Wherein my wife and I describe a day without meds, without sleep, and concluding with a horse tranquilizer. For AJ, that is.,
Intro
So my son has a pretty severe case of ADHD. And lest you nay-sayers pooh-pooh that notion, let me say that even when merely undermedicated both his pediatrician and psychiatrist remark that his is one of the more extreme cases of hyperactivity they've ever seen. Yet when properly medicated with methamphetamine salts he's calm, collected, and controlled. (Mostly.) When completely off his meds? He's a a wildcat on crank. But once in a while, even under meds, AJ will space out for a few seconds and lose time, lose his thread of thought, and just stare off into space. When he resumes he carries on with whatever catches his attention first. The docs thought,
A bishop who disputed Arius, pastor of Baucalis Church, over his doctrines concerning Christ's humanity and God-hood. Around A.D. 320 called a synod at Alexandria to confront Arianism.
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Pastor of the influential Baucalis Church in Alexandria where Alexander was bishop. Around A.D. 318, Arius challenged Alexandrian teachers by asserting that Christ's divinity was not of the same order of God's, since he was a created Being — sort of half-God, for "the Son has a beginning, but … God is without beginning." He spread his doctrines with simple jingles. His teaching appealed to the common people and former pagans, since it resembled the Gnosticism of their youth. Quarreled with Bishop Alexander at a synod in Alexandria in A.D. 320 and won the partial support of Eusebius, the Bishop of Nicomedia. His heresy spurred the formulation and acceptance of the Nicene Creed. All bishops present, excepting Arius and two others, accepted this creed. Arius and the remaining two bishops were consequently exiled.
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Bishop of Alexandria. The first to introduce monasticism to the West. In 335, when he was banished to Trier (in modern Germany) he was accompanied by two monks. He wrote The Life of Saint Anthony and its circulation spread the idea in the West. In A.D. 367 he wrote an Easter letter containing a list of books he included in the N.T. canon. This list was accepted and authorized by the Hippo and Carthage councils. As an advisor to Bishop Alexander of Alexandria during the Nicean council in A.D.325, he first battled the Arian heresy. At 33, he succeeded Alexander as bishop of Alexandria and for the next 50 years waged a perpetual war against Arianism. During these decades Athanasius was banned 5 times and returned to Alexandria each time after a change in emperors, or a change in religious maneuvering in the palace.Finally, Athanasius and his supporters quenched the
In 1377 the aged Pope Gregory XI re-entered Rome, and shortly passed away. In haste the College of Cardinals elected a new pope, Pope Urban VI. In August the cardinals suddenly informed all Europe that the people of Rome had forced the election of an apostate to the chair of Peter and that the proceedings were invalid. A new College of Cardinals then elected another pope a month later, Pope Clement VII. Clement moved about Italy and eventually sailed for France and Avignon. Thus, with Urban ruling from Rome and Clement from Avignon the Great Schism began, lasting for 39 years. Each pope had his own College of Cardinals, and each pope claimed to be the true Vicar of Christ with the power to excommunicate those who did not acknowledge him. France went with Clement; Italy with Urban. The empire went with Urban; so did England. Scotland went with Clement.
(1179)
Held in Rome under Pope Alexander III. A hearing was granted to Peter Waldo, who was being threatened with Excommunication for his teachings on poverty. Waldo faced ridicule by an Englishman, Walter Map, but the Pope ruled that Waldo could preach, but only at the invitation of a local Bishop.
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(1140-1218)
A rich merchant of Lyons, heard the ballad of a troubadour singing of the virtues of the monastic life, sought the advice of a priest, and gave his wealth away after providing for his wife and placing his daughters in a cloister. Hired priests to translate the Bible into French and urged people to follow Christ into poverty. Was threatened of excommunication by the Archbishop of Lyon and so appealed to the Pope Alexander III at the Third Lateran Council of 1179 in Rome. There he faced the ridicule of Walter Map, an Englishman, but the Pope was impressed and ruled that they could preach only by the invitation of bishops. He disobeyed, continued to preach and was Excommunicated by Pope Lucius III in 1184. His disciples came to be known as Waldensians. Considered to be the "reformers before the Reformation," their message stressed a return to the Bible, but
