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1 posted on 12/06/2012 3:35:25 PM PST by NYer
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2 posted on 12/06/2012 3:36:40 PM PST by NYer ("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
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Nice article.

Worth noting that mormons have the identical heresy as Arius promoted - along with others.


3 posted on 12/06/2012 3:52:46 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international. Gone.)
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OTOH, as all factoids about Nick come from a hagiography written some 5 centuries after he supposedly lived, it’s quite probable that his story is a pack of lies.


4 posted on 12/06/2012 3:54:55 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (By doubting we come to inquiry, and through inquiry we perceive truth. -; Peter Abelard)
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St. Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers. According to a Paul Harvey “The Rest Of The Story” I heard years ago, the three bags of gold he gave to the penniless father eventually evolved into the symbol of pawn shops....the three gold globes


5 posted on 12/06/2012 4:18:31 PM PST by Roccus
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The Real St. Nicholas – Not Fat and Not Very Jolly Either
In Service Bold as a Lion (Meet the REAL Saint Nicholas)
Who Was St. Nicholas? The True Story Of Santa Claus

Better than Santa Claus, Meet St. Nicholas the Wonder-Worker [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
The Real St. Nicholas – How Did a Cantankerous but Holy Bishop Become Jolly Ole St. Nick?
The "Claus" Clause [in honor of St. Nick's feast day]
The Santa Question
The "Claus" Clause
Celebrating Nikolaus in Germany
Church celebrates feast of St. Nicholas, the 'original' Santa Claus
Who is St. Nicholas?
Finally a mass in the church of Saint Nicholas in Myra (+ life of St. Nicholas)
An "Anglican World" Christmas Special: St. Nicholas, a Saint For Today

Saint Nicholas of Myra, By Ilya Repin
How St. Nicholas Became Santa Claus: One Theory
An Orthodox priest at Bari; the story of St. Nicholas' bones
Turkish Town Exchanges St. Nick for Santa (Former Myra, hometown of St. Nicholas)
The Real St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas belongs in any reclamation of Christmas
Don't forget: St. Nicholas' Day is tomorrow [today] (get your shoes out!)
The Russian legend of St. Nicolas and St. Cassian(Soloviev's Application)
Life of Saint Nicholas the Bishop, from The Golden Legend compiled by Jacobus de Voragine
Yes, There Really is a St. Nicholas !

7 posted on 12/06/2012 4:54:10 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Not very jolly either...


8 posted on 12/06/2012 4:58:28 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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Suddenly, a second man is on his feet, an obscure, cantankerous bishop named Nicholas. He approaches Arius, fist raised menacingly. There are gasps. Would he dare? He would. Fist strikes face. Arius goes down. He will have a shiner.

Presents for good children, coal or switches for bad ones, and a punch in the face for little heretics. Ho, ho, ho!

9 posted on 12/06/2012 6:15:59 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
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The city of Bari in Italy claims to have the remains of St. Nicholas. The church there with his tomb is a popular pilgrimage/tourist destination.

When I was there it seemed like a lot of the pilgrims were from Poland. Speaking of Poles Apart...

10 posted on 12/06/2012 7:42:55 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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A curmudgeonly saint....kewl!


15 posted on 12/07/2012 9:04:44 AM PST by Overtaxed
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St. Nicholas

The first canon of Nicene Fight Club- you do not talk about Nicene Fight Club.

The second canon of Nicene Fight Club- YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT NICENE FIGHT CLUB.

The third canon- No Arians.

The fourth canon- The Son is eternally God Begotten of the Father.

17 posted on 12/07/2012 10:57:53 AM PST by Martin Tell (ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it)
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The Real St. Nicholas – How Did a Cantankerous but Holy Bishop Become Jolly Ole St. Nick?
26 posted on 12/30/2013 4:58:12 PM PST by Coleus
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