The Way of the Lord is truth and life
The Way is the spiritual path following Jesus Christ through prayer. There may be different styles of worship, but the Way is the same way, and the destiny is to enter into close personal communion with the same God and Father.
#2 Life of Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in Aquino, Italy and died aged 49 in France in 1274. Thomas Aquinas’ father was Count Landulf of Aquino, near Naples. Landulf and his brother Ronald seized the castle of Roccasecca and became the overlords of that area. Thomas’ mother was Theodora; she may have been sister to the…
#1 Thomas Aquinas on the Trinity and Creation
Article written by Clare Merry in February 2022 1. Introduction Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) summarized human knowledge and philosophy up to 1270. His tour de force was Summa Theologica – Summary of the theology of Western Christianity. The Blackfriars edition of 1964 presents Summa in 61 volumes. Other editions have a lesser number of volumes, but…
#1 Divine Light and Cloud in the Bible
Article written by Clare Merry in June 1994, expanded in March 2025 KEY QUESTIONS Introduction In 1994 I set myself the task of finding all the references to light in the Bible with the help of a concordance. I wanted to see what would emerge from looking at this theme in the Bible as a…
#12 Chronology and Conclusion
This is the chronology: Jesus lived a quiet life in Nazareth working as a carpenter with Joseph. Jesus was in his 30s when he started his three year ministry. He moves to Capernaum on the shores of Lake Galilee. Jesus went to Jerusalem each year for Passover, first with his family and later with his…
#11 Slaughter of the Innocents
Herod sent the Magi to Bethlehem and instructed them: “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” (Matt. 2:8) This was trickery. His intentions are revealed in the verse Matthew 2:16: “When Herod realised that he…
#10 Escape to Egypt when Nile not in Flood
The delay in reaching Bethlehem could have been caused by the wise men being held up by Herod in Jerusalem, but was the delay beneficial in some way and therefore serving the purposes of God? The Magi were warned in a dream not to return to Jerusalem and report to Herod (Matt 2:12).. The Magi…
#9 Comets Point Down and Recede Away
The ability of comets to stop and point down to a town or city is explained in my article Was the Star of Bethlehem a Comet? (Article and blog posts posted on my website http://www.merryandtrue.com). Comets with tails have the tail streaming vertically upwards with the body of the comet pointing down to the earth just…
#8 Long Delay in Jerusalem for Wise Men
The wise men appear to have packed up and gone to Jerusalem in haste, but there is a long delay until they reach Bethlehem. Philo of Alexandria, a 1st century AD Jewish scholar stated that the scholar of astronomy perceives “timely signs of coming events” since “the stars were made for signs” (De Opificio Mundi,…
#7 The Lamb of God
The Jews expected the Messiah to be born in Nisan, the first month of the year in the Jewish calendar. He was indeed born at this time. This month marks the season of the Exodus from Egypt and the Passover celebration of it. Lamb of God is the title given to Jesus by John the…
#6 Flocks in Fields at Night
The shepherds mentioned in Luke chapter 2 are watching their flocks at night when angels appear to them on the hills to say that a Saviour has been born. The angels encourage the shepherds to go and find the new born baby; as a sign they will find him lying in a manger. At this…
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