Tag: St. John

The bloom is off the rose.

Last month was one of the coldest Aprils in the last decades. It followed a cold March, which...

John Brignell, the smartest man in England.

John Brignell, the smartest man in England. Once in a great while, there is a distillation of wisdom...

Eric Hoffer, longshoreman philosopher.

One of the most brilliant distillations of wisdom is Mr. Hoffer’s observation: “Movements turn into businesses. Businesses turn...

Iconoclasts began with Judas.

When Mary took a pound of very expensive ointment, pure nard (beginning of John: 12) and anointed Jesus’...

Comments on the commentators of Revelations.

There are many similarities in the visions of Heaven that are recorded by Daniel, Ezekiel, and The Book...

Odd note on the Book of Revelations.

Readers of these columns know that there are sometimes references to the Book of Revelations from a Catholic...

The Catholic Cosmology

After The Resurrection, the twelve disciples moved to different areas to tell, first the Jews, then the Greeks,...

Not proof, but another indication that Catholic…

As is periodically mentioned in these pages, Catholic Fundamentalists think that most Europeans are descended from Abraham, and...

Now and Then.

“Then”, among the most interesting of words, transcends time. We can say “Then, it happened.” It can also...

The Seven Spirits of God.

Are the Seven Spirits of God in Revelation the opposites of the Seven Deadly Sins?...