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Bernard Reymond Translation Canon Tony Dickinson When I was translating Schleiermacher, I was pleasantly surprised by his concern, in his pages on prayer, to tailor properly the requests that we address to God. In essence he said that if we ...

Zwingli: dare to be free Pierre-Olivier Léchot translation Canon Tony Dickinson On March 22, 1522, the Zurich Reformation began with a thunderclap: the printer Froschauer, who was close to Zwingli, gave his employees and three priests present that day sausage ...

Music is more than just one more element of life. It is the same as life, arising out of silence, developing in silence, facing death. Pierre-Olivier Léchot writes of this experienc, to increase our sensibility and to reinforce our courage ...

Pierre-Olivier Léchot Translation Tony Dickinson Now what would he be doing in this mess? It is claimed that when he learned that he had been elected pope, in 1522, Adriaan Floriszoon gave a long sigh. Indeed nothing predestined this son ...

Bernard Reymond Translation Canon Tony Dickinson At the end of 2018, several Catholic associations in German-speaking Switzerland asked the Vatican to stop imposing the vow of celibacy on secular priests. Seemingly, the current pope will not give the shadow of ...

Philippe de Vargas offers a life-giving reading of the account of the last judgement according to the Gospel of Matthew, in which it draws us away from traditional readings of it which could have been made, in order to show ...

Jean-Marie de Bourqueney Translation Canon Tony Dickinson The biblical texts were initially written to be heard before they were read. Few people knew how to read. Christians wanted to make what they reckoned to be “Good News” heard. The writing ...

Celine Rohmer Translation Canon Tony Dickinson The word kerygma (which comes from Greek) doesn’t belong solely to theology. It is a common noun which didn’t wait for the New Testament writers in order to make sense. It means “proclamation” and ...

(Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13) Christophe Reymond Translation Canon Tony Dickinson Living together? It’s not simple. There are, in any case, two ways of living together of which the Bible speaks to us: Babel and anti-Babel. Babel? The tower which tried ...

Jean-Paul Hoppstetter From the book “Prayers” Éditions Olivétan et Société Luthérienne, 2008 Translation Canon Tony Dickinson Lord, thank you for creating me active and a servant in your creation. thank you for the toil of women and men who, day ...