C. Matthew Phillips

Medieval Historian

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

It is necessary that in order to make satisfaction for this pride some important man had to be brought down from the height of divinity even to the humility of a man.  No one could do this unless he was God and man.
Ralph Ardent c. 1200

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Humility defeats Pride

[St. Thomas Aquinas @Aquinas_Quotes]

A monk is held to obey his abbot more than the bishop in matters determined by his rule. But in matters of ecclesiastical discipline, he must obey his bishop more, because in these matters the abbot is under the bishop.

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@MemoryMedieval Dr Ailes is solid scholar

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@IMPERATORAUS Excellent and reasonable

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@BrandonWarmke Wash U and Vandy are so right wing! 🤡

[IMPERATOR @IMPERATORAUS]

https://t.co/prwUNzJZ5U

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@IMPERATORAUS Augustine of Hippo

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https://t.co/nVLnntfEoa

[CMA: Medieval Art @cma_medieval]

Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin #artbots #cma

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I understand Clovis and later Franks better now

[LiorLefineder @lefineder]

A Frankish Odyssey.
Around 279, Emperor Probus defeated the Germanic people in a series of wars. As part of the peace agreement, Germanic groups were resettled throughout the empire. This included a group of Franks who were resettled in the region of Pontus on the coast of the black sea, but almost as soon as they were settled, the Franks rebelled.

Taking control of a fleet stationed in an Euxine harbor, they sailed out of the black sea into the Mediterranean, pillaging their way through Anatolia, Greece, and North Africa. They ravaged the famous city of Syracuse in Sicily and tried to take Carthage, but were repulsed. Eventually, they reached and passed the Pillars of Heracles into the Atlantic Ocean.
From there, they coasted from Hispania to Gaul, passing the British Channel until they returned to the shores of their home.

[LiorLefineder @lefineder]

A Frankish Odyssey.
Around 279, Emperor Probus defeated the Germanic people in a series of wars. As part of the peace agreement, Germanic groups were resettled throughout the empire. This included a group of Franks who were resettled in the region of Pontus on the coast of the black sea, but almost as soon as they were settled, the Franks rebelled.

Taking control of a fleet stationed in an Euxine harbor, they sailed out of the black sea into the Mediterranean, pillaging their way through Anatolia, Greece, and North Africa. They ravaged the famous city of Syracuse in Sicily and tried to take Carthage, but were repulsed. Eventually, they reached and passed the Pillars of Heracles into the Atlantic Ocean.
From there, they coasted from Hispania to Gaul, passing the British Channel until they returned to the shores of their home.

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

Humility defeats Pride

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

It is necessary that in order to make satisfaction for this pride some important man had to be brought down from the height of divinity even to the humility of a man.  No one could do this unless he was God and man.
Ralph Ardent c. 1200

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

https://t.co/vZ9nsAN0nN

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

It is necessary that in order to make satisfaction for this pride some important man had to be brought down from the height of divinity even to the humility of a man.  No one could do this unless he was God and man.
Ralph Ardent c. 1200

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

@BrandonWarmke Without an ontological understanding (yes theology), mere reason cannot overcome human desire

[C. Matthew Phillips @devotiocruci]

😂

[Michael McGill 🏛 @mcgillmd921]

Caligula, during the first six months of his reign

vs.

Caligula, during the rest of his reign

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@BrandonWarmke Peer review is only as effective as the peers.

A jury of one's peers works similarly.

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@ThinkItThroug17 @kearney_melissa But if one's partisanship continues to inspire one to assert easily demonstrable inaccurate notions about reality....

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yep

[Melissa S. Kearney @kearney_melissa]

Ha! But yes -
“This is the tendency of academic writing in the humanities (and to a lesser extent, the social sciences) to adopt an extensive abstract jargon, often borrowed from philosophy and sometimes even from the sciences, the result of which is prose that has the superficial form of scholarship but which in fact verges on a kind of nonsense.”

[U.S. Navy @USNavy]

The largest amphibious invasion in human history began in the dark.

At dawn on June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 vessels carrying 160,000 Allied troops closed in on the beaches of Normandy.

Through courage and sacrifice, they secured a foothold in Nazi-occupied France and began the liberation of Western Europe.

Today, we honor the heroes of D-Day.

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@davidpdeavel Reid Hoffman and Kathryn Ruemmler.

Hoffman has funded Democrats.

Ruemmler called him ‘Uncle Jeffrey’ while she was White House Counselor for Obama