Tag Archives: Death

Four Last Things: Death

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

A Sermon preached on The Second Sunday before Adventat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the 19th of November, 2023, at 11:00 am The readings were 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Psalm 90.1-12, and Matthew 25:1-13. I am … Continue reading →

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Four Last Things: Death

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George Herbert:Tuesday after the First Sunday of AdventDay Two In Medieval Catholic teaching, and subsequent Anglo-Catholic Anglicanism and pre-Vatican II Roman Catholicism, Advent was associated with the Four Last Things, namely Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell. … Continue reading →

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Poor Death: George Herbert’s “Dialogue-Anthem” with Death

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert Good Friday Herbert wrote a poem with the title Good Friday, as well as one on The Cross, but the short poem I have chosen for today, although rarely commented on by scholars, will do … Continue reading →

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A Procession to Death: George Herbert’s “Mortification”

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Through Lent With George Herbert Friday After The Fourth Sunday Of Lent Mortification. How soon doth man decay ! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way ; Those … Continue reading →

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