Metropolitan Jerome continues discussing Temple & Church… between the High Priesthood of Adam and Melchizedek, the Atonement Sacrifice, the Passover (Last Supper) and the High Priesthood of Christ, the Cross and the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) and the nature and meaning of Christian baptism and the Petrine concept of the “royal priesthood” of Christians.
Category: Theology
2019 Lent Conference III: “Conversi ad Dominum” Atonement, Temple & Church
Metropolitan Jerome continues the correlation between Temple & Church drawing parallels between the High Priest and the ritual sacrifices of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the High Priesthood of Christ and the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) of the Christian Church.
2019 Lent Conference II: “Conversi ad Dominum” The orientation of the Temple, the Passover and the New Rite
Metropolitan Jerome describes the physical and symbological orientation of Solomon’s Temple with particular reference to the Passover Sacrifice and Christ’s Passion and the correlative physical and liturgical orientation of traditional Christian churches.
2019 Lent Conference I: “Conversi ad Dominum” turn to the Lord
Metropolitan Jerome introduces the key themes of this series of conferences about the tradition of facing East in the Church.
O Adonai
The second great “O” is: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. English: O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: Come…
O Sapientia
Today marks the beginning of the great “O Antiphons” marking the passing of the “Golden Nights” as the Church prepares herself for the final octave (eight days) towards the Feast of the Nativity. They are recited at Vespers as the Magnificat antiphons and each emphasises a title of the Messiah. They express the hope of…
O Immanuel
The seventh great “O” is: O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster. English: O Emmanuel, God with us, our King and lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: come to save us, O Lord our God. It reflects the following prophecies and Scripture: O…
O Rex gentium
The sixth great “O” is: O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. English: O King of the gentiles and their desired One, the cornerstone that makes both one: come, and deliver man, whom you formed out of the dust of the earth. It reflects…
O Oriens
The fifth great “O” is: O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol iustitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis. English: O dawn of the east, brightness of light eternal, and sun of justice: come, and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It reflects the following prophecies and Scripture:…
O Clavis David
The fourth great “O” is: O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis. English: O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut and no…
