It reads like an Indo European myth. Beautifully written.

Creepy moody music sets off my bullshit detector. Truth doesn’t require mind control.

I was gifted a translation along with Tolkien's Beowulf translation. Both are great stories and ones I refer to from time to time in my personal ministry.

Hail the King of Glory!

thank you ❤❤❤❤❤ the heliand is available to borrow on the internet archive

How very interesting this work is! I just found your channel recently and love that you look into so much of Christianity that most in my own country won't even look at! Please continue to look into the Heliand for us! Thanks!

Great video! Would love to see a series on the Heliand on this channel.

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This is one of my favorite episodes as well.

This was great!

Happy Saint Nicholas Day Dec. 19, 2024 !!!

Looks pretty cool! 😊

Marvelous!! Most entertaining!! Found a copy on Amazon for my “Warrior Companion!”

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Interesting!

I'm a Catechumen... I never knew the reason for fasting or what it helped with, especially the traditions the Orthodox held. I want to understand what exactly I need to do when fasting

Good video ive Always Loved Christmas Music & curious of it's origins. i am Agnostic But believe me i HUGE On Christmas have my whole Apt Decked out this year with Big Tapestries of the Manjor / Nativity and Christmas Angel Garden Flags.

Any idea where I can get a good copy? As a fan of medieval literature, I'd love to check it out.

Please revisit it! This was very entertaining and goes to show that Christ is for all!

Incredible video!!!

The cathedral in my hometown is roman Catholic, but it has a humongous mosaic of the Pantocrator in the ceiling of the apse😊

Merci beaucoup ! En France le nom commun "noël" designe un chant ancien composé pour cette fête (=carol in english). Outre certaines compositions liturgiques( abbaye St- Martial de Limoges, 12 ème s ), c'est surtout à partir des 15-16 ème qu'on trouve des noëls populaires du Poitou ou de Provence... Ainsi " Noël nouvelet" ou " Au saint Nau" remontant à la fin du Moyen - Âge...

Thank you. Appreciated.

Please revisit the Heliand!!!

I've been aware3 of the Book of Kells for most of my life. I finally got to view it in 2002. Gorgeous.

Interestingly a better translation for the Hebrew word that the Bible renders as "helpmeet" and which God uses to describe Eve would Warrior-Companion

This is awesome. The story of the prophecy of the wise men is likely referring to the prophecy in the book of Daniel, originally from Babylon in the east, The prophecy of the seventy sevens, which prophesies the coming of Christ down to the year. Daniel who is chief of the wise men in his day, it is commonly thought that the wise men in Christ's day would study the book of their former leader, and arrived from following the prophecy and their expertise in astrology.

I'd think Tolkien would've been familiar with this, but I don't remember it being mentioned by him or his son. Thanks!

This is wonderful, thank you

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Love it! I hope that someday you are able to visit the Holy Land, it’s not a big desert after all. The “wilderness “ is dry but there are beautiful forests too. Please keep up the good work, this is wonderful fun.

Loved it! Yes, more please 🙏

soþlice! amen!

Yes please do Beowulf! It is one of my husband's favorite! I do believe it is what started his long journey back to the church!❤

Praise the great saints who brought & flourished after hearing Gospel to all. Ora pro nobis Pagans had elements like, or actually, prophecy: led to conversions.

If you're going to look at Beowulf watch Jonathan Pageau's Universal History videos on it with Richard Rohlin. They are terribly good, as is the course they offer on the Symbolic World website

My students and I studied the history of Early Christianity this semester. We also read Beowulf, which we enjoyed greatly, and tomorrow is our last class on Book of Acts and Beowulf before the Christmas break. I can't think of a better culminatIon than THIS VIDEO! It brings both works together. Thank you for making it!

Enjoyed it , please continue along with the JESUS narrative. Ty from Seattle washington USA Liked its charm and battle spirit they give believers.

You should do an episode on the Ascension (Christ II) by Cynewulf. Cynewulf is one of the few named Anglo-Saxon poets.

Beautiful! I would love to hear more from the Heliand!🙏🥰♥️

Loved this episode. Definitely more like this!

Gotta do Beowulf!

I would love to hear more from the Heliand!

It's always interesting to see how different nations sort of synergize the Gospels into their own cultures across the world. This one is very metal! Thanks for sharing!

I loved this.

Very well done. Thanks immensely for covering this topic. It is very exciting to see Christians engaging with Anglo-Saxon history and narrative. The Tolkien links are as plain as day, but I do think it is still so under explored. Can I ask if you’re based in the UK or Europe? There is immense treasure in the lives of the Saxon or ‘Northern’ English saints waiting to be shared. Bravo, and may God continue to bless you, (and those behind the camera!).

Yes please, more on the Heliand would be most welcome. I look forward to hearing it and learning more. I will need to try and get it for myself one day.

This is new to me. As a lover of Tolkien, this makes me happy and interested in knowing more.

I was fascinated by this story. Yes please give us more.