Average Egg Prices : 25% price hikes since Jan. 20, 2025 inauguration

POTUS mis-statements to the contrary

The CONSUMER price of

a dozen eggs since Trump-Vance

inauguration (DAY One of 2025-2029

Trump 2.0 term)

average retail price rose from

$4.95

to $6.22

Pope Francis closes personal savings account / Euros donated to Prisoners in Italy

NCR

online dot-org

National Catholic Reporter + Vatican News reported

April 29, 2025 that to fulfill a final act of mercy,

Pope Francis / Franciscus

to fulfill his action on April 17 (Maundy

Thursday) to the historic Rome prison

Regina Coeli -- he donated all of his

200,000 EURO balance

to prisoners he had long championed

ncronline.org/Vatican/final-act-mercy

pope-francis-donates-entire-private-bank-account-prisoners

April 29, 2025

Justice on SCOTUS recuses herself in Charter School question / argument

Amy Coney Barrett

former faculty

Univ. of Notre Dame

Law School

Pietro Paolin

His Eulogy / Funeral Homily for Pope Francis / Franciscus

put the man in the blue suit asleep and the Italian

Archbishop may have underwhelmed the backers of an

Italian for "next Pope"

Cardinal Paolin is the Vatican Secretary of State for now.

Conclave is set to begin in the Sistine Chapel on

May 6 - 7, 2025.

King Frederik X

According to the Associated Press

DATELINE Nuuk, Greenland

The Danish monarch / head of state

King Frederik X

arrived at Greenland Tuesday

April 29, 2025 kicking off a visit to

the semi-autonomous territory

that POTUS Trump 2.0 wants to

annex, any way he can.

Due to its strategic Arctic location

and likely valued mineral and rare

earth deposits, the people of

Greenland welcomed the Danish

head of state at a kaffemik or

meet-and-greet, according to

the royal house press department.

apnews.com/denmark-king-greenland-

trump-arctice-minerals-security . . .

All the way back in 1789 . . .

The inauguration of George Washington as POTUS 1

took place on

April 30, 1789 in New York City;

also ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY

during POTUS 3 first term of office

APRIL 30, 1803

Thomas Jefferson Admin. completes

the "Louisiana Purchase" with 

mass transfer of mid-continent land

holdings

Also

APRIL 30, 1945 (80 yrs. ago)

Hitler & mistress Eva Braun

commit suicide in Berlin

bunker as well as Joseph

and Mrs. Goebbels. The NAZI

capital fell to the Soviet

Army within the next days.

Acts 16: 22 - 40

 Interpreter: Emily Dickinson, poet

Of Paul and Silas it is said

They were in prison laid

But when they went to take them out

They were not there instead.

Security the same insures

To our assaulted Minds --

The staple must be optional

That an Immortal binds!

On syndicated TV Show, RFK, Jr. still spreads "Do your own research" dangerous advice to parents re: vaccines

NY TIMES dot-com

reported that HHS Secretary (who lacks medical degree

and any elected office background. . . his legal practice

concerned Environmental Law matters)

Robert F. Kennedy, Junior

offered  false information about vaccine oversight;

also while dialoguing with "Dr. Phil" (psychologist)

he revealed a lack of basic understanding of new

drug approvals (April 29, 2025)

nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/kennedy-vaccines-research.html

Why are some verses of Acts of the Apostles omitted from recent translations?

There is a divergence from ancient textual witnesses

to the canonical books of the New Testaments -- in

some early "traditions" of the Book of the Acts of

the Apostles textual critics have discerned a simpler

version called the Alexandrian and a more elaborated

one called the "Western" that ends up being 8.5 - 10%

longer.  The shorter version is thought to represent

an early stage in the Canonical Book of Acts.

This particular verses that are "Western" suggest

scribal tendencies to clarify ambiguities in stories/

speeches for example ACTS 16:6 scribes added

"of God" to the original "Word" / (Greek logos).

These verses stand alongside the textual columns

in footnotes with explanation:

Acts 8:37    Acts 15: 34

Acts 24:6-8 : /"And we would have

judged him according to our law.

But the chief captain Lysias came

and with great violence took him out

of our hands, commanding his accusers

to come before you"

Acts 28:29 

discussed in Heidi J. Hornik & Mikeal C. Parsons

BLACKWELL Commentary (2017)

The Acts of the Apostles through the Centuries

Acts 7:38

 DIETRICH Bonhoeffer on The Ten Commandments

The deacon Stephen before martyrdom calls them

"Living Oracles" --

In every word of the Ten Commandments, God

speaks fundamentally of God self, and this is

their main point.  That is why they are God's

revelation.  It is not a law but God we are obeying

in the Ten Commandments, and our failure when

we break them comes not from disobeying a law 

but from disobeying God. . . It is not merely unwise

to disregard God's command; it is sin, and the

wages of sin are death.  This is the reason the

New Testament calls the Ten Commandments 

"living words" (Letters & Papers from Prison)

cited in Hornik & Parsons, The Acts of the

Apostles through the Centuries (Wiley - Blackwell

2017)

Acts of the Apostles

In an Easter homily delivered

401 C.E., Bishop John

Chrysostom (as part of

a sermon series) called

the ACTS of the APOSTLES

a "strange and new dish" and

complained that "there are many

to whom this book is not even

known, and many again think

it so plain that they slight it.  Thus

to some their ignorance, to others

their knowledge is the cause of

the neglect" (Homilies on Acts

#1).

from Blackwell Commentary - by Heidi J.

Hornik The Acts of the Apostles through

the Centuries (2017, Wiley-Blackwell)

Group of 7 : will Trump view it as a meeting of peer nations? or his inferiors?

Soon this spring a meeting of the

Economic "GROUP of 7"

United States

Britain (U.K.)

France 

Germany

Italy

Japan

European Union

will be hosted by the new Prime Minister of Canada in Kananaskis,

Province of Alberta : Mark Carney

mid- June 2025

Peace Corps (originated in JFK Administration)

The Peace Corps

under the thumb of Elon Musk's "raiders"

is said to plan significant staff cuts.

Public Broadcasting (Radio & TV) -- hearing scheduled in District Court this afternoon

The CPB (Public Radio NPR and Public TV PBS) are suing the

Trump-Vance administration of its illegal firing of Board members;

they have announced in a lawsuit that Trump notified by email

that 3 of the 5 board members had been fired.

No cause or legal rationale for those firings

had been offered by the "White House."

nytimes.com/2025/04/29/business/media/corporation-public-broadcasting-firings.html

Laura G. Ross

Diane Kaplan

Thomas E. Rothman

Notre Dame Day (end of April)

April 29, 30

2025 is the 75th year since

Notre Dame Press

was launched at Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

notredameday.nd.edu/

email : ndday@nd.edu

Telephone 574-631-5198

Reunification Day (holiday in Ho Chi Minh City) - actually a Consul-General was approved to attend

Vietnam's 50th anniversary holiday

includes a parade

the United States (Trump-Vance) will not

be there

April 30, 1975

was the date the Army left

in helicopters after nearly

20 years there in-country.

_________________________

Rubio's State Dept., in a

move that angered War Veterans,

banned senior diplomats from 

attending.  However, they did

permit Susan Burns, Consul General

to attend a Tuesday night reception.

Happy 92nd Birthday, Willie Hugh Nelson (songwriter) !

Born April 29, 1933 in Abbott, TX;

he recorded his first song in 1956

and cut his first album in 1962.

Governor Whitmer willing to meet POTUS at Selfridge Airfield, Michigan

Today

April 29, 2025

on the 100th day in office

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

is meeting POTUS as he lands at 

Selfridge Air National Guard airfield;

he repeatedly says that he is working

with local officials to keep the airfield

open.

Brett Guthrie (House appropriator) - seeks to undo "Obamacare" promise - - May 1 update

May 1, 2025 -- The HILL reports that

the House Energy and Commerce Cmte.

could not agree on how to handle Medicaid

cuts of $880 billion . . .further meetings will

be necessitated.

Brett Guthrie, KY Congressman seeks to slash how much

the federal government is paying for an Obama

era promise to pay 90% of the 2010's law

MEDICAID Expansion

see NBCNews.com/politics/

congress/

Republicans-consider-unraveling-key-part-Obamacare

Monday 28 April 2025 8 p.m. report by NBC's

Sahil Kapur

In first 100 days, Trump has signed only 5 laws but 140 executive orders / proclamations

He has ordered worldwide Tariffs {145% on China}.

He has shuttered agencies / departments, sub-departments / tampered with

public health and regulatory agencies by decapitating their heads/deputies;

280,000 lost jobs.

He has assembled a Cabinet eager to flatter and enable his wildest dreams.

He installed a Defense Dept. chief who by tie-breaking vote of VP Vance now

seeks to browbeat generals and those who follow orders in uniform and as civilian workers.

He essentially has made the Senate send forward to him radical, often reactionary

ambassadors and agency heads that have deep pockets for his previous campaign costs.

He has insulted our ally Ukraine and tried at times to cut off its defense needs.

He continues to sidle up to Putin, thereby putting the U.S. on the wrong side of history.

Signing just 5 bills, makes Donald John Trump 2.0

somewhat lower than any president since the 1950s in

his first 100 days [ to contrast, with help of Speaker Ryan

and Senate Majority Leader McConnell TRUMP 1.0 signed 30 ]

~140 executive orders, matching the number that POTUS

46 (Biden) did entirely over a 4-year term.

Chris Krebs addresses RSA April 2025

The top director of cybersecurity in 2017-2020, Krebs, a leader

targeted for investigation by the Dept. of Justice (trump

lawyer Pam Bondi) remarked Monday 4/28/2025 that the

Trump mass lay-off initiative to gut personnel, employees, contractors

makes reactions and repairs to major hacking campaigns too little, too late.

nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/chris-krebs-speaks-

cuts-Trump-cuts-digital-defense-rcna203427

He was speaking to the Cybersecurity conference RSA at

San Francisco, CA to industry professionals.

Huizenga + Trump -- will he receive Trump's blessing to run for Senate seat from Michigan?

Trump rally today at Macomb County (near Detroit), MI

[ Macomb Community College ] also

nearby is Selfridge Air National Guard Base

on the 100th day since Jan. 20, 2025

before a ticketed event for the MAGA faithful.

One of the contenders for the "inside track" of

who gets to kiss the ring of POTUS / VP for

the Nov. 2026 race to fill the Junior seat, once

Gary Peters has resigned and walked away from

his Senior Senator responsibilities.  This would force

a competitive for Michigan primary voters in  August 2026.

Huizenga is a current West MI Congressman

in the former seat of Fred Upton (St. Joseph,

MI).

Secretary of Treasury expects mega-bill to be on floor for vote -- July 4 recess in 65 - 70 days' time

Three-legged expectation

Trade / Tax / de-regulation

One, "beautiful" omnibus will be the target

to get funding for the Trump - Vance

financial package that seals up the Tariff /

Fiscal Year funding into a giant "to-do" 

overturning of the regular separated budget

appropriations. . . comments by Scott Bessent.

politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/28/scott-bessent-

reconciliation-deadline-gop-megabill . . .

Narcan grant program Naloxone

$56 million nationwide program to combat

Opioid overdoses that saves hundreds of thousands

of addict lives will be terminated, according to

a budget proposal being circulated by Trump-Vance

officials.  This outcome is expected from program

slashing and cuts/phase outs for the HHS (Kennedy team) Dept.

nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/trump-news#narcan-grants-cut-kennedy

[ this is despite early POTUS 47 admin. promises to

keep the anti-Opioid addiction funded and responsive to places

and people where addiction continues to plague the public esp.

cities, states, regions ]

Can public tax dollars flow to a private Catholic school (with charter from its state)? SCOTUS will have to rule by June 30

The Justices must rule this term of the Court whether

the Catholic Church of Oklahoma can fund an

online school that is faithful to the teachings of

Jesus Christ when it reviews a stacked state board 

approval of an application filed by two dioceses

in OK.  The K-12 system had planned to begin

last fall with part of its mission to evangelize the

students in the Catholic faith.  

The case has divided some of the state's Republican

leadership, traditional against MAGA - Trumpist,

with the extremist Governor and Supt. Public Instruction

Ryan Walters taking the side of the 2 dioceses

and Attorney General Gentner Drummond

opposing the changed status and overturning the online

school's board approval of St. Isidore -- see apnews.com/ 

Trump FY 25 budget adds $25 billion for untested "Golden Dome" theoretical system to $886 billion for a total raise of $150 billion in next year

Defense Budget raises in era of

Govt. dismantlement means no

supervision after House Armed Services

committee took the entire set of

increases without much scrutiny. . .

Before it comes to House floor as part

of a huge omnibus funding package

it must pass on Tuesday April 29 a

10 a.m. vote out of committee to send

it directly before the entire body :

Republicans are aware that if such

vast increases are put on the backs

of middle & lower income Americans 

that any sort of Tax "deals" made for

millionaires / billionaires / world's richest

donors like Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg

come across a complete sell-out of any

concern for the American populace and its

future citizenry.

Details at the hill.com/1-trillion-defense-budget

GOP-unveils-proposal

Liberal Party wins 169 out of 343 seats -- results for Carney (Prime Minister of Canada)

3:30 a.m. reporting (U.S. Eastern Time zone)

it was unclear whether the primary Conservative

opponent / spokesman Pierre Poilievre would even

win retain his own seat in Parliament (Ottawa,

Ontario, Canada).

canadian headed to the April 28 polls were concerned

not only with their neighbors to the South (U.S. , Mexico)

but also with the state of the economy at home.

Mark Carney said after 1 a.m.

We will fight back with everything we have to get

the best deal for Canada; we will build an independent

future for our country!

We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but

we should never forget the lessons. . .America wants

our land. our water, our resources, our country.

These are not idle threats.  President Trump wants to

break us so America can own us.  That will never ever

happen.  But we also must recognize the reality that

our world has fundamentally changed!

Civil Rights church in downtown Memphis razed in early April 28 fire

Clayborn Temple

294 Hernando Street

caught fire and MFD

(Memphis Fire Dept.)

was quickly on the scene

at 1:40 a.m.  Owner Anasa

Troutman said, "It's 130 years

of history and one of the most

sacred place in our city/region."

It was originally founded in 1892

as Second Presbyterian; striking 

sanitation workers gathered there in

1968 to _march to City Hall.  Civil

rights organizing brought Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr. there in April.  The

Clayborn Temple closed in 1999 and

the building was undergoing renovations.

Measles case/patient passed through O'Hare Airport -- Cook County, IL -- had rash onset April 25, 2025

900 cases of Measles reported by Public Health officers /

Reporters

ABC News

at least 6 states have outbreaks --

Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio

New Mexico, and

TEXAS.

abcnews.com/Health/900-cases-us/story

Medical School authorities

CDC officials

National Science Foundation (April - May 2025)

UPDATE (May 6, 2025)

Trump's biggest reduction in Federal spending

for Science comes in the NSF Foundation

basic research 55.8 percent cut back

also the US Geological Society falls $800 millon

to only $1.5 billion annual amount

S. Panchanathan

abruptly resigned from his

position; the 700-project

cancellation come one week

after another 400 projects 

were cut by Elon Musk,

temporary government employee.

USA Today dot-com/national

science foundation DOGE cuts

April 28, 2025

Ed Martin leaves position as "interim" U.S. Attorney (D.C.) -- he revealed on last day he is under Ethics investigation

TODAY is May 15 and the

controversial/notorious J6 defender

Ed Martin (nominated only as "interim")

leaves that office in the District with

the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel

investigating his conduct as an attorney.

CNN online coverage politics/ed-martin-ethics-probe

Thursday May 8, 2025

the Trump-Vance administration

has withdrawn the name of ED MARTIN

from Senate consideration / approval

____________________________________

Senator Thom Tillis will not

vote to send the

Ed Martin nomination

from the Senate Judiciary Cmte. to

the Senate Floor (an 11 - 11 vote

stops forward movement to approve

Trump-Vance's nomination of the

attorney who is

associated with 

January 6, 2021 insurrectionists/

rioters

such as NAZI sympathizer

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli

April 24, 2025 - rollingstone.com

reporters Nikki M. Ramirez, Andrew Perez

Layoffs in RV industry (570 jobs) : Heartland RV, Cruiser RV, DRV RV to lay them off

These manufacturing RV brands suddenly

announced after Easter (April 20, 2025)

that plants in

Elkhart, IN vicinity

Sturgis, MI

would "let go of thousands of

workers"; CEO of Greater Elkhart

Chamber of Commerce told

ABC 57 News reporters that

the layoffs could be attributed to

1) Tariffs

2) strains on the retail market

3) record COVID years

abc57.com/ News Story April 23, 

2025 "Night Team" coverage

Museum on DEI exclusion of Historical relic : Nat Turner's Bible [ scrubbed by Smithsonian Museum of African American Experience ]

 What was 

NAT TURNER's

Bible?

see

nmaahc.si.edu/object

nmaahc_2011.28

the Virginia slave leader/

insurrection planner was

b. 1800?

died at hands of authorities 1831

Ukraine is facing two Nuclear-armed opponents: Russia under PUTIN and N. Korea under Kim

North Korea has admitted that it has declared

war on European democracy

Ukraine;

as the former Soviet

Union autocracy faces

MAY 8, 2025 "Victory

Day" 80th anniversary

of the Allies victory over

Nazi / Fascist alliance of

Hitler + Mussolini,

KIM JONG UN confirmed

Monday April 28 for the first

time that it sent troops to

fight on behalf of its ally,

Putin's Russia / Kremlin,

in the amount of 10 - 12,000.

politico.com/2025/04/27

UPDATE: April 30 overnight

N. Korean troops have 4,700

casualties, according to Seoul

governmental advisers and military

intelligence gathers.  Ukrainian

cities such as Kharkiv & Dnipro

have been points of greatest losses

for those used as mercenaries.

Bill Owens

CBS Producer of

_60 Minutes_

resigned instead of being fired

by Paramount Corporation that

owns CBS News and CBS Entertainment

See CBS News.com for

"The Last Minute" Scott Pelley impersonates

Andy Rooney and tells why everyone on the

Staff is upset about his resignation after 4 decades 

QUOTATION OF Pelley former Nightly News anchor:

Paramount began to 

supervise our content

in new ways. . ./ / /

No one here is happy

about it. . .

Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, SoundGarden, other individuals & bands : Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Announced April 28 -- see Washingtonpost

dot-com online breaking news:

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH

has announced the incoming class

of landmark and well-deserving

"Rock Legends"

for 2025 the class includes

Cyndi Lauper (b. 1953)

SoundGarden (a band)

and OutKast (a duo)

among many others / combinations

APRIL 28, 2025

Freep.com (Detroit Free Press) also

noted "The White Stripes" (Jack White

and Meg White) duo group is after 28 

years headed for posterity and fame

at Cleveland, OH

Garage Rock Revival

freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2025/04/27

white-stripes-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2025-announcement / . . .

Location of the 2025 ceremony will be

Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA

November 8, 2025

livestreamed on Disney+

Conclave (officially begins May 7, unofficially has already begun)

April 30 - some discussion that Pietro Cardinal Paolin

of the Vatican Secretariat of State may have underwhelmed

his global audience/Italian supporters as a Papabili

_______________________________________________

April 28 : Pre-Conclave meetings of the 149

global Cardinals are proceeding in the

Vatican City for almost daily gatherings called

"General Congregations"

SEE FURTHER: NCR online.org/

vatican/process-select-new-pope-has-already-begun-cardinals-are-meeting-daily

pre-conclave

Dateline = April 27, 2025 

Rome, by reporter for National Catholic Report organization

Christopher White

The difference between the angels of God and the children of men

William Hooker

The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593)

Part VI

In the matter of knowledge,

there is between the angels

of God and the children

of men this difference:

angels already have full

and complete knowledge

in the highest degree that

can be imparted unto them;

men, if we view them in

their spring, are at the first

without understanding or

knowledge at all.  Nevertheless,

from this utter vacuity they

grow by degrees, till they come

at length to be even as the

angels themselves are.  That 

which agreeth to the one now,

the other shall attain unto in

the end; they are not so disjoined

and severed, but at the end they

come at length to meet.  

The soul of Man being therefore 

at the first as a book where nothing is 

and yet therefore at the first 

all things may be imprinted;

we are to search by what steps and

degrees it riseth to perfection of

knowledge.

from The Protestant Reformation edited by Hans J. Hillerbrand, Harper

Torchbooks, 1968, paperback edition

How long could the Pope's election take? Beginning 9 days after funeral

Historical Precedent:

the longest time between a Pope's funeral

and the next election was

2 years, 7 months

[sed vacante_]

due to infighting between

the French and Italian factions

of the cardinals.

That gap of leadership ended

in 1271 C.E. with election

of Gregory X.

The fewest number of ballots

imaginable would be 2 since

the number of votes the

leading candidates have received

is read aloud inside the Conclave.

Massive Port Explosion

Shahid Rajaei port

near Bandar Abbas

in Southern IRAN.

npr.org/2025/04/26/nx-s1-530875/

iran-port-explosion-deaths

As of Sunday, 40 known dead and

+1,000 injured

On Sunday April 27, NPR reports that Iran's ally, Russia

and its president-dictator V. Putin deployed several

emergency assistance helicopters to Bandar Abbas to

provide aircraft assistance.

"The Magician's Nephew" C.S. Lewis' Chronicles_of_Narnia installment (in feature film production)

Studio thus far is

DIRECTOR: Greta Gerwig

Voice-acting for Aslan is Meryl Streep

Emma Mackey has been cast as "Jadis / the White Witch"

The feature film is due Thanksgiving 2026 on I Max theaters

internationally

What was "Frequent Wind"? April - May 1975

vietnamwar50th.com/education/week_of_May_2/

On April 29, 1975

American leaders initiated Operation

Frequent Wind, the final American

evacuation of Vietnam :

the fall of Saigon.

During April 29 & April 30,

U.S. helicopters managed to 

evacuate over 7,000 people

from Saigon.  South Vietnam

would be annexed by North Vietnam.

This is the Week

Secy. of State Marco Rubio, former Congressman (8 terms)

and U.S. Senator (2011-24) from the State of Florida,

expounded today on Meet The Press, the longest-

running TV news interview/panel show that

This is the week when

POTUS Trump 2.0 will

decide whether to continue

pursuing a negotiated settlement

in Russia's invasions/wars of

Ukraine (2012 & 2022) OR . . .

if he will turn his attention

to OTHER MATTERS (!) . . .

Even with the show moderator

asking about details from Steve

Witkoff (informal negotiator

who visited Kremlin),

Rubio did not give further

details of the status of

such Russia-Ukraine talks.

nbcnews.com/ for Transcript . . .

Gregory the Great - Doctor of the Church - Dialogue IV (I Samuel ch. 13)

What is the Will of God for the Lion?

and for the "Man of God"? (characters

in this narrative chapter (I Samuel, ch. 13)

Gregory the Great was

a prolific author and great unifier of

the Western Church; after death he was

canonized a saint; he had been elected Pope

in 590 C.E. and served until his

death in 604.

It is written in the Scriptures,

But the just man, though he die

early, shall be at rest [Wisdom

of Solomon 4:7].  What, then,

does it matter to the just if

they undergo harsh treatment at

death, since they are on their

way to eternal life?  Sometimes,

perhaps, it is a fault of theirs,

slight though it be, that has to

be expiated by such a death.  For

this reason the reprobate are given

power over the just while they

[those being martyred / abused]

are still alive.  But once the

just have died, the wicked are

punished all the more severely

because of the cruel power they

exercised against holy people.

This is demonstrated in the case

of the barbarian who was permitted

by God to strike down the deacon

but was not allowed to rejoice

over his death [13th chapter of

First Samuel on the Man of God

and the old prophet who lied

to him]. . .The man of God who

was sent to Samaria stopped on 

the way for a meal, contrary to

God's command.  For this 

disobedience he was killed by

a lion.  But Scripture at once

adds that the donkey and the lion

were standing by the dead prophet,

and 'the lion had not eaten of

the dead body.'  From this passage

we see that the sin of disobedience

was atoned for by his death, because

the lion attacked the living prophet

and killed him, yet did not dare

touch him once he was dead.  God allowed

the beast to kill, but not to eat

of its kill, because the prophet,

though blameworthy in life, was

sanctified in the death he suffered

as a punishment for his disobedience.

In the first instance the lion took

away the life of a sinner; in the second

he stood guard over the body of a just man.

DIALOGUES (Transl. by O.J. Zimmerman for

VOL. 39 of Fathers of the Church series,

CUA Press, Washington DC, 1959)

Isho'dad of Merv (ancient Christian Commentator) - I Kings Chapter 13

ACCS [ Ancient Christian Commentary Series]

exegesis / interpretation of

I Kings 13: 11, 18-19

[The old prophet in Bethel] said to the

[man of God who came out of Judah]

I also am a prophet as you

are, and an angel spoke to

me by the word of the LORD,

saying, 'Bring him back with

you into your house that he may

eat bread and drink water.'

but he lied to him . . .

So he (the man of God) went

back with him, and ate bread

in his house, and drank water.

from Isho'dad of Merv's

Books of Sessions 1st Kings

13.11

"Some authors assert that 

the old prophet was NOT an

impostor but invited the man

of God to eat out of human

sympathy in order to refresh

and thank him for admonishing

Jeroboam.  That is why God did

not harm the old prophet as a

consequence of this.  

According to some other authors,

the old man was a false prophet

because, if he had been a true

prophet, as others maintained, he 

would not have seduced a true

prophet, and his children would

not have served in a house of

idols in Bethel; therefore it was

in order to seduce him that the

old man went to meet the man

of God/prophet."

Isho'dad of Merv was a Nestorian Bishop of

Hedatta.  He wrote commentaries on parts

of the Old Testament and all of the New 

Testament, frequently quoting Syriac fathers.

Wisconsin Judge suspended (April 30, 2025)

Hannah Dugan

Milwaukee County judge:

when she was arrested,

she retained a top

conservative lawyer

April 2025

NPR reports that when she

was arrested, FBI Director

Patel intended for her case

to scare officials and others

Lion - attributes and symbolism

Judges 14:18 Lion mentioned for its strength;

2 Samuel  17:10 Lion mentioned for boldness;

Psalm 7:2 Lion mentioned for ferocity;

Psalms 10:9 & 17:12 for stealth.

They are regarded as frightening : Ezra 19:7

Hosea 11:10    Amos 3:8

and destructive (1 Samuel 17:34; Micah 5:8)

as well as territorially protective (Isaiah 31:4).

The classical portrayal of a lion frightening

his prey and silently stalking it to devour it is:

I Peter 5:8

A counter example of a lion's traits resembling

God is Amos 3:8

Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015 Public TV documentary: 6 episodes)

check your local station schedule (PBS)

as far as beginning - middle - ending

episodes [may be aired with periodic

and frequent pledge break pleading]

imdb.com/title/tt4991446/?ref_=ttep_ov

Episodes titled

Birth of a faith

The Great Missionary (Paul)

Age of the Apostles

From Apocalypse to Heresies

Pagans and Cult of Martyrs (Perpetua)

Age of Constantine (original airing May 2015)

Author: HOST

Jonathan Phillips, Univ. London, U.K.

After Joe Donnelly, former U.S. Senator (Indiana)

Brian Burch, age 49,

is the nominee of the Trump 2.0 - Vance administration

to become Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican City, a nation);

approved by Senate Foreign Relations committee before

the announcement that Chicago Native Robert Cardinal Prevost

was named Pope, the successor of the late Pope Francis.

He is president of CatholicVote since

2000, and oversaw the group's endorsement

of Donald J. Trump in 2024.

When he is "vetted" by the Senate Foreign 

Relations committee upcoming in Spring'

2025 -- he will be likely introduced by

someone different than the Senior

Senator (Dick Durbin) or the Junior

Senator (Tammy Duckworth).

His X account, according to Nat.Catholic

Ronline.org/, has been silent since

Dec. 8, 2024 but it acknowledged on 

Dec. 20, 2024 that Trump's nomination

is a testament to the importance of

Catholics in the United States.  Burch

attended Catholic schools in Phoenix, AZ.

College at Univ. of Dallas, a favorite

school for traditionalist Catholics.

Pope Leo XIII (20th Century Pope not buried in Vatican)

This 20th Century Pope was interred at

Saint John Lateran and today in 2025

(one of 3 21st Century popes, thus far

elected in Conclaves)

the simple coffin of Pope Francis

will also be interred at

Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major)

in the "heart of Rome", Italy.

Four kilometers (2.5 miles) from

St. Peter's Basilica.

Francis' burial site will be in a

simple underground tomb.

Other popes (6) who share this final

resting place were:

Pope Honorius III (1150-1227);

Pope Nicholas IV (1227 - 1292);

Saint Pius V (elected Pope in 1566 - d. 1572)

Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521 - he died 1590);

Pope Clement VIII (b. 1536 - he died 1605)

Pope Clement IX (b. 1600 - he died 1669) - more than 350 years ago.

Mykola Bychok, Bishop

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Australia

has a R. Catholic cardinal based in Melbourne, Australia.

He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal

Dec. 7, 2024 by Pope Francis, having served as Eparch

of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne since 2020.

Age 45

is the youngest cardinal of the 135 and is the first

Australian-based cardinal since George Pell.

His area is to serve Ukrainian Catholics in

Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.

Readings (Papal Mass) - Funeral of Pope Francis

Reading from Acts 

Reading from Philippians

Psalm 23

Gospel from JOHN : chapter 21

Cardinal Georgio Marengo, age 50

an Italian prelate from the Roman Catholic Church

he was created a cardinal by Pope Francis on

27 August 2022 at the Consistory,

Vatican City

He is the Cardinal for

Outer Mongolia.

Louis Raphael Sako

created a cardinal for Iraq 7 years ago

by Pope Francis;

Sako was

Patriarch of Baghdad since 2013

born 1948

Chaldean Catholic prelate

he stated that he hopes interfaith dialogue will

be a priority for the future Pope.

He is one of 136 eligible cardinals to vote in

Conclave, that follows

today's funeral in St. Peter's

Square (an outdoor service).

Bartholomew, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Constantinople

Friday April 25, 2025

the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church

Bartholomew

left from Constantinople, Turkey Airport

and is accompanied by Elder Metropolitan

Emmanuel of Chalcedon, (the Grand Ecclesiarch), and

Aetios, director of the Private Patriarchal Office

All were invited to St. Peter's Square for the Funeral

of Pope Francis, Vatican City, Italy

orthodoxtimes.com/ 

James Martin, S.J. : fellow Jesuit brother to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Priest S.J., Archbishop, Pope

Interviewed by David Muir at

3:50 a.m.

April 26, 2025

gave personal anecdotes and shared

e-images of a "Town Hall" on

ABC - News , conducted in Spanish

language

Pope mobile : hearse for the Pope's Coffin / April 26, 2025

Saturday a.m.

announced that his hearse carrying his body from

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City to

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

an ancient basilica in Rome proper

Jorge Mario Bergoglio

10 a.m. local time

26 April 2025

POPE FRANCIS'

 Funeral at St. Peter's Basilica

main square in Vatican City

ABC News

Pope (2013 - 2025)

his life and his legacy

______________________

at end

Prayer of the Eastern Churches /

Eastern Rite (Melkite, Maronite)

in Greek and other ancient languages

[ Aramaic, Syrian, Armenian, et al.]

Sonia Sotomayor Hall

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

She is an alumna (Class of '76) and presently an associate Justice on

the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

See details at 

princeton.edu/news/2025/04/18/princeton-dedicates-building-unveils-portrait-

honor-us-supreme-court-justice

April 30, 1975

50 years ago,

the United States withdrew from South Vietnam

at the "end" of the Vietnam War.

The unified nation made Hanoi its new capital.

Joseph Cardinal Zen

Permitted today to leave his country (Hong Kong, China)

by authorities who accepted his application to leave the

country for the Sistine Chapel.

The 93-year-old had his passport confiscated in 2022

after his arrest under a "national-security" law.

Given his age, Zen will not be among the 135 cardinals

voting for the next Pontiff.

nbcnews.com/

Separately, Hong Kong cardinal Stephen Chow will

travel to the Vatican for the post-funeral Conclave.

Revelation 1:8

 I am the Alpha and

the Omega, the Beginning

and the End. . .

The Son is not simply one as in 

made up of one thing, not many

as in made up of parts, but he

is one as in made up of all

things.  Hence also, to put it

another way, all things are one.

For he is the Circle of all

powers which are enclosed and 

united into one.  On account

of this, the Word is called

"the Alpha and the Omega",

not only does the end become

the beginning in a circle,

it also finishes the circle again,

and thus it does not receive

any separation from the earlier

beginning.  Therefore, to believe

in him and through him is to

become a unity, being continuously

united in him.  But to lack faith

is doubt, separation, and division.

[from Stromateis IV. 25. 156-7

by Clement of Alexandria]

Ross Douthat (N.Y. Times columnist; acclaimed author)

Douthat focused on Faith / Religion / Conservative Politics /

Philosophy / Political movements & 21st Century / History

OPINION PAGE:

. . .I think of Trump as, persistently,

a kind of pagan or heathen figure,

much more than he is a Christian

figure.  Not withstanding the attempts

to claim him as a kind of King David

or Emperor Constantine.  .  . The

bargain for religious conservatives

with Trump is for protection and support.

A transactional bargain.  . .Particular

steps Trump-Vance administration has

taken are anti-Christian. . .the way in

which the foreign aid programs were

reshuffled and cut off was a failure of

Christian duty. . .

Papal Funeral - guest list - Saturday April 26, 2025, 4 a.m. Eastern

Joseph Biden and Dr. Jill Biden

will attend the Papal Funeral

of POPE Francis / Franciscus

at Vatican City, Italy

Saturday April 26, 2025

10 a.m. Rome Time Zone;

also invited was President

of Argentina (would-be

extremist dictator-type)

/ / /

Surprise attendee will be

Scotland's First Minister

John Swinney.

scotsman.com/news/politics/

the-surprise-scottish-attendee-

confirmed-to-attend-pope-franciss-

funeral-in-rome

THE Funeral actually takes place in

Vatican City, St. Peter's Basilica;

the burial is in Santa Maria Maggiore

which is a major Basilica in Rome, Italy.

Anonymous Scholion on Rev. 4:1 [volume 144, Fathers of the Church series]

Revelation 4:1 After these things I looked,

and behold, an opened door in heaven, and 

the first voice, which I heard speaking with

me  like a trumpet, was saying, Come up here,

and I will show you what is necessary to be

after these things!

from Writings on the Apocalypse (2022, CUA

Press) transl. & edited by Prof. T.C. Schmidt

teaches New Testament & Early Christianity

at Fairfield University.

It is necessary to peruse the God-breathed

Scripture [compare II Timothy 3:16] more

intelligently so that we may not incur

derision from the wise of the world 

[I Cor.1:20] For they, 

having heard that 

there was a door opened in heaven, 

consign it as an impossible thing 

to be said.  

For what we shall speak to them are not 

the things that are recorded obviously, 

but according to what is hidden.  

The essence of supra-sensible things 

is often signified in SCRIPTURE 

with the title of "Heaven."  

Therefore, whenever it says that a door 

was opened in heaven, 

we understand that 

according to our interpretation as 

the nature of supra-sensible things, 

and particularly so whenever one of

the saints says that he ascended there.

Notice that it is not written that another

entity took John up, like that which 

happened to Elijah, but that he was 

appointed to ascend by a voluntary 

impulse to there where he who

called him exists.  And he was in heaven.

But he says that he who summoned him did 

so with a great voice like a trumpet, 

speaking to him with the text that 

has been presented.

But what is spoken in this manner 

symbolizes the lofty utterances of 

supra-sensible things,

which were lucidly presented to him.

 [comparable to Origen of Alexandria's COMMENTARY

on JOHN Book II. 46 - 47]

Federal cutbacks (HHS Secy. RFK, Jr.) may stop "Meals on Wheels" after September (FY 2026); Proposed 2026 budget to slash anti-poverty programs

UPDATE: Friday April 25 -- expected submission of Fed. Budget

(FY 2026) will eliminate Head Start, HUD Rental assistance programs,

Home Investment Partnerships Programs, nation's health research

apparatus ($40 billion cut)

NYTimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts.html

________________________________________________

The federal agency

Administration for Community Living

is being downsized and the executive

officer for U.S.Aging_ declared to

Reed Abelson, reporter that

If the funding does not arrive, in a lot

of communities, you will be looking

at cuts in services.

April 25, 2025

NY TIMES

If all living Cardinals of the R. Catholic / Eastern Rite church participate. . .

 At the upcoming Conclave in the Sistine Chapel,

Vatican City

if all of the 135 eligible Cardinals (under the age of 80)

vote and speak and confer with one another,

90 (a 2/3 consensus) are required to

elect the new Pope.  That individual

will be presented to the awaiting

multitude who look for the "white

smoke" coming out from the

Renaissance - era chapel.  In charge

ahead of that election is the

Camerlengo [Italian for "chamberlain"].

Once they enter Conclave, no one else

can be admitted nor can anyone exit

before the election.

Streets will be closed while authorities in Rome and Swiss Guard take Pope's coffin to burial

USA TODAY summed up the total

security presence will be exceptional and

full to be "airport-like" as the measures

for the area around St. Peter Basilica will

guard the world leaders and the notable guests

of the Vatican for the Papal Funeral that

comes 10 a.m. local Time on

Saturday April 26, 2025

Notable dignitaries from Catholic countries are

Taoiseach Micheal Martin, P.M. Giorgia Meloni,

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain,

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.,

longtime friend of Francis was Brazil's President

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Andrzej Duda of Poland,

Emmanuel Macron of France, Olaf Scholz (outgoing

Chancellor of Germany), Peter Pellegrini of Slovakia,

Alexander Van der Bellen (President of Austria),

Gitanas Nauseda (President of Lithuania), Edgars

Rinkevics (President of Estonia), King Philippe

and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

This year Easter was late and

coincidentally fell due to the

Paschal moon on the same date

for R. Catholic & Eastern rite

churches as it did for the Orthodox

calendar's reckoning.  Now is the

first week post-Easter and Pope

Francis survived the Holy Week - 

Easter celebration, even meeting

at the very last, "baby" Catholic

convert JD Vance who was only

baptized as a 30something convert

from atheism after his celebrity

memoir, Hilbilly Elegy and megastar

political career lately supporting Trump 2.0

candidacy.  Vance continues in India

while POTUS and FLOTUS travel

to Italy's capital to join in the funeral.

Donald Trump wore a blue suit with

white shirt and red tie -- among

fellow mourner-heads of state he 

alone wore a blue suit, Zelinsky was

criticized for not wearing a tie.

Revelation 21:1

 There will be a new heaven and a new earth.

Commentator: Gregory the Great Moralia on Job 17.9

He was a Pope, elected in 590 until his death in 604 C.E.

this translation by Mark DelCogliano for Fathers of the

Church, vol. 144 (2022, CUA Press) pages 78 - 79

Writings on the Apocalypse.

"Let us distinguish how earth and heaven either

pass away or remain.  Both of them pass away

in terms of the form which they now possess,

but yet continue to exist without end in terms

of their essence.  So it is said by (Apostle) Paul:

For the form of this world is passing away.

[First Epistle to Corinthians 7:31] And for this

reason Truth himself said: Heaven and earth

will pass away, but my words will not pass

away [Matt.24:35 ; Mark 13:31 ; Luke 21:33]. 

For this reason too, it is said to John (in Apoc.

21:1) by the voice of the angel: There will be

a new heaven and a new earth. 

It is not  that a different heaven and earth

will be created, but the same heaven and earth

are renewed.  So then, heaven and earth indeed

both pass away and will continue to be, because

they are cleansed by fire of the form they now

possess, and yet they are preserved in their

eternal nature.  So, it is said by the Psalmist:

You will change them, and they will be changed

(PSALMS 101:27).  This final transformation of

theirs they now announce to us by those very

alternations which they ceaselessly perform for

our benefit.  For earth loses its form by the dryness

of winter, yet is made green by the moisture of

spring.  Each day heaven is covered over by the

darkness of night and renewed by the brightness

of day.  Hence, then let every believer realize that 

both perishing and re-establishment through

renewal happen to those things which, it is clear,

are constantly restored to life as if from death!

Veto of punitive measure against public & education librarians

North Dakota (GOP) governor

Kelly Armstrong

vetoed a measure approved by the state

House and Senate that would have punished

with fines or jail time those librarians who didn't

keep separate and inaccessible materials they

judged to be obscene or harmful to juveniles.

DETAILS : NYTimes.com/2025/04/24/us-north-dakota-governor-veto.html

Auschwitz-Birkenau : liberation of NAZI death camps happened 80 years ago today

April 24, 1945

www.auschwitz.org/

Revelation 19:10

Author of this commentary on the Apocalypse / Revelation

{final book of the New Testament Canon}

is

Gregory the Great -- canonized saint, doctor of the Church,

elected Pope in 590 and served until his death 604 C.E.

from Writings on the Apocalypse (Fathers of the Church

series volume 144, published 2022)

See that you do not do that!  I am your fellow servant

and one of your brothers (Apocalypse 19:10)

From Gregory's Homilies on the Gospels Book VIII

"Lot and Joshua worship angels and yet

are not prohibited from worshiping them

[ see Genesis 19:1 and Joshua 5:13-15 ].

But in the Apocalypse John wants to worship

an angel, and yet the same angel stops him

from feeling obligated to worship him, saying:

See that you do not do that!  I am your fellow

servant and one of your brothers. Why is it

that before the advent of the Redeemer angels

are worshipped by human beings and they

remain silent, but afterwards they balk at being

worshipped?  It must be because after they

behold our nature, which they formerly despised,

taken up above themseves, they become fearful

of seeing it placed beneath themselves.  No

longer did they dare to scorn as beneath themselves

and weak what they venerate above themselves,

namely, in the King of heaven (JESUS Christ the

Lord).  Nor do they disdain having a human being

as their companion, seeing that they worship the

GOD-Man above themselves.

Revelation 17:15

from Writings on the Apocalypse FC Volume 144 (CUA Press, 2022)

translated and edited as a kind of anthology and commentary highlights

Author from ancient Church is

Gregory the Great (canonized saint, Pope from 

590 - 604 C.E., originated a great literary corpus)

Homilies on Ezekiel Book I, section 8

On Revelation 17.15: The waters that

you saw are peoples.

In sacred Scripture it is the custom for "peoples"

to be designated by waters.  And so, it said by John

(in Revelation to John) the waters are peoples.

So then, a people is designated by waters, because

in life it has the sound of the tumult of the flesh

and flows away each day by the downward course

of mortality.

[ page 72, translation & edited by Mark DelCogliano]

Revelation 21:18

From FC Volume 144: editor translator

Mark DelCogliano -- Gregory the Great:

writings on the Apocalypse, pp. 70-71

The city itself was pure gold,

clear as glass.

By the term "gold" is understood

the splendor of the heavenly City, as

when John (in Revelation) testifies

that he say it, saying: "The city

itself was pure gold, clear as glass".

Now the gold, of which that city consists

is said to be like glass, so that both

by the gold may be designated its

brightness and the glass its clearness.

And again, by the term "gold" is 

suggested charity as when the same

John beheld the angel speaking with him

having a golden girdle around his

breast (see Revelation 1:13 and 15:6).

For surely, insofar as the breasts of

the citizens of heaven are no longer

subjected to the fear of punishment and

are not divided from each other by any

dissension, they bind themselves together

by charity alone.  For to have a golden

girdle around the breast is to bind together 

all the movements of our unstable thoughts

through the bonds of love alone!

Gregory the Great's Moralia on Job 34.15

[transl. and edited in 2022 Writings on the

Apocalypse ISBN: 9780813234915 ]

Aftermath of Book Banning effort led by Secy. of Defense Hegseth : Naval Academy Library

381 Books were banned one day ahead of the

visit by the newly confirmed Secy. of Defense

early this winter; the Fleet Admiral that Library

is named after

Chester W. Nimitz (5-star naval

hero of W.W. II, who graduated

from the Naval Academy in 1905).

His granddaughter, Sarah, in an interview

said: "I think he would have expected

honest pushback.  He never thought

the Academy would fold."

At least 2 members of the faculty

have resigned in protest of the book

ban and 18 of the faculty have opted

for early retirement, according to

several campus officials.

Also recently in the cross-hairs of

the book banners was Documentarian

Ken Burns : who was bringing to

the Naval Academy privately to

a select group of midshipmen his

2025 documentary on the American

revolution.  In late March this year,

that April 22 event was ordered 

re-scheduled to next year, after an

initial order to cancel the showing.

Bancroft Memorial Lecture (U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD)

Militaries and Authoritarian Regimes:

Coups, Corruption, and the

Costs of Losing Democracy

Lecturer: Dr. Ruth Ben-Zhiat, New York

University [she is Professor of History

and Italian Studies]

Thursday October 10, 2024

1200 noon / / / / /

info on a flyer approved by the Naval Academy

featuring a lecturer who has been critical

of Candidate Trump ( 2021,2022,2023 )

The lecture has been cancelled Oct. 4, 2024

[one month before the 2024 Presidential election]

it was not

re-scheduled

Jonas Gahr Store

Prime Minister of Norway

meeting today in the Oval Office with

POTUS Trump 2.0

Norway is a NATO member;

the two heads of state are expected to

discuss the negotiations Trump is leading

to end war between Russia and Ukraine (invaded

in 2022).

Trump said to reporters that he believed Putin

would heed his (Trump's) plea to stop attacks

on Kyiv, Ukraine ; nine in a residential neighborhood

were killed early today (April 24, 2025).

Trump and his negotiator, Steve Witkoff, have pushed 

ahead with "deals" favoring Moscow & the Kremlin

(Putin and his generals).

Revelation 13:13

So that he made fire come down from heaven

[commentary by Gregory the Great in

Moralia in Job 33. 37 ]

translation of Gregory's commentary on

Apocalypse / Revelation to John ch. 13

For at that time every soul is like a boiling pot,

enduring the vehemence of its own thoughts

as if it were the foam of scalding waves,

which both the fire of zeal sets in motion and temporal

oppressiveness itself keeps confined with like a pot.

[refers to Book of Job 41:11]

And so, John, too, when telling of the portents of

this beast, added: So that he made fire come down

from heaven (Apocalypse 13:13). Indeed, for fire

to come down from heaven is for flames of holy

zeal to shoot out from the heavenly regions into

the souls of the elect.

Revelation 12:1

Gregory the Great (Canonized Saint, Doctor of the Ancient Church,

Pope from 590 - 604 C.E.)

On Revelation 12.1 : A woman clothed with the sun

and with the moon under her feet

(pages 64-5, translated by Mark DelCogliano,

FC 144 in 2022)

When the sun is used figuratively in Scripture,

sometimes it designates the Lord, sometimes

persecution, sometimes the clear sign of

something, but sometimes the understanding

of the wise.  Now by the "sun" the Lord is

figuratively as when in the Book of Wisdom

[of Solomon, Apocrypha] it is testified that

all the impious on the day of final judgment

will say in full knowledge of their own

damnation: "We strayed from the way of

truth, and the lights of righteousness did

not shine upon us, and the sun did not

rise up on us" (Wisdom of Solomon 5:6).

It is as if they were saying in plain speech:

"The ray of inward light did not shine upon

us."  In a similarly manner, John [book of

Revelation] said: A woman clothed with

the sun and with the moon under her feet.

For by the "sun" is understood the illumination

of Truth, whereas by the "moon," which wanes

when the month is completed, the changeableness

of temporal existence.  But because the

holy Church is protected by the splendor of

light from above, she is, as it were, clothed

with the sun.  But because she despises all

temporal things, she tramples the moon under

her feet.

(from Gregory's Moralia on Job chapter 34)

Gregory the Great - Biblical commentator

He was canonized and declared a "Doctor of the Church";

elected Pope in 590 and held office until his death in 604 C.E.

Left behind his Moralia on Job a line-by-line commentary as well

as Homilies on the Gospels and Ezekiel 1-4 & 40; a Book of

Testimonies that likely included Commentary on the Apocalypse

(Book of the Revelation to John).  He used figural / allegorical

interpretation as well as a grammatical exegesis . . .

Mark DelCogliano (transl. and editor) for FATHERS of the CHURCH

series (CUA Press, 2022) Volume 144

Central to Gregory's eschatology is the idea

that at the end of the era of the Church, Satan

is released from his bondage with all his

strength for a final testing of humanity: Gregory

is no millennialist, interpreting the "thousand

years" not literally but as the present, long,

indeterminate length of the Church's reign, 

however long it may be.