101: Augustine, “Why Celebrate Christmas?”

Christmas? This Is Pretty Much The Whole Package. Gillespie and Riley read and so discuss Augustine’s sermon “Why Celebrate Christmas?” This episode, more rabbit trails, laughs, and discussion of Psalm 85 as the perfect Christmas sermon text.

Text: Excerpt from Sermo 185: PL 38, 997-999

Show Notes: 

• Calientitos, Ponche Navideño
• Selected works by St. Ambrose
• Donatism
• Psalm 85 (ESV)
• Works fo St. Augustine
• “With Jesus, There's Always Room for Us” - 1517

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