#God in Crist and Christ in God

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Psalm 66:16-20 NLT 16 Come and listen, all you who fear God,     and I will tell you what he did for me. 17 For I cried out to him for help,     praising him as I spoke. 18 If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,     the Lord would not have listened. 19 But God did listen!     He paid attention to my prayer. 20 Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer     or withdraw his unfailing love from me.

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Idioms in Catalan with a religious origin

There's quite a lot of idioms that we say in everyday life, outside of the context of religion, but that come from religious stories or events.

Most of them come from Christianity, and many of them are shared with other Romance languages or other languages from historically Christian countries. To keep this list accessible to everyone regardless of cultural background, I will include the literal translation to English and also an explanation all of them.

Let's see how many of these you can understand before seeing the explanation. Let us know in the tags!

1. Fer Pasqua abans de Rams = "to do Easter before Palm Sunday", meaning to get pregnant, have a baby, or to have sex before getting married. Nowadays it's used in a more general sense to mean to do something before it's time (like English "put the cart before the horse"). Palm Sunday is a holiday celebrated the week before Easter.

2. Per a més inri = "for more INRI", used to add a bad thing on top of something else, making a situation even worse or more humiliating. It's a reference to the sign that said "INRI" (stands for the initials of "Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews" in Latin) that Roman soldiers hanged on Christ's crucifix to make fun of him.

3. A la babalà = "in the babalà way", meaning to do something without having thought much about it. But what does "babalà" mean? This word doesn't exist in the Catalan language outside of this expression. It comes from the Arabic Alà bâb Allâh which means "in God's hands".

4. On Crist va perdre l'espardenya = "where Christ lost his sandal", or on Crist va perdre el barret = "where Christ lost his hat", meaning somewhere very far away and usually in the middle of nothing. I don't know of any story that has Christ lose his sandal or hat.

5. Perdut de la mà de Déu = "lost by God's hand", meaning a place in the middle of nowhere.

6. Ser un calvari ="to be a calvary", meaning that something is a cause of suffering. You can also hear quin calvari! = "what a calvary!". This is a reference to Mount Calvary, where Christ was crucified.

7. Endavant les atxes = "ahead with the candles!", meaning "keep going!", used to encourage to keep going in a negative situation with difficulties or a situation that you would have preferred to avoid. An atxa is a kind of big candle that the first people in a religious procession carry. This was the shout that would start a procession.

(Note: in recent years, Spanish media has used this idiom as supposed proof that Catalan independentists who said it are calling for violence, using a fake translation that assumed that "atxa" must mean the same as Spanish "hacha", meaning "axe" 🪓, because the pronunciation is almost identical. This is false, when people were saying "endavant les atxes" they did not intend any meaning related to "bring the axes". This was used to justify violence against Catalan activists, but has no ground in reality. "Axe"🪓 in Catalan would be "destral".)

8. Net com una patena = "as clean as a paten", meaning very clean. A paten is a kind of small dish used in Catholic mass, where the blessed sacramental bread in placed on.

9. Acabar com el rosari de l'aurora = "to end up like the dawn rosary", meaning to end very, very badly, usually in violence. The dawn rosary used to be a procession that was done in the early morning of certain holidays while praying the rosary. The idiom (which also exists in Spanish) comes from the year 1868. Around those years, there were many anticlerical riots, while the Catholic church kept doing the dawn rosary on the streets and often assigning it political meaning. In Barcelona and other cities, anticlerical protestors tried to stop the dawn rosary from happening, and it ended in violence and blood.

10. Plorar com una Magdalena = "to cry like a Magdalene", meaning to cry a lot and very desperately. This is a reference to Mary Magdalene, a character from the Bible's New Testament who cried when she met Christ.

11. Déu-n'hi-do! = "God gives!". This expression is difficult to translate because I don't think English has an equivalent (the closest I can think of are "wow!" or even "holy shit!"), but Catalan people use it a lot. It's an exclamation used to show surprise, awe or to mean a big quantity.

12. Ser més vell que Matusalem = "to be older than Methuselah", meaning that someone is very very old. Methuselah is a character from the Bible's Old Testament who is said to have lived for 969 years. This comparison is used for comedic value.

13. Rentar-se'n les mans = "to wash one's hands", meaning to say you're not responsible for what happens. This is a quote from the Bible's New Testament: when Christ is being judged by Pontius Pilate, the crowd is asking him to sentence him to crucifixion. He asks Christ to defend himself, but he doesn't. Pilate doesn't want to sentence him to death, but he sees he has no other option. Then, he sees his hands are stained with Christ's blood, and washes his hands as he decides that this situation will not be his responsibility.

14. Arribar a misses dites = "to arrive to mass [already] said", meaning to arrive late when something has already happened.

15. Ser com les palmes d’Elx, que vingueren el matí de Pasqua = "to be like the Elx palms, that arrived on Easter morning", this is used in the Valencian Country to mean to be late. Elx is a city with the biggest palm groove in Europe ever since the Middle Ages, and many of these palm tree leafs are used for making the palms used for Palm Sunday, the celebration that happens a week before Easter.

16. Va a missa = "goes to mass", meaning whatever is said is exactly what will happen, without complaining or second thoughts.

17. Endiumenjar-se = "to Sunday yourself" or "to Sunday up", meaning to dress up in your best clothes (same as "to wear your Sunday best" in English). Traditionally, people used to wear their best clothes for Sunday mass.

18. Alt com un sant Pau = "as tall as a saint Paul", someone who is very tall. Saint Paul was not tall, in his texts he describes himself as a "little man". The origin of this sentence is in Catalonia centuries ago. People used to celebrate the holiday of Saint Paul's Conversion (January 25th). In the Sant Pau del Camp church area in Barcelona, the tradition for this day had a man yield a huge sword. For this reason, the man had to be tall and strong.

19. Alegre/content com unes pasqües = "as cheerful/happy as Easters", meaning to be very happy and cheerful.

20. Discutir sobre el sexe dels àngels or parlar del sexe dels àngels = "to argue about angels' sex", meaning to endlessly argue heatedly about something insignificant where neither side will ever convince the other to change their minds. Also called una discussió bizantina="a Byzantine argument". This comes from the historical fact that Biblical scholars spent centuries arguing on whether angels can be male or female or not. Legends say that, when the Ottomans were laying siege on Constantinople in 1453 and getting ready to invade it, the Byzantine theologists were arguing about whether angels have sexes instead of doing anything useful.

21. Pagant, sant Pere canta = "if you pay, saint Peter sings". The person who hears it, might answer i sant Joan fa esclops = "and Saint John makes clogs". This means that money will get you anything, even the things that seemed impossible. It might be a reference to the Bible story where saint Peter was asked if he knew Christ after he was taken to crucify, and Peter lied three times and said he didn't know him. "To sing" in Catalan can also mean "to confess". Maybe, if they had paid him he would have confessed.

22. Perdre l'oremus = "to lose the oremus", meaning to lose control of yourself, or to get disoriented or lose memory. "Oremus" (which means "let's pray" in Latin) is the sentence that Catholic priests say during mass to lead a prayer. It's believed that this idiom comes from some incidents where a priest would start the sentence "oremus..." but then couldn't find the prayer he wanted to lead, which he might have misplaced somewhere else in his book. So he would say "oremus... uh... oremus..." while flipping the pages looking for the right one.

23. A bon sant t'encomanes! = "You entrust yourself to a good saint!", said with irony. It's said when you ask for help or rely on someone who is not competent.

24. Ser més papista que el Papa = "To be more Popeist than the Pope", meaning someone who is too dogmatic, too strict or extremist in following the rules, or who believes in or defends something in a more extreme way than the people most affected by it.

25. Qui no coneix Déu, a qualsevol sant li resa = "He who doesn't know God, prays to any saint", used to compare something very good to something worse that someone else likes, usually something worse but that is very popular.

And there's probably others that I forgot.

How many of these are shared with your language?

[castingcomets]

Theres not even anything wrong with me you know that. I've met people who have had to become spiders and snakes and crawl in the shadows and their beings become elongated and outward-sprawling like spider legs. They learn to manipulate and coerce and forsee and play 4d chess in order to survive, but they become fragmented and shattered and splintered and splattered and so long lost and stretched out that it's a cobblefuck to try to pull themselves back together. But it's possible and I've seen them make strides too.

I'm not a spider I've just been a rock in a cave hiding and slowly freezing. Some aspects of me are very close to "par" or indicate something vivid or healthy. And I do think that given the circumstances I'm the most benign outcome, this method of simply hiding and hunkering, rather than engaging and saying things that make me lose myself.

But of my god. Oh my god oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my GOD. WILL I EVER GET OUT AND RETURN TO MYSELF ??

I think so. And honestly I'd be disturbingly fortunate to do so. Given the world we live in. Given the sorts of opportunities we have and the concerns that we should have. You're lucky if you pay your rent and nobody you love is sick and if you can still work.

But jesus christ. Jesus crist. Jesus christ. When I die & rejoin the fabric of the universe I will be DAMN GRATEFUL. But in the meantime I would like to see a day where I do not recognize myself becasue I've never seen myself so genuine.

Not sure what I can do about it so I'm just chillin. Spent thr past year or so reading bits & pieces of Levine books and letting them change my entire mind and perception. Doing everything I can to cultivate an interoceptive awareness like I'm training for a marathon.

LIFE IS GOOD! I've always known that, like the last rat in the sewer will never lose that drive. But I used to struggle to explain it to my suicidal, spider-like kin.

LIFE IS GOOD! I know it as well as I perceive the constant tension in my core and shoulders. I know it as well as I know that my jaw and throat have always confused me and given me trouble, I know it as consistently as I collapse in conflict, I know it as pervasively as my fear for submission and vulnerability. NOT SURE WHY IVE ALWAYS KNOWN THIS AND OTHER PEOPLE DONT ! I used to think it was the problem, when my diaries were more abysmal - I thought that hedging WAS hell, if I could just commit to living or giving up then that would be swell, but I didnt know how to do the former, and I couldnt do the latter for that persistent little rat instinct of mine. Oh, woe!

I dont know. I dont know. I don't know. Nothing like reading a Peter Levine book for hours to CLEAR YOUR IDEA of what's appropriate to share or not - clear your standards for what conventions are worth upholding. I just remembered that I never ate dinner. I'm gonna go do that.

Goodbye and peace and love and one day I will say that and fucking mean it instead of it ringing hollow against fretful intentions

[goldstars98]

how the diocese of Auradon City came to be

Adam sat on his trone as he began his speech

“I called this meeting because the pope made me archbishop of Auradon City now the decree he wrote is in front of me I just want y’all to sign it” said Adam

“first the isle now this“ said King Eric

“my instaltion mass cannot happe unless y’all sign“ said Adam

“listin here you human trow rug we arent singing anything take you and your little decree to the shredder“ said King Charming

“y’all will sign“ said Adam

they signed in the following order

Adam Leroi archbishop elect of Auradon City

Laurent Ulrich apostolic nuncio to the United States of Auradon

King Charming

King Eugene

“now for my next decree I want all mass to be clelebrated in the Novus Orde rite or the Post Vatican Council 2 mass none if this Latin mass BS” said Adam

“it’s the only mass that will be allowed to be celebrated“ said Ulrich

“meeting adjourned“ said Adam

the next day a vespers service at the Auradon City cathedral was held the choir began singing the laudes regeie or royal acclamations which saints are called to help the pope and the archbishop

“Exaudi Cristi Benedicto sumo ponifiche et unversail patri vita” (crist hear to Benedict supreme pontiff and universel father)

Sancti Petre tu liium adjuva ( Saint Peter come to his aid)

Sancti Paule tu lium adjuva (Saint Paul come to his aid)

omnes sancti pontiffiche et doctore ( all the pontiff and doctor saints)

nous lium adjuva ( aid him)

as Adam walked down the aisle the singing continued

“Exaudi Cristi Adamus Auradoissis Archepiscopo et omine clero sibi cum Miso pax salus et vitia ( hear Christ to Adam Archbishop of Auradon and to every cleric committed to him peace health and life)

Sancti Dionysus Tu liam adjuva (Saint Denis come to his aid)

sancta Genovefa Tu liam adjuva (Saint Genevieve come to his aid)

Sancta Cechilia tu liam adjuva (Saint Cecilia come to his aid)

Sancti Ludoviche tu liam adjuva ( Saint Louis come to his aid)

Sancta Maria Tu liam adjuva ( Saint Mary come to his aid)

Regina apostloum tu liam adjuva ( Queen of apostles come to his aid)

Adam knelt before the altar in prayer as the singing continued

SanctI Jhoanes Baptista Tu liam adjuva ( Saint John the baptis come to his aid)

Sancti Jhose Tu liam adjuva (Saint Joseph come to his aid)

Sancti cryli et methosides axuim adjuva ( Saint Cyril and Methodist ad him)

Sancta Teresa Ma jeusu tu liam adjuva (Saint Terse of jesus come to his aid)

omnis sancti et sancta deie axuim adjuva ( all the saints of god come to his aid)

Adam was handed his crozier by Ulrich

“shepherd your flock with justice and mercy “ said Ulrich

adam led his new flock out of the cathedral

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The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, and Cristes-messe in 1131; in Latin, Dies Natalis.

Early Celebration

Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church.

Saints Irenaeus and Tertullian omit it from their lists of feasts. Origen, glancing perhaps at the discreditable imperial Natalitia, asserts that in the Scriptures, sinners alone, not saints, celebrate their birthday.

Arnobius can still ridicule the "birthdays" of the gods.

The first evidence of the feast is from Egypt.

About A.D. 200, Clement of Alexandria says that certain Egyptian theologians "over curiously" assign, not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on 25 Pachon (May 20), in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus.

The December feast therefore reached Egypt between 427 and 433.

In Rome, the earliest evidence is in the Philocalian Calendar, compiled in 354, which contains three important entries.

In the civil calendar, December 25 is marked "Natalis Invicti."

In the "Depositio Martyrum," a list of Roman or early and universally venerated martyrs, under December 25 is found "VIII kal. ian. natus Christus in Betleem Iudæ."

De Santi (L'Orig. delle Fest. Nat., in Civiltæ Cattolica, 1907), following Erbes, argues that Rome took over the Eastern Epiphany, now with a definite Nativity colouring and, with increasing number of Eastern Churches, placed it on December 25.

Later, both the East and West divided their feast, leaving Ephiphany on January 6 and Nativity on December 25, respectively.

The earlier hypothesis still seems preferable.

Origin of Date

Concerning the date of Christ's birth, the Gospels give no help.

Upon their data, contradictory arguments are based. The census would have been impossible in winter: a whole population could not then be put in motion.

Again, in winter, it must have been, then only field labour was suspended. However, Rome was not thus considerate.

Authorities, moreover, differ as to whether shepherds could or would keep flocks exposed during the nights of the rainy season.

Natalis Invicti

The well-known solar feast, however, of Natalis Invicti, celebrated on December 25, has a strong claim on the responsibility for our December date.

For the history of the solar cult, its position in the Roman Empire and syncretism with Mithraism have collected the evidence for the feast, which reached its climax of popularity under Aurelian in 274.

In 1700, Filippo del Torre first saw its importance.

It is marked, as has been said, without addition in Philocalus' Calendar.

It would be impossible here to outline the history of solar symbolism and language as applied to God, the Messiah, and Christ in Jewish or Chrisian canonical, patristic, or devotional works.

Hymns and Christmas offices abound in instances; the texts are well arranged by Cumont.

Liturgy and Custom

The fixing of this date fixed those too of Circumcision, Presentation, Expectation, Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nativity, and Conception of the Baptist (cf. Thurston in Amer. Eccl. Rev., December, 1898).

Till the tenth century, Christmas counted, in papal reckoning, as the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, as it still does in Bulls.

Boniface VIII (1294-1303) restored temporarily this usage, to which Germany held longest.

The Crib (creche) or Nativity Scene

In 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi originated the crib of today by laicizing a hitherto ecclesiastical custom, henceforward extra-liturgical and popular.

The presence of ox and ass is due to a misinterpretation of Isaias 1:3 and Habakkuk 3:2 ("Itala" version), though they appear in the unique fourth-century "Nativity" discovered in the Saint Sebastian catacombs in 1877.

The ass on which Balaam rode in the Reims mystery won for the feast the title Festum Asinorum (Ducange, op. cit., s.v. Festum).

Hymns and Carols

The degeneration of these plays, in part, occasioned the diffusion of noels, pastorali, and carols, to which was accorded, at times, a quasi-liturgical position.

Prudentius, in the fourth century, is the first (and in that century alone) to hymn the Nativity, for the "Vox clara" (hymn for Lauds in Advent).

"Christe Redemptor" (Vespers and Matins of Christmas) cannot be assigned to Ambrose.

"A solis ortu" is certainly, however, by Sedulius (fifth century).

The earliest German Weihnachtslieder date from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the earliest noels from the eleventh, the earliest carols from the thirteenth.

The famous "Stabat Mater Speciosa" is attributed to Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306).

"Adeste Fideles" is, at the earliest, of the seventeenth century.

These essentially popular airs, and even words must, however, have existed long before they were put down in writing.

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18th June >> Mass Readings (Except GB & USA)

Wednesday, Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time 

(Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I))

First Reading 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 There is no limit to the blessings which God can send you.

Do not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always have all you need for yourselves in every possible circumstance, and still have something to spare for all sorts of good works. As scripture says: He was free in almsgiving, and gave to the poor: his good deeds will never be forgotten. The one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide you with all the seed you want and make the harvest of your good deeds a larger one, and, made richer in every way, you will be able to do all the generous things which, through us, are the cause of thanksgiving to God.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 111(112):1-4,9

R/ Happy the man who fears the Lord. or R/ Alleluia!

Happy the man who fears the Lord, who takes delight in all his commands. His sons will be powerful on earth; the children of the upright are blessed.

R/ Happy the man who fears the Lord. or R/ Alleluia!

Riches and wealth are in his house; his justice stands firm for ever. He is a light in the darkness for the upright: he is generous, merciful and just.

R/ Happy the man who fears the Lord. or R/ Alleluia!

Open-handed, he gives to the poor; his justice stands firm for ever. His head will be raised in glory.

R/ Happy the man who fears the Lord. or R/ Alleluia!

Gospel Acclamation cf. Colossians 3:16a,17

Alleluia, alleluia! Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you; through him give thanks to God the Father. Alleluia!

Or: John 14:23

Alleluia, alleluia! If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. Alleluia!

Gospel Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 Your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice; by doing this you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win men’s admiration. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. ‘And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you. ‘When you fast do not put on a gloomy look as the hypocrites do: they pull long faces to let men know they are fasting. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that no one will know you are fasting except your Father who sees all that is done in secret; and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Crist.

[boozedupbluberry]

God I love my gf😋

I'll never tell them this but I have three collages full of photos just of them (they sent them to me I didn't take them). I mean, im not even gooning on main just Jesus crist I don't think I've know buety before them, hell I didn't even think blond people were real- I mean, If they were the only person I had to go off of it would make sense because they have the complexion of a God. I dont even deserve to be graced by their presence like, Jesus Christ I love being a f***t. I got so lucky, like I dont even understand how I got here, I've just been free styling my way through life and somehow was graces with their affections- im one of the most socially inept people I know and I've won, I've won the race.:D:D

THIS CAR IS MY DAUGHTER!

[kuyavancreations]

The blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1 : 7

இயேசுகிறிஸ்துவின் இரத்தம் சகல பாவங்களையும் நீக்கி, நம்மைச் சுத்திகரிக்கும். 1 யோவான் 1 : 7

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[eusouevangelica-eusouevangelico]

Devocional: Céu & Inferno

Parte 5: O Céu com Cristo

Diante de tudo isso, o principal motivo para desejar a vida que Cristo nos proporciona não é o medo do lago de fogo ou do inferno, mas o amor à Pessoa de Deus e a Ele ser exatamente como Ele é. Desejar viver eternamente com Ele é amar a Deus em verdade e em espírito. Sob esse cenário, percebe-se o quão amável, zeloso, justo e santo é o Senhor e Suas decisões são as formas que Ele tem para aplicar todas estas qualidades. O cristão deve-se alegrar porque no final de todas as coisas, a justiça será restabelecida, a ordem será reerguida e os mundos serão do Governo do SENHOR (Ap 11:15). Maranata, ora venha Senhor Jesus!

O único meio de não alcançar tamanha Graça de Vida é por meio do pecado. Este é expiado somente pelo sacrifício salvífico de Cristo na cruz. O peso do pecado diante do Senhor é como a lepra e seu odor como o fedor das chagas (Is 64:6). O pecado temporal direciona às pessoas a uma eternidade sem Deus não por ser um grande insulto em si, mas por ser um insulto a DEUS – o Ser mais elevado, transcendente, santo, grande, misericordioso e terrível que existe. O grau de elevação de Deus faz com que todos os pecados cometidos gerem a morte se os tais que os cometem permanecerem neles.

Nós éramos inimigos de Deus e dignos de todo o castigo (Cl 1:21) e de Sua ira. O castigo eterno é o ápice de Sua ira e por isso, Cristo veio para nos livrar. Cristo veio à Terra para livrar o homem da ira do próprio Pai restaurando o relacionamento caído desde o Éden. Deus é bom porque, por amor, promoveu o escape ao homem contra Sua ira e furor. Ser bom não significa que Deus não Se ira, não odeia ou não castiga, Deus é bom porque Seus sentimentos são na medida certa, são justos e santos.

Isaías 35 nos descreve que em Cristo há esplendor e glória, salvação (4), cura (5,6), renovo (6), santidade (7) e esperança de alegria (10) eternas. Essa é a esperança do cristão, a qual o move para mais perto de Deus. A vida eterna é um lugar sem lágrimas, sem dor, sem morte, sem abortos, sem tristeza, sem pecado ou injustiças (Ap 21:4), vale a pena lutar para estar com Cristo. Não se importar com esse futuro glorioso e poderoso torna-nos negligentes em nosso presente. Viver como se não existisse o juízo de Deus (salvação e perdição) traz uma visão de que o pecado não tem castigo e de que o insulto é tolerado por Deus. 

Se você ainda não aceitou a Cristo, aceite-O agora mesmo como Seu único Salvador! E se já O aceitou como SENHOR, considere a influência que suas decisões tem no destino de sua alma. Pois, ao considerar o final da história, a vida é influenciada por ele. E lembre-se sempre: Deus é justo; o relógio está andando; o tempo está voando e a morte e o inferno estão se movendo. Cristo irá retornar e então será tarde demais! Aquele que não aceitou a Cristo como Salvador e vive no pecado não tem seu nome escrito no Livro da Vida do Cordeiro e isso é terrível! Converta seu coração com a ajuda do Espírito Santo.

Reflita: você pode afirmar se o seu nome está escrito no Livro de Deus? O que espera para ser incluído nesse Livro? (Ap 22:14)

Fontes: Devocional ESE + O verdadeiro Evangelho, livro de Paul Washer.

[marshmallowprotection]

Do you think the RFA members would date an MC 5 years younger than them, like an MC in college?

I think this circumstance only works if you’re implying someone that is a smidge younger than Jumin, Jaehee, or V. 

They’re 25-26 respectively so that would put any MC younger than them around 20, which isn’t unreasonable in a gap, I guess. I would have to say no in regards to Yoosung, Seven, or Zen, though. Yoosung is 20, Seven is 21, and Zen is 23. Even with Zen, the age of an MC 5 years younger than him would be 18 and even that makes me a little uncomfortable to think about even though I know he’s a great good without any bad intentions.

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The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038; Cristes-messe in 1131; in Latin Dies Natalis.

Early Celebration

Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church.

Saints Irenaeus and Tertullian omit it from their lists of feasts. Origen, glancing perhaps at the discreditable imperial Natalitia, asserts that in the Scriptures, sinners alone, not saints, celebrate their birthday.

Arnobius can still ridicule the "birthdays" of the gods.

The first evidence of the feast is from Egypt.

About A.D. 200, Clement of Alexandria says that certain Egyptian theologians "over curiously" assign, not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on 25 Pachon (May 20) in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus.

The December feast therefore reached Egypt between 427 and 433.

In Rome, the earliest evidence is in the Philocalian Calendar, compiled in 354, which contains three important entries.

In the civil calendar, December 25 is marked "Natalis Invicti."

In the "Depositio Martyrum," a list of Roman or early and universally venerated martyrs, under December 25 is found "VIII kal. ian. natus Christus in Betleem Iudæ."

De Santi (L'Orig. delle Fest. Nat., in Civiltæ Cattolica, 1907), following Erbes, argues that Rome took over the Eastern Epiphany, now with a definite Nativity colouring and, with as increasing number of Eastern Churches, placed it on December 25.

Later, both the East and West divided their feast, leaving Ephiphany on January 6, and Nativity on December 25, respectively. The earlier hypothesis still seems preferable.

Origin of Date

Concerning the date of Christ's birth, the Gospels give no help; upon their data, contradictory arguments are based.

The census would have been impossible in winter: a whole population could not then be put in motion.

Authorities moreover differ as to whether shepherds could or would keep flocks exposed during the nights of the rainy season.

Natalis Invicti

The well-known solar feast, however, of Natalis Invicti, celebrated on December 25, has a strong claim on the responsibility for our December date.

For the history of the solar cult, it would be its position in the Roman Empire and syncretism with Mithraism.

(See Cumont's epoch-making "Textes et Monuments" etc., I, ii, 4, 6, p. 355.)

Mommsen (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, 12, p. 338) has collected the evidence for the feast, which reached its climax of popularity under Aurelian in 274.

In 1700, Filippo del Torre first saw its importance. It is marked, as has been said, without addition in Philocalus' Calendar.

It would be impossible here even to outline the history of solar symbolism and language as applied to God, the Messiah, and Christ in Jewish or Chrisian canonical, patristic, or devotional works.

Hymns and Christmas offices abound in instances; the texts are well arranged by Cumont.

Liturgy and Custom

The arrangement of this date also fixed those of Circumcision and Presentation, Expectation, Annunciation B.V.M., and Nativity and Conception of the Baptist (cf. Thurston in Amer. Eccl. Rev., December, 1898).

Until the tenth century, Christmas counted, in papal reckoning, as the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, as it still does in Bulls.

Boniface VIII (1294-1303) restored temporarily this usage, to which Germany held longest.

The Crib (creche) or Nativity Scene

Saint Francis of Assisi in 1223 originated the current crib by laicizing a hitherto ecclesiastical custom, thus extra-liturgical and popular.

The presence of ox and ass is due to a misinterpretation of Isaias 1:3 and Habakkuk 3:2 ("Itala" version), though they appear in the unique fourth-century "Nativity" discovered in the Saint Sebastian catacombs in 1877.

The ass on which Balaam rode in the Reims mystery won for the feast the title Festum Asinorum (Ducange, op. cit., s.v. Festum).

Hymns and Carols

The degeneration of these plays, in part, occasioned the diffusion of noels, pastorali and carols, to which was accorded at times a quasi-liturgical position.

Prudentius, in the fourth century, is the first (and in that century alone) to hymn the Nativity for the "Vox clara" (hymn for Lauds in Advent).

"Christe Redemptor" (Vespers and Matins of Christmas) cannot be assigned to Ambrose. "A solis ortu" is certainly, however, by Sedulius (fifth century).

The earliest German Weihnachtslieder date from the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- the earliest noels from the eleventh and the earliest carols from the thirteenth.

The famous "Stabat Mater Speciosa" is attributed to Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306).

"Adeste Fideles" is, at the earliest, of the seventeenth century. However, these words must have existed long before they were put down in writing.