“Nor did I think your orders were so strong that you, a mortal man, could over-run the gods’ unwritten and unfailing laws. Not now, nor yesterday’s, they always live, and no one knows their origin in time. So not through fear of any man’s proud spirit would I be likely to neglect ... More
Human language is ordained according to certain rules and principles which “codify” the place of words in a sentence (syntax), the appropriate word usage (semantics), verb tense, and so on. For instance, we acquire, from childhood, the rule that English places the subject at the ... More
In the year 590, much against his will, Abbot Gregory was unanimously elected Pope. Although this enormous responsibility as sole Patriarch for the Western part of the Empire daunted him, he did not forget his resolve to send missionaries to the inhabitants of distant Britannia. In September 595 ... More
The first is a powerful invocation to God titled “Alleluia,” while the second is a chant composed during the period of the Greek popes in Rome (ca. 7th century), and therefore is directly influenced by Eastern models. —- Other chants can be found at this page. ... More
These chants may sound both familiar and unfamiliar at first, but they date to a time when the Church Apostolic and Catholic was one, when Rome had not shaken off the Grace off of itself. Originally sung in Greek, the Church of Rome soon adopted Latin, the dominant tongue, as its liturgical ... More
