My dere sone, mine sweting
My dere sone, mine sweting by 18 December 2020 Timothy Larsen Madonna with the infant Jesus among Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Clare, Pavia, c.1400 FOR medieval theologians, the joy of Christmas lay in its celebration of the incarnation: God’s taking human form for the salvation of humanity. In the seventh century, Isidore of Seville explained Christmas’s importance in terms of John 1.14, the Gospel reading for the Third Mass: “The Word became flesh even though, taking on flesh, he was not changed in the flesh. For he took on...
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