

The Roman Hymn of Ss Peter and Paul
The liturgical genre known as the “hymn”, which is to say, a composition arranged in stanzas with a repeating meter, was introduced into common use
The liturgical genre known as the “hymn”, which is to say, a composition arranged in stanzas with a repeating meter, was introduced into common use
June 28 is traditionally the feast day of Pope St Leo II, who died on this day in 683, after a reign of less than
The Church recently celebrated the feast of the Birth of St John the Baptist, although because of its concurrence with the feast of the Sacred
Yesterday, we looked at the origin of the feast of Corpus Christi, and a legend about its origin which is edifying, but rests on very
The feast of Corpus Christi which we celebrate today is popularly said to have begun with a Bohemian priest named Peter, who was suffering from
Yesterday, we wrote about the writer Lactantius (AD 250-320 ca.), who is known as “the Christian Cicero,” and his general apologetic exposition of Christianity, the
Yesterday, in reference to the anniversary of the Edict of Milan, we mentioned one of the principal sources of information about it, the writer Lactantius,
On this day in the year 313 AD, the Emperor Constantine, together with his co-emperor Licinius, issued the Edict of Milan, granting religious tolerance to