Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535-1607), The Body of Christ Anointed by Two Angels, c. 1593, oil on copper, 450 mm (17.72 in) x 390 mm (15.35 in), Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest.
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Sherlock Holmes.
Jorge Luis Borges
No salió de una madre ni supo de mayores.
Idéntico es el caso de Adán y de Quijano.
Está hecho de azar. Inmediato o cercano
lo rigen los vaivenes de variables lectores.No es un error pensar que nace en el momento
en que lo ve aquel otro que narrará su historia
y que muere en cada eclipse de la memoria
de quienes lo soñamos. Es más hueco que el viento.Es casto. Nada sabe del amor. No ha querido.
Ese hombre tan viril ha renunciado al arte
de amar. En Baker Street vive solo y aparte.
Le es ajeno también ese otro arte, el olvido.Lo soñó un irlandés, que no lo quiso nunca
y que trató, nos dicen, de matarlo. Fue en vano.
El hombre solitario prosigue, lupa en mano,
su rara suerte discontinua de cosa trunca.No tiene relaciones, pero no lo abandona
la devoción del otro, que fue su evangelista
y que de sus milagros ha dejado la lista.
Vive de un modo cómodo: en tercera persona.No baja más al baño. Tampoco visitaba
ese retiro Hamlet, que muere en Dinamarca
que no sabe casi nada de esa comarca
de la espada y del mar, del arco y de la aljaba.(Omnia sunt plena Jovis. De análoga manera
diremos de aquel justo que da nombre a los versos
que su inconstante sombra recorre los diversos
dominios en que ha sido parcelada la esfera.)Atiza en el hogar las encendidas ramas
o da muerte en los páramos a un perro del infierno.
Ese alto caballero no sabe que es eterno.
Resuelve naderías y repite epigramas.Nos llega desde un Londres de gas y de neblina
un Londres que se sabe capital de un imperio
que le interesa poco, de un Londres de misterio
tranquilo, que no quiere sentir que ya declina.No nos maravillemos. Después de la agonía,
el hado o el azar (que son la misma cosa)
depara a cada cual esa suerte curiosa
de ser ecos o formas que mueren cada día.Que mueren hasta un día final en que el olvido,
que es la meta común, nos olvide del todo.
Antes que nos alcance juguemos con el lodo
de ser durante un tiempo, de ser y de haber sido.Pensar de tarde en tarde en Sherlock Holmes es una
de las buenas costumbres que nos quedan. La muerte
y la siesta son otras. También es nuestra suerte
convalecer en un jardín o mirar la luna.
![ffactory:
[Matteo Ricci and Paul Xu Guangqi, from La Chine d’Athanase Kirchere de la Compagnie de Jesus: illustre de plusieurs monuments tant sacres que profanes: Amsterdam, 1670]
The missionary efforts of the Society of Jesus between the 16th and 17th century form a central part of the relations between Confucianism and Christianity. In 1582, Italian Matteo Ricci introduced aspects of Western science, maths, astronomy and art to the Chinese imperial court, establishing a dialogue with representatives of Confucianism. Several Jesuits subsequently became close advisers to the Emperor and held prestigious positions in the imperial government. Vice versa, several Confucian scholars contributed to the impact of Christian Jesuit culture in China.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ricci_Guangqi_2.jpg)
[Matteo Ricci and Paul Xu Guangqi, from La Chine d’Athanase Kirchere de la Compagnie de Jesus: illustre de plusieurs monuments tant sacres que profanes: Amsterdam, 1670]
The missionary efforts of the Society of Jesus between the 16th and 17th century form a central part of the relations between Confucianism and Christianity. In 1582, Italian Matteo Ricci introduced aspects of Western science, maths, astronomy and art to the Chinese imperial court, establishing a dialogue with representatives of Confucianism. Several Jesuits subsequently became close advisers to the Emperor and held prestigious positions in the imperial government. Vice versa, several Confucian scholars contributed to the impact of Christian Jesuit culture in China.
Lewisite was actually primarily used by the American forces during WW1, but was produced by the Japanese before WWII, and used against the Northern Chinese and Koreans during their conquest of those areas. Though this poster is in the same style as the other chemical warning posters (from WWI), Lewisite was not used as a chemical weapon by the Allies until WWII.
It causes pus-filled blisters (like mustard gas), and without protection can cause pulmonary edema. Sufficient exposure and absorption causes liver necrosis.
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"There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don’t know it."
O Lord we offer unto thee all praise and thanks for the glory of Thy grace that shined forth in Thine anointed servant Charles; and we beseech Thee to give us all grace that by a careful studious imitation of this Thy blessed Saint and Martyr, that we may be made worthy to receive benefit by his prayers, which he, in communion with the Church Catholic, offers up unto Thee for that part of it here Militant, through thy Son, our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
O deale not with them as bloud-thirsty and deceitfull men; but overcome their cruelty with thy compassion and my charity.
"This day is set aside to remember all who witnessed to their Christian faith during the conflicts in church and state in England, which lasted from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries but were at their most intense in the sixteenth century. Though the reform movement was aimed chiefly at the Papacy, many Christian men and women of holiness suffered for their allegiance to what they believed to be the truth of the gospel. As the movement grew in strength, it suffered its own internecine struggles, with one group determined that they were the keepers of truth and that all others were therefore at least in a state of ignorance and at worst heretical. In the twentieth century, ecumenical links drew the churches closer to each other in faith and worship and all now recognise both the good and evil that evolved from the Reformation Era.
Collect
Merciful God,
who, when your Church on earth was torn apart
by the ravages of sin,
raised up men and women in this land
who witnessed to their faith with courage and constancy:
give to your Church that peace which is your will,
and grant that those who have been divided on earth
may be reconciled in heaven,
and share together in the vision of your glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever."
—
English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation Era
4 May — Lesser Festival — Of any Saint — White
from Exciting Holiness.
