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Brewer's: Mass

High Mass or “Grand Mass” is sung by choristers, and celebrated with the assistance of a deacon and sub-deacon. Low Mass is simply read without singing; there is one between these two…

Gustavus IV

(Encyclopedia) Gustavus IV, 1778–1837, king of Sweden (1792–1809). On the assassination of his father, Gustavus III, he succeeded under the regency of his uncle, later King Charles XIII, a liberal.…

Brewer's: Kissing the Pope's Toe

Matthew of Westminister says, it was customary formerly to kiss the hand of his Holiness; but that a certain woman, in the eighth century, not only kissed the Pope's hand, but “squeezed it…

Orthodox Christian Holidays, 2010-2030

Top of Page The Orthodox Church is one of the oldest Christian denominations, with a rich history and tradition that spans many centuries and countries, from Russia and Greece to the Middle East and…

More, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) More, Sir Thomas (Saint Thomas More), 1478–1535, English statesman and author of Utopia, celebrated as a martyr in the Roman Catholic Church. He received a Latin education in the…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XIII

Purgatorio: Canto XIIPurgatorio: Canto XIVPurgatorio: Canto XIII We were upon the summit of the stairs, Where for the second time is cut away The mountain, which ascending shriveth all…

The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto XIII

Inferno: Canto XIIInferno: Canto XIVInferno: Canto XIII Not yet had Nessus reached the other side, When we had put ourselves within a wood, That was not marked by any path whatever.…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto XIII

Paradiso: Canto XIIParadiso: Canto XIVParadiso: Canto XIII Let him imagine, who would well conceive What now I saw, and let him while I speak Retain the image as a steadfast rock,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: XIII ("Heart!")

by EmilyDickinsonThe MasterXIVXIII Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me,…