Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...

David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." ...

Anyway, I came across some remarks by Andrewes on the dove of the Holy Spirit (whom he calls the Holy Ghost, as we all did until a few years ago). The context was the Baptism of Jesus, which did ...

Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord year C ✠ A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 3:15-16,21-22 A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John ...

Baptism was not a new idea ... heaven was opened God’s spirit descended on Jesus God’s voice was heard A dove, often used as a symbol of peace, represents God’s spirit descending on Jesus.

Now when all the people were baptised by John the Baptist and when Jesus also had been baptised and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a ...

The mourning dove appears in the New Testament, telling of Jesus's baptism, when the Holy Spirit descended as a dove, it ...