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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

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"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Monday, May 23, 2005

When I was a boy...

Yesterday was the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. This feast always reminds me of a story from CCD class.


St. Augustine of Hippo had been thinking about the Trinity for many days, trying to explain one God in three Persons.
As he walked along a beach, consumed with these thoughts, he came upon a boy sitting at the water's edge. The boy was trying to dig a hole in the sand with his bare hands, but after he would scoop out a handful of sand, the waves would rush in and fill the hole completely.
Augustine watched for some time as the boy struggled with his task. Finally, he said "You will never be able to dig a hole there".
The boy replied "I will be able to dig a hole here before you are able to explain the Holy Trinity, Augustine.
At that, the boy disappeared.

Of course, we keep trying. See The Divine Trinity by David Brown. Not a bad try for an Anglican.

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