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  • She exemplified true "feminine genius" and her brothers called her Macrina the Great.

    Halloween/All Saints Day Meme Argent 2006

  • On the Soul and the Resurrection continues, as St. Macrina moves back into more speculative territory.

    October « 2009 « Maria Lectrix 2009

  • On the Soul and the Resurrection continues, as St. Macrina moves back into more speculative territory.

    14 « October « 2009 « Maria Lectrix 2009

  • On the Soul and the Resurrection concludes, as the dying St. Macrina speaks to her brother about the body as compared to the resurrected body as the seed compares to the ear of wheat, and compares this to the unfallen bodies of humans when first created.

    04 « March « 2010 « Maria Lectrix 2010

  • Posted in Christian, The Fathers, tagged St. Macrina, St. Gregory of Nyssa, "On the Soul and the Resurrection", reincarnation on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

    December « 2009 « Maria Lectrix 2009

  • Btw, it turns out that icons of St. Macrina the Younger (ie, this one, not her grandmother the martyr) often depict her in the seat of a teacher/philosopher, or bearing a scroll.

    #1674: Part 4 of On the Soul and the Resurrection by St. Gregory of Nyssa « Maria Lectrix 2009

  • The lamb burger ($14), a thick patty of Lido Farms lamb stuffed with an almost ridiculous amount of Rogue River Oreganzola, was satisfying, made better by that wonderful Macrina brioche bun and a slab of red onion to cut through all the richness.

    After Midnight « PubliCola 2010

  • On the Soul and the Resurrection continues the dialogue between St. Macrina and her brother St. Gregory of Nyssa.

    September « 2009 « Maria Lectrix 2009

  • Posted in Christian, The Fathers, tagged "On the Soul and the Resurrection", patristics, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Macrina on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

    October « 2009 « Maria Lectrix 2009

  • On the Soul and the Resurrection concludes, as the dying St. Macrina speaks to her brother about the body as compared to the resurrected body as the seed compares to the ear of wheat, and compares this to the unfallen bodies of humans when first created.

    March « 2010 « Maria Lectrix 2010

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