Hippolytus
by CCW | 13 August 2010 05:00
[1]The collect for today, the commemoration of Hippolytus (d. c. 235), Doctor, Priest, Martyr (source[2]):
O God, who hast enlightened thy Church by the teaching of thy servant Hippolytus: Enrich us evermore, we beseech thee, with thy heavenly grace, and raise up faithful witnesses who by their life and doctrine will set forth the truth of thy salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
With the Epistle and Gospel for a Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer[3] (Canadian, 1962):
The Epistle: 1 St Peter 4:12-19[4]
The Gospel: St Matthew 16:24-27[5]
Artwork: Cast of statue of Hippolytus, Pio-Christian Museum[6], Vatican Museums. (The original third-century statue is in the entrance hall of the Vatican Apostolic Library.) Photo taken by admin 26 April 2010.
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Vatican_Hippolytus.jpg
- source: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/08/12.html
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#martyr
- 1 St Peter 4:12-19: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20peter%204:12-19&version=ESV
- St Matthew 16:24-27: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2016:24-27&version=ESV
- Pio-Christian Museum: http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Monuments/The_Vatican_Museums/Pio_Christian_Museum.htm
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