculinity of white evangelicalism when I came across this comment by Rosemary Radford Reuther: “The oppressive patterns in Christianity towards women and other subjugated people do not come from specific doctrines, but from a patriarchal and hierarchical reading of the system of Christian…
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Continue reading →: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker JesusIn honour of the release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, here is a collection of religiously themed Star Wars fan art. You’ll note a lot of the images feature either Anakin Skywalker (aka Darth Vader) or Luke Skywalker as a Jesus-like figure, though Yoda, Princess Leia,…
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Continue reading →: Aboriginal NativityThis colourful nativity scene is from a Christmas Card available from the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (ACM).
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Continue reading →: Birth of Australian JesusNativity: Birth of Australian Jesus by Reg Mombassa
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Continue reading →: Eve: The First PandoraThe stories of Eve and Pandora are equated in this 1550 painting by Jean Cousin the Elder, Eva Prima Pandora (Eve the first Pandora). It features a naked woman reclining in a grotto. Her right elbow rests on a skull, indicating the bringing of death, and she holds an apple…
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Continue reading →: Anti-semitism is UnChristianChristian anti-Semitism is fundamentally illogical. Not only was Jesus Himself Jewish, but so were the vast majority of the earliest Christians, including most of the authors of the New Testament. Whether they realize it or not, those who harbor prejudice against Jews are, in essence, harboring prejudice against key figures…
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Continue reading →: Blessings of deep peaceDeep peace of the running wave to you, Deep peace of the flowing air to you, Deep peace of the quiet earth to you, Deep peace of the shining stars to you, Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you, for ever. (Source unknown – early Scottish)
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Continue reading →: I Came Into The Unknown: A Poem by St John of the Cross“I came into the unknown and stayed there unknowing rising beyond all science. I did not know the door but when I found the way, unknowing where I was, I learned enormous things, but what I felt I cannot say, for I remained unknowing, rising beyond all science. It was…
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