Friday Links, January 7, 2022
+ Difference between an icon and an idol?
+ Another book by a DT friend on another 2021 Best Books list.
+ Psalter St. Thomas of Canterbury may have held at his martyrdom may have been identified.
Thomistic Institute
Katy Carl, Dappled Things editor in chief, shared the above link and wrote, “The Thomistic Institute does incredible work -- these talks are so nourishing, & this one particularly so for our shared concerns . . .”
"How would we express the difference between an idol and an icon?
Theophany Icon. The Baptism of Christ was celebrated for many centuries on the Feast of Epiphany, along with the wedding at Cana, and the visit of the Three Kings, all epiphany events where Christ was manifested to be who He really is, the beloved Son of the Father, the worker of miracles, and the revelation to the Gentiles. Christ’s Baptism was a Theophany because it was the first public revelation of the Trinity.
Best Books of 2021 at CatholicReads.com
Brother Wolf, by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson, former DT editor and frequent contributor, gets a mention in yet another collection of Best Books of 2021.
Cambridge librarian believes he has identified St. Thomas Becket’s long-lost psalter
Fr. Michael Rennier suggests the above linked article, writing, “Or interest.” Katy Carl Loved the suggestion.
St. Thomas Becket (perhaps holding a Psalter) window (detail), made in 1919 from fragments of 13th-century glass, Canterbury Cathedral. Photo: TTaylor via Wikimedia Commons
