The blog of a Middle Anglican
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The death of Jerome brings us to the year 420. The Roman Empire is on the point of collapse, the Dark Ages are about to descend upon Western Europe, and extant records about the lives of saints, or anything else, start to become thin on the ground. Nevertheless, one character of whom a little is [...]
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Most famous for his translation of the Bible into Latin, Jerome was born in Stridon, Dalmatia in the year 341. Although a scholar of great learning, Jerome could also be sarcastic and scornful towards other people. Consequently he had no difficulty acquiring enemies. Sometime in the early 360′s Jerome made a journey to Rome, where [...]
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Cyprian died in 258, seven years after Antony’s birth in 251. Antony, one of the first of the Desert Fathers, was one day in church he heard these words of Christ: “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, an thou shalt have treasure in heaven: [...]
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Between them the lives of Paul, Polycarp and Irenaeus, which were considered in previous posts, cover the period 30-200AD. Around 200AD, Cyprianus Thascius Cecilius was born in Carthage, North Africa. Up until his conversion ca 245 Cyprian held a position as a teacher of rhetoric, he was well known as a writer, and also for [...]
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