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The history and various different developments of a collect for Sunday. And the discovery that the 2020 NZ Prayer Book was retyped.

. . . In Which Our Sophist-Critic Massively Misrepresents Cardinal Newman and Utterly Misunderstands the Distinction Between Implicit and Explicit Faith Jeremiah Murphy, D.D. made a devastating reply to anti-Catholic George Salmon’s rantings in a multi-part review in The Irish Ecclesiastical Record in 1901-1902.

(Image: David Bjorgen/Wikipedia) One of many “calendar mistakes” in the post-conciliar reform was the suppression of Epiphanytide, subsuming two of the “epiphanies” into Christmastide and leaving the third out almost completely. As you undoubtedly know, “epiphany” comes into English through the Greek word for a “revelation” or “manifestation.” Traditionally, the three epiphanies on which we focus at this time of year are the Infant King’s manifestation to the Magi; the man...