“When the Minister baptiseth, I beleeue that Christ with his hand reached as it were from heauen, besprinkleth the child baptised with water, with his bloud, to remission of sinnes”
—Zanchi, Miscel. li. 3 pa. 134
“Not unfitly do the Fathers teach, that effect of the Holy Spirit moving upon the waters, which Moses describeth in Genesis 1 to be a resemblance of that which is, the Holy Spirit performeth in the water of baptism. For as there he rested upon those waters, that he might cherish and prepare them for the producing of living creatures, and for the generation of all things: so the Holy Spirit sits upon the waters of baptism, and sits as it were abroad upon them, and blesseth them, and thence doth cherish, regenerate, and animate the elect, and makes them fruitful unto all good works.”
—ibid., De. Trib. Eloh.
We are delighted to announce that "The Writings of the Venerable Bede: A Bilingual Anthology," edited and translated by Graham Scheper (@grahamscheper), with a foreword by Tom Shippey, will be published by Uppsala Books later this year. This book is the first of its kind to exist!
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Grateful to be able to get this first volume out into the world. I first ran across this material 25 yrs ago and have returned to it over and over. What a joy to be able to make it accessible to an English-language audience!
So anglican dot net went down months ago and has not returned. The contact info doesn't work either. I've rebuilt the site here for anyone who found it useful: https://t.co/qIIT4Rr2n6
@cath_cov Another interesting historical note is that one of G. Washington's first books was Comber's *Short Discourses on the Whole Common-Prayer*. The copy is still extant and includes his signature, doodles, and what P. Lillback describes as "tear marks" in places.
I’m certain this was NOT written for someone in my circumstances, likely it’s more for true pain and hardship in daily life. But it has been a comfort to me recently so use it for whatever you may be going through. From the Lutheran Book of Prayer: