Why were discs of bread that were prepared for the Mass stamped in relief with letters such as IC XC NI KA? That is a question which a once-popular theologian Honorius of Autun attempted to answer in ...

Snow sifted down upon the Alban and the Sabine hills, one night last week; and when a pink dawn came Pope Pius XI was seen to look out early from his palace window at the pinky snow. Seldom enough is ...

1.Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus! “Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat” – Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands. These are the words of the Laudes Regiae that the schola of the ...

Sacred Mysteries: ‘Christus vincit’ and the coming of Christmas The acclamation 'Christus vincit' performed the same function as an ancient Greek monogram standing for Christ the conqueror Gift this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IC XC NI KA – detail of a coin of Empress Theodora, 1055 - agefotostock / Alamy Why were discs of bread that were prepared for the ...