Tuesday, June 26, 2007
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril was born in Alexandria in the year 370 AD. His uncle,Theophilus, was Archbishop of Alexandria.
His uncle, though he meant well, had a very bad temper and was stubborn. After Theophilus died in 470 AD, Cyril became Archbishop of Alexandria. Cyril was a very brave man and was very honest and straightforward.
Despite all of this, Cyril shared nearly the same 'personality traits' as his uncle: He was an impulsive and stubborn man.
Cyril was the representative of Pope St. Celestine I at the Council of Epheusus in the year 431 AD. This was a very large, official meeting with more than 200 bishops.
The reason for the meeting was to examine the teachings of the priest Nestorius. Nestorius was teaching wrong things, such as that Jesus is God but not man. The pope gave him ten days to stop preaching these false things but he refused, so Cyril and the other bishops had to tell the people that he was wrong.
St. Cyril and the bishops did it so well that the people didn't listen to Nestorius at all.
St Cyril died in the year 444 AD and was proclaimed a Saint and Doctor of the Church in 1882 and his feast day is June the 27th, today.
Labels: schoolwork
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Warhammer 40k T'au
A while back I said that Thomas and I were collecting a fantasy wargame called Warhammer. But now, we've started to collect a sci-fi wargame called Warhammer 40,000(or 40k), named because it's set in the year 40,000 AD.
Thomas is collecting the Space Marines, genetically altered human soldiers in really cool power armour, and I am collecting the T'au, a race that's only 6,ooo years old and as, if not more, advanced than the humans.
I have begun to paint my miniatures but I have been unable to finish them thanks to rain and I've been constantly repairing them because the wind blows them off the table and keeps breaking them.
ARRRRRGH!!!!!!!!
I'll post some photos of what they look like when they're repaired and finished.
My Theme:
The theme for my T'au army is that they are mercenaries, rogues from the T'au race. To enhance this theme, I have given one of them a Space Marine shoulder pad instead of the normal one, another one a Bolter(the main Space Marine gun), another one a Bolt Pistol(Space Marine pistol) and the last one a big knife that goes the whole way down his leg!!!!
Thomas is collecting the Space Marines, genetically altered human soldiers in really cool power armour, and I am collecting the T'au, a race that's only 6,ooo years old and as, if not more, advanced than the humans.
I have begun to paint my miniatures but I have been unable to finish them thanks to rain and I've been constantly repairing them because the wind blows them off the table and keeps breaking them.
ARRRRRGH!!!!!!!!
I'll post some photos of what they look like when they're repaired and finished.
My Theme:
The theme for my T'au army is that they are mercenaries, rogues from the T'au race. To enhance this theme, I have given one of them a Space Marine shoulder pad instead of the normal one, another one a Bolter(the main Space Marine gun), another one a Bolt Pistol(Space Marine pistol) and the last one a big knife that goes the whole way down his leg!!!!
Labels: toys and games
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