Carol Thanks for the tip! I haven't seen it yet but will look for it later today.
========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2010 8:51:58 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Early Seasons Greetings! John--have you read the book _Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World's Holy Dead_by Peter Manseau? I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned some fascinating things about relics and their division amongst various holy places. Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -----Original Message----- From: John Kulig [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sun 12/5/2010 7:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Early Seasons Greetings! Oh yes, that time of year again! Time to again tell my story of the dark side of St. Nicolas ... at the first Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325 CE, in which early Christians debated whether Jesus was mere prophet (the Arius "heresy" as it is now called) or something greater, St. Nicholas of Myra, Turkey whacked Arius in the face (whether it was a punch or slap is unclear ...) he was stripped of his position, but was quickly reinstated. I guess when argument fails there is always physical persuasion - a reminder that religion is not always lovey-dovey. Most of his bones (relics) are still in Italy, but Turkey wants them back ... interesting tradition of the Orthodox to preserve bones, dividing them up amongst different churches. I did a little bit of traveling this weekend, and on the spur of the moment visited an "old calendar" church on the north shore of Boston that had bones from over a dozen saints. No St. Nicolas if I recall, but there is a small Orthodox church in northern New Hampshire that actually has a bone fragment (very small I might add) of St. Nicholas on site. ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Director, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2010 5:30:54 PM Subject: [tips] Early Seasons Greetings! December 6 is celebrated among certain groups as St. Nicholas' Feast Day. St. Nicholas lived from 270-347 A.D. and is considered as the basis or precursor to Santa Claus. For more info about old St. Nick, there is a Wikipedia entry (yadda-yadda); see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas Quoting from the entry: |He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the |shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model |for Santa Claus, whose English name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas. Make sure you check your shoes before you put them on tomorrow. Also, December 19 is observed by some who follow the old (Julian) calendar. Check your shoes then, too. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325--- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=6996 or send a blank email to leave-6996-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9250&n=T&l=tips&o=6999 or send a blank email to leave-6999-12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=7000 or send a blank email to leave-7000-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7010 or send a blank email to leave-7010-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
