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Bridegroom and Bride
No one has ever been in such demand to utter the happy and appropriate word at wedding as Msgr. Ronald Knox. Here are twenty-five of these best wedding-gifts, all different, no idea repeated. They are wise, they are deep, they are light; they represent many years of observation of the married state.
144 pages, Hardcover
Published June 1, 2023
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Ronald Knox
225 books114 followersMonsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, author of detective stories, as well as a writer and a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio.
Knox had attended Eton College and won several scholarships at Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1912 and was appointed chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, but he left in 1917 upon his conversion to Catholicism. In 1918 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Knox wrote many books of essays and novels. Directed by his religious superiors, he re-translated the Latin Vulgate Bible into English, using Hebrew and Greek sources, beginning in 1936.
He died on 24 August 1957 and his body was brought to Westminster Cathedral. Bishop Craven celebrated the requiem mass, at which Father Martin D'Arcy, a Jesuit, preached the panegyric. Knox was buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Mells.
Knox had attended Eton College and won several scholarships at Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1912 and was appointed chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, but he left in 1917 upon his conversion to Catholicism. In 1918 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Knox wrote many books of essays and novels. Directed by his religious superiors, he re-translated the Latin Vulgate Bible into English, using Hebrew and Greek sources, beginning in 1936.
He died on 24 August 1957 and his body was brought to Westminster Cathedral. Bishop Craven celebrated the requiem mass, at which Father Martin D'Arcy, a Jesuit, preached the panegyric. Knox was buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Mells.
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March 21, 2025
Good but not outstanding.
It’s a collection of 24 short homilies given by a priest to couples he married over the course of his life.
3 really outstanding ones imo, 11, 14, 22. The rest were in the range of good to forgettable. They all had at least good line or a paragraph in them that I marked up so I could skim through next time, but not sure all of them needed to be published. I think he would’ve been better served by collaborating with some other priests and getting 3-4 of the best from each priest.
Very short easy read and each homily is 3-4 pages so very manageable book.
It’s a collection of 24 short homilies given by a priest to couples he married over the course of his life.
3 really outstanding ones imo, 11, 14, 22. The rest were in the range of good to forgettable. They all had at least good line or a paragraph in them that I marked up so I could skim through next time, but not sure all of them needed to be published. I think he would’ve been better served by collaborating with some other priests and getting 3-4 of the best from each priest.
Very short easy read and each homily is 3-4 pages so very manageable book.
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