I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
—H.G. Wells
Something for the weekend. O Holy Night sung by Renee Fleming. The English lyrics, ironically written by a Unitarian minister in 1855, powerfully convey the turning point in history that the birth of Christ brought into beginning.
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Thanks, Don. That was beautiful and really fills us with the Christmas spirit. And Renee Fleming is my second most favorite soprano.
Is Eileen Farrell your very only first favorite?
These days, they’d attack Wells as being “eurocentric”….as they special-argue away everything.
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KMbold–belated reply, no Callas is my first favorite.
A man can be a non-Catholic historian or a Catholic non-historian, but only as a transitional state.