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Thursday, December 31, 2015
Golden Legend: Saint Silvester
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HERE followeth the Life of Saint Silvester. The interpretation of his name. Silvester is said of sile or sol which is light, and of terra ...
Rev. Butler: St. Sylvester, Pope, Confessor (A.D. 335)
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December 31 [See the Pontifical, published by Anastasius, Rufin, &c. Amongst the moderns, Tillemont t. vii. p. 267 Orsi, t. iv. and v....
Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope St. Sylvester I (314-335)
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Date of birth unknown; d. 31 December, 335. According to the "Liber pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 170) he was the son of a Roman...
Saturday, December 26, 2015
St. Gregory of Nazianzus: "Begotten of the Father"
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"BELIEVE that the Son of God, the Eternal Word, Who was begotten of the Father before all time and without body, was in these latter da...
St. Augustine: "The hope of His love"
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"THE grace of God could not have been more graciously commended to us than thus, that the only Son of God, remaining unchangeable in Hi...
St. Peter Chrysologus: "The Virgin brings forth her child"
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“WHERE are those who think that the Virgin’s conception and giving birth to her child are to be likened to those of other women? For, this l...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Tertullian: De Spectaculis
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The Shows Chapter 1 ______________________________________________________ You Servants of God, about to draw near to God, that you may...
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