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Tabb Centenary Year LXVIII Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. Vox Dei “Some said it thundered.”
The Father speaking to the Son, 1909 (p. 194, Religion: Christ) Tradition
When home our blessed Lord was gone, 1899 (p. 345, Quatrains: Religion) Christ and the Pagan
I had no God but these, 1910 (p. 193, Religion: Christ) Potter’s Field
’Twas purchased with His blood, this holy ground, May 1898 (p. 342, Quatrains: Religion) The Image-Maker
“Thou shalt no graven image make;” January 1909 (p. 195, Religion: Christ) [John B. Tabb was ordained to the priesthood this day, December 20, 1884. “Vox Dei”: Latin, the voice of God; the poem is a reflection on the Gospel story related in John 12:20-36. “Tradition”: according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “The word tradition (Greek paradosis) in the ecclesiastical sense... refers sometimes to the thing (doctrine, account, or custom) transmitted from one generation to another; sometimes to the organ or mode of the transmission....” “Potter’s Field”: the poem references Matthew 27:3-10 and alludes to Luke 9:57-58. “The Image-Maker”: the quotation is from Exodus 20:4; the whole poem alludes to Genesis 1:26; a superscription is something written on the surface of, on the outside of, or above something else; an effigy is an image or representation of a person.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Sun. 12/20/09 08:52:25 AM |
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