A Medieval account on the apostle Matthew speaking in tongues. The following is a modified version of William Caxton’s 1483 English translation of the Latin work, Legendae Aurea, commonly known in English as the Golden Legend. A highly popular book during the Medieval era. The text as it is found in the Golden Legend Matthew …
A look into the ethics and economics of databases and algorithms. How technology has outpaced the social conscience and society needs to catch-up.
Electronic databases are necessary, and there is no way that we can revert to the days of a pen and paper society, but do we trust databases too much?
Everybody uses a database every day. The question is really how much. The answer is many times more than you think. They control how our lives are structured.
Accounts of St. Anthony of Padua allegedly speaking in tongues.
Discovering and understanding Pope Benedict the XIV’s treatise on the gift of tongues.
Technical notes on the translation of Pope Benedict XIV’s treatise, De Servorum Dei Beatificatione et Beatorum Canonizatione, as it relates to the gift of tongues
Pope Benedict XIV’s coverage on the gift of tongues as an attribute for Sainthood.
How well do you know the history of speaking in tongues? This doctrine has a rich and diverse history over a two thousand year period. The first test covers the last 500 years of this practice and doctrine, while the second goes way back to the earlier centuries of the church. Click here to take …
The actual Latin text written by Benedict XIV on the dogma of tongues.
Introduction to the late-Medieval accounts of Christians speaking in tongues.
The religious expressions of prophecy and especially speaking in tongues by the Camisards in 18th century France.
The Camisards have a special narrative in the annals of Christian history and it is a sad one. Their story would have been forgotten if their speaking in tongues and their habitual use of prophecy was their mark in history. However, these are mere expressions of a greater problem of political and religious persecutions that continually harassed and cost so many lives. It is estimated that 500,000 Camisards fled France or were killed.1 These pogroms are the more important story, but the persecutions opened new Protestant expressions of piety that were unique, especially the realms of speaking in tongues and prophecy.