{"id":142424,"date":"2026-01-06T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142424"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:46:23","slug":"an-aelfric-of-eynsham-sermon-for-epiphany-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142424","title":{"rendered":"An \u00c6lfric of Eynsham sermon for Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This day is called the Epiphany of the Lord, that is, \u2018the day of God\u2019s manifestation\u2019. On this day Christ was manifested to the three kings, who from the eastern part of the world sought him with threefold offerings. Again, after the passage of years, he was manifested to the world on this day at his baptism, when the Holy Ghost, in the form of a dove, rested upon him, and the Father\u2019s voice sounded loudly from heaven, saying, \u201cThis is my dear Son, who is well pleasing to me; listen to him.\u201d On this day also he turned water into noble wine, and thereby manifested that he is the true Creator who could change created things. For these three reasons this feast is called God\u2019s Manifestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first day of his birth he was revealed to three shepherds in the land of Judea, through the announcement of the angel. On the same day he was made known to the three astronomers in the east, through the bright star, but it was on this day they came with their offerings\u2026 The eastern astronomers saw a new bright star, not in heaven among other stars, but a lone wanderer between heaven and earth. Then they understood that the wondrous star indicated the birth of the true King in the country over which it glided; and they therefore came to the kingdom of Judea, and sorely frightened the wicked king Herod by their announcement; for without doubt earthly wickedness was confounded, when the heavenly greatness was disclosed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com\/2015\/01\/a-easternan-tungelwitegan-gesawon-niwne.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;\u00d0a easternan tungelwitegan gesawon niwne steorran beorhtne, angenga betwux heofenum and eor\u00f0an.&#39;<br><br>&#39;The eastern astronomers saw a new bright star, a lone wanderer between heaven and earth.&#39;<br><br>An Anglo-Saxon sermon for the feast of the Epiphany: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n6pFYATOvl\">https:\/\/t.co\/n6pFYATOvl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eq0Ky8vM1N\">pic.twitter.com\/eq0Ky8vM1N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClerkofOxford\/status\/2008443693502812185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This day is called the Epiphany of the Lord, that is, \u2018the day of God\u2019s manifestation\u2019. On this day Christ was manifested to the three kings, who from the eastern part of the world sought him with threefold offerings. Again,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142424\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,568,439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-epiphany","category-preaching-homiletics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142426,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142424\/revisions\/142426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}