“... surely we ought to show kindness and gentleness to animals for many reasons, and chiefly because they are of the same origin as ourselves.”
~ St. John Chrysostom
Sunday, 3 January 2021
The wicked bible
The Wicked Bible, also known as the Sinner’s Bible, originated in 1631. It was the product of the Royal Printers in London, Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, who accidentally let a rather important typo slip by.
Unfortunately, it was in a rather popular part of the text — Exodus 20:14, otherwise known as the Ten Commandments.
Everything seems fine until you get up to commandment number six — thou shalt not commit adultery.
It seems that somehow the rather important “not” part of that sentence was missing. Instead, the commandment read — Thou shalt commit adultery.
Only roughly a thousand of these copies were made and it took a year for the mistake to come to light. While most of the Wicked Bibles were rounded up and destroyed, 15 still remain.
That’s not the only typo
While the Commandment blunder is the most famous typo in the Wicked Bible, it’s not the only one.
In fact, another big one can also be found in Deuteronomy 5:24, where it reads “And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his great-asse.”
Clearly, that was supposed to say “greatness”.
The Wicked Bible, sometimes called the Adulterous Bible or the Sinners' Bible,: ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS RARE BOOKS IN THE WORLD AND
THE MOST WELL KNOWN MISPRINT IN LITERARY HISTORY. The Holy Bible: .
London: Robert Barker, .And by the Assignes of Iohn Ball, 1631.
Friday, 18 December 2020
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Suffering and prayer
Allow the suffering to be an opportunity to find reason for prayer and reflection
Sunday, 4 October 2020
What do you wish for ?
To walk on water, its not the act of walking on water but what the representation of this achievement is in itself. How holy it must be that to have such faith as to walk on water, what more can a person ever want on this earth or of this earth ever want. To be in total communion with faith that the mere ways of this world would be 
Prayers written at Vailimia, by Robert Louis Stevenson
STEVENSON"S PRAYERS : by R.L. Stevenson - Chatto & Windus - 1922 : 3rd Printing with Gold Leaf ***
The book contains family prayers Stevenson coined while living his final sickly years in the town of Vailima, Samoa. The prologue by Mrs. Stevenson depicts a convivial, easygoing existence for the Stevensons amidst the Samoan natives, who dubbed the man Tusitala ("Teller of Tales") and would circle him night and day for wisdom in the form of prayer.
No religion is stated, which I think makes the prayers all the more efficient. "Amen" crops up here and there but that doesn't narrow it down as much as you'd think. Prayers are prescribed according to days, times of the day, seasonal shenanigans, overall intentions. They're fueled by a sense of peace and balance - especially in their observation of nature - that reminds me a little of Buddhism, such as the notion that "forgetfulness of self" is "the only way to heaven".
I like to think Samoa was Stevenson's heaven on earth.
No religion is stated, which I think makes the prayers all the more efficient. "Amen" crops up here and there but that doesn't narrow it down as much as you'd think. Prayers are prescribed according to days, times of the day, seasonal shenanigans, overall intentions. They're fueled by a sense of peace and balance - especially in their observation of nature - that reminds me a little of Buddhism, such as the notion that "forgetfulness of self" is "the only way to heaven".
I like to think Samoa was Stevenson's heaven on earth.
This book is a collection of short, one or two page prayers for various occasions which the Stevenson family used during their evening devotions. The entire household and neighbors gathered by lantern light, including the "retainers" or servants. After the Scripture was read in the Samoan Bible by Lloyd,Robert's step-son, Robert would pray in English from his little book, "interpolating, or changing with the circumstances of the day". They then sang hymns in Samoan and recited The Lord's Prayer, also in Samoan. Some of the titles of prayer are: For Grace, For Success, Sunday, In Time Of Rain, and For the Family. These short prayers are full of honesty and grace.
500-1500/2000
Blessed is the man
Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of the sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men. Psalm 1
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