Maelurain of Tallaght (d. 792)
St. Maelurain (d. 792)was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Tallaght which became the focal point of an 8th century ...
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Salvation of Righteous Pagans in the Poem St. Erkenwald
The 14th century in England saw the flowering of Middle English literature. Beginning with classics like Sir Gawain and ...
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Spiritual, but not Religious
No one can deny that we are in a dark time in the history of the world, and that this stems mainly and fundamentally from th...
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Capuciati and the Peace of Aquitaine (1183)
The long reign of the French King Philip Augustus (1180-1223) was chronicled by a monk named Rigord, a physician-monk of the...
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The Justinian Code and the Emergence of Clerical Marriage in Byzantium
Clerical celibacy in the Latin rite is always a thorny subject that provokes impassioned discussion. One difficulty in addre...
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Deus ex Machina or Fons Entis?
In the ancient Greek plays, it was not uncommon for a protagonist to be saved from a dangerous situation or relieved from an...
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