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Four Last Things: Judgement

A Sermon Preached on The First Sunday of Adventat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the Third of December 2023, 11:00 am. The readings were Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-8, 18-20, and Mark 13:24-37. In the past … Continue reading

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Four Last Things: Death

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: George Herbert’s “Judgement”

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Four: Thursday after the First Sunday of Advent In some ways the picture above would go better with yesterday’s poem, but Judgement follows on from Dooms-day, and in some respects are the same. The … Continue reading

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Four Last Things: Death

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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