The Rings of Saturn -- a holy relic, you say?!
Six planets of our solar system will align on June 3. In honor of this spectacular event, I thought it'd be appropriate to make note of "De Praeputio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Diatriba," theologian and Vatican Librarian Leo Allatius' sCHolArLY wORk that posited that Jesus' foreskin ascended along with him (albeit separately) and became the rings of Saturn. I'm not sure if that claim wins the prize for the craziest re: Christ's prepuce, but it's a great one (or at least, the largest).
It's a rabboni hole I never could have imagined I'd go down, but here we are.
So if you happen to view June 3rd's magnificent celestial event, take a thought for Baby Jesus, a sharp stone, and the wondrous world of the theology of relics.
It's a rabboni hole I never could have imagined I'd go down, but here we are.
So if you happen to view June 3rd's magnificent celestial event, take a thought for Baby Jesus, a sharp stone, and the wondrous world of the theology of relics.
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(But the rest of your post will require a bit of brain bleach I'm afraid).
And eat tortellini pasta, of course
Moving !
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The older I get, the more I appreciate astronomical events. I plan to get up early that morning and (weather permitting) take it in.
Well, hold on -- January 1 is the day the Solemnity of Mary is observed. I'm not sure we'd want to bring Our Lord & Savior's foreskin into things that day. I mean, I'm sure that *somewhere* there's a sect of Christianity doing just that. I just don't know what it is.
Calamari?
The traddy Trids still observe 01 Jan as the Feast of the Circumcision
Interesting choice of words.
It’s totally mainstream Christianity—it’s eight days after the Nativity, just as you’d expect. The Mary thing must have come later.
Who was it on board used to refer to it as Brismas?
I quite enjoy replacing the greeting 'Happy New Year' with 'Happy Brismas'. I've also frequently, even when I'm not in Victor Meldrew mode, grumbled that New Year's Eve, has all the worst features of Christmas as habitually experienced, without any of the good bits.
In the CofE, the 1st of January is the Circumcision, now 'the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus'. As far as I know, it has never been anything else.
Uranus?
No need to be personal!
Some of my ( cultural as opposed to observant) Jewish colleagues made sure that the bris was done by the obstetrician before the baby boy left hospital with Mum usually before Day 8. This made sure that there was no familial fuss ( especially if Mum was a -God help us-shikse)
“Name of Jesus” is what’s listed on the ELCA Calendar for January 1.
Based on the size of Saturn’s inner rings, Our Lord & Savior’s little fireman would have been around 75,000 miles in diameter.
It was a long time ago - Leo Allatius died in 1669:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Allatius
I don't know what the issue could be any more. If we can speak openly about menstruation in our fast and modern times, I can't imagine why circumcisions/foreskins should be taboo in any way.
And circumcision was commanded by God for the male Israelites, including when He Himself became one. I don't think we should be squeamish about that either. But this is arguably more Purgatorial than the amusing Saturn thing.
I do notice that the article here says, emphasis mine:
So he may not actually have said this in the first place at all!
Exactly
Informally, Brismas
I'm not sure if it's the expression "little fireman" (a new one on me) or the diameter of same, but I can't stop laughing.
ROTFL!!!
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We need carols!!
Will this do?
Or, for those of a more serious mien (and especially our Orthodox shipmates) perhaps this?
Is the first one… um… real? (Hymns Modern and Ancient suggests parody, but after discovering “Royal Telephone” was a real, non-parodic hymn, I’m not going to assume…)
(“Spread it out”?? Just how big was it? Mind you, still outdone by the rings of Saturn…)
Seriously, “Royal Telephone” is a real hymn, and has a jarring number of stanzas, just taking that metaphor and running with it for far too long.
https://www.dioceseofwenchoster.co.uk/organ.htm
The first one had me in disbelief. The second one, I could hear in my head. If it's in the first tone.
Got that from a distinguished Kindergarten Teacher years ago.
A lot of hyperbole about this alignment. Most of them will be too faint to see with the naked eye, or so close to the sun as to be difficult to pick out. And the brightest and easiest to see, Venus, is not in the line up.
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…Prepuceterous!