Ping!
Nice article.
Worth noting that mormons have the identical heresy as Arius promoted - along with others.
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.
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
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The "Claus" Clause [in honor of St. Nick's feast day]
The Santa Question
The "Claus" Clause
Celebrating Nikolaus in Germany
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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 !
Presents for good children, coal or switches for bad ones, and a punch in the face for little heretics. Ho, ho, ho!
When I was there it seemed like a lot of the pilgrims were from Poland. Speaking of Poles Apart...
A curmudgeonly saint....kewl!
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.