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According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913): The oldest chronicle of Venice, known as the Chronicon Sagornini, was compiled by deacon John, the chaplain and perhaps a relative of the Doge Pietro II Orseolo (991–1009). John enjoyed the confidence of this doge, and was often sent as his ambassador to Holy Roman Emperors Otto III and Henry II ...
John was born in Antioch, Roman Syria (modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey) in 347 AD. [13] [14] [15] Different scholars describe his mother Anthusa as a pagan or as a Christian. [16] His father was a high-ranking military officer. John's father died soon after his birth and he was raised by his mother.
Johannes Hymonides, known as John the Deacon of Rome (d. between 876 and 879), was a deacon of the Roman Church. He wrote a biography of Pope Gregory the Great . He was one of the most culturally significant figures at the papal Curia in the second half of the ninth century.
The Paschal homily or sermon (also known in Greek as Hieratikon or as the Catechetical Homily) of St. John Chrysostom (died 407) is read aloud at Paschal matins, the service that begins Easter, in Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. According to the tradition of the Church, no one sits during the reading of the Paschal homily.
Members of such institutes and societies who are deacons, priests, or bishops remain bound to their more severe obligation as clergy. Latin Church clerics can lawfully fulfill their obligation to pray the Office using the edition of the Roman Breviary promulgated by John XXIII in 1961 rather than the current edition of the Liturgy of the Hours ...
Contemporary Protestant clergy often use the term 'homily' to describe a short sermon, such as one created for a wedding or funeral. [1]In colloquial, non-religious, usage, homily often means a sermon concerning a practical matter, a moralizing lecture or admonition, or an inspirational saying or platitude, but sermon is the more appropriate word in these cases.
The Syriac Orthodox Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church of the West Syriac Rite which is developed from the Antiochene Rite use a version of the Divine Liturgy of Saint James which differs substantially from its Byzantine Rite counterpart, most notably in being ...
Thomas Cromwell in 1532/1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger. Following the secession of the Church of England from the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome in 1530, and the designation of the monarch, Henry VIII of England, as the chief power in both the civil and ecclesiastical estates of the realm, it was needed for the establishment of the English Reformation that the reformed Christian ...