Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of Saint Pope Gregory I (3 September) celebrates the late 6th and early 7th century pope who is usually given the epithet “Gregory the Great.”

His papacy saw a great expansion of Church authority in the midst of Western Rome’s collapse, Gothic tribal invasions, and plague. He countered the Arian and Donatist heresies, was a prolific and influential writer, and is considered to be one of the four Latin Church Fathers.

+ Includes a traditional Armenian feast day recipe: The Gregorian Cocktail. It consists of a mixture of vegetables and sauces.

Dusty Words

Word of the Day:

Unctuous

The Epistle to the Galatians 2:1-10

+ Paul begins his argument against the agitators in Galatia who oppose his teaching re: circumcision.

Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Joseph of Arimathea (31 August) celebrates the 1st century Jewish Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. He is identified in the Gospel accounts as a wealthy disciple of Jesus and as a member of the Sanhedrin.

He is the subject of numerous stories and legends, which developed in particular during the Middle Ages. He is also the patron saint of undertakers and funeral directors.

Dusty Quotations

by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

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Dusty Buildings

Urnes Stave Church (Ornes, Luster, Norway)

+ Built in the 12th century, this stave church blends Christianity, which was relatively new to Scandinavia, with Viking age influenced wooden construction and motifs.

Dusty Art

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker, c. 1649, is an oil on canvas portrait painting and the most well-known of a subject who is among the most divisive figures in English history .

The Lonely Shepherd

music by James Last
first recorded and performed by Gheorghe Zamfir (1977)

The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (Book Review)

The Didache (Book Review)

Dated by a majority of scholars to the first century, and perhaps earlier even than some of the books of the New Testament, the Didache was an early Christian document providing instruction to the newly formed Church.

Dusty Feasts

Dusty Feasts: Saint Augustine of Hippo (28 August) was a 4th and 5th century theologian and philosopher. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period.

He is the namesake and patron of numerous locations. He is also a patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, philosophers, and sore eyes.