Alleluja, alleluja. Ascendit Deus in jubilatione, et Dominus in voce tubæ. Alleluja.
It is always good to hear even only part of Mark 16:9–20. That Saint Mark might intentionally have ended at 16:8 is ridiculous on the face of it. Any lost ending is purely speculative. It is a circular argument that manuscripts without the canonical ending are older; for presupposed theological reasons, they are assumed to be older because those verses are missing. A Gospel without the Resurrection would obviously be no Gospel at all, and its composition would have been a pointless exercise. The Church would have had no reason to make liturgical or catechetical use of such a text, and indeed every reason not to.
As the future founding Doge of the Most Serene Republic of Great Britain, I need to give thought to the form of my own and my successors' Fèsta de ƚa Sènsa. All suggestions gratefully received.
You are like a fine wine.
ReplyDeleteI do get better with age, yes.
DeleteYou could throw a ring down a mineshaft, symbolising the Republic's marriage to the coal that you had brought back.
ReplyDeleteIt has always been there.
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