Can I suggest that you all head over to Dieter Philippi’s webpage today to have a look at his post on the difference between the Spanish Pompom and the Italian Pompom.
(Yes, we are talking birettas here and Herr Philippi is the expert).
http://philippi-collection.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/difference-between-spanish-and-italien.html
I’ve been a fan of the Philippi collection for years.
Note the alternative spelling of pompon.
‘breaking open the same word of God and finding it feeds us all according to our earthly needs and god given personalities’.
Ought to be emblazoned over the door of every church.
Azrael – is that not the named fourth great archangel?
Oh, I knew someone was going to get picky about other Archangels.
I deliberately said something about them being named in the bible. Raphael sneaks in because of Tobit.
I think if you want to bicker you’ve a better case with Uriel than Azrael.
Azrael is better know in Islam and Sikhism (oddly) than in Christianity. Uriel meanwhile gets a singsong in the Creation. However, Raphael, Gabriel and Michael have got a bit more of a secure biblical foundation.
The more archangels the better, mind you …
I’ve never kept All Souls on a Sunday before – in the past we have keep it as an evening service during the week. For some of you, this will be the first time that you have been here for this service, though we have had as many as 40 folk out to keep it…
I'm delighted to hear the news that the Park of Keir Greenbelt land issue which I have been campaigning on locally is to have a full Public Enquiry. Quite right too. Many of the local campaigners went down to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday to lobby their MSPs. Together we managed to get all the…
I'm back from sunny Argyll. It was far hotter and sunnier than I would have expected.More immediately, I've just come in from standing in a very cold field for an hour watching the Northern Lights gently illuminate the night sky. There were meteors to watch too – shooting across both Orion and the Pleiades. A…
I'm taking this week off from Blogging. Blog will be resumed 28 October 2003 (ish).
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