H. Clifton Ward
@hcliftonward.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History and Theology @ Covenant College | Ph.D. Durham University | Early Christian Theology | History of Christian Spirituality | Biography | Quaerite faciem eius semper
Pinned
"Seek after peace, and pursue it."
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
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It’s publication day! I decided 11 years ago I wanted to do this project and began working on it eight years ago, so it’s gratifying to reach this point. Thanks to all who helped us bring it to fruition.
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It’s publication day! I decided 11 years ago I wanted to do this project and began working on it eight years ago, so it’s gratifying to reach this point. Thanks to all who helped us bring it to fruition.
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We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library
Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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A prayer to center on dysregulating days:
Calm me, O Lord (inhale)
as You stilled the storm (exhale)
Still me, O Lord (inhale)
keep me from harm (exhale)
Let all the tumult (inhale)
within me cease (exhale)
Enfold me, Lord (inhale)
in Your peace (exhale)
(an ancient Celtic prayer)
Calm me, O Lord (inhale)
as You stilled the storm (exhale)
Still me, O Lord (inhale)
keep me from harm (exhale)
Let all the tumult (inhale)
within me cease (exhale)
Enfold me, Lord (inhale)
in Your peace (exhale)
(an ancient Celtic prayer)
September 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A prayer to center on dysregulating days:
Calm me, O Lord (inhale)
as You stilled the storm (exhale)
Still me, O Lord (inhale)
keep me from harm (exhale)
Let all the tumult (inhale)
within me cease (exhale)
Enfold me, Lord (inhale)
in Your peace (exhale)
(an ancient Celtic prayer)
Calm me, O Lord (inhale)
as You stilled the storm (exhale)
Still me, O Lord (inhale)
keep me from harm (exhale)
Let all the tumult (inhale)
within me cease (exhale)
Enfold me, Lord (inhale)
in Your peace (exhale)
(an ancient Celtic prayer)
Reposted by H. Clifton Ward
"Seek after peace, and pursue it."
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
June 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"Seek after peace, and pursue it."
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
"Seek after peace, and pursue it."
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
June 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"Seek after peace, and pursue it."
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
—St. Benedict of Nursia, RB prol. 17
Reposted by H. Clifton Ward
a reflection on dying by Vincent McNabb O.P, written toward the end of his life.
May 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
a reflection on dying by Vincent McNabb O.P, written toward the end of his life.
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I am delighted to announce that I have received a fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation for a research stay in Tübingen to produce an edition of The Emperor Julian's Against the Galileans and to study its 20th c. reception, including a German translation from the Third Reich.
May 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I am delighted to announce that I have received a fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation for a research stay in Tübingen to produce an edition of The Emperor Julian's Against the Galileans and to study its 20th c. reception, including a German translation from the Third Reich.
"Becoming God's friend is the only thing worthy of honor and desire. This, as I have said, is the perfection of life."
—Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, II.320)
—Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, II.320)
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Becoming God's friend is the only thing worthy of honor and desire. This, as I have said, is the perfection of life."
—Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, II.320)
—Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, II.320)
Surrexit Christus!
April 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Surrexit Christus!
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The Nominating Committee of the North American Patristics Society is still accepting nominations for positions on the board and other committees. Help shape the future of our society! Self-nominations welcome! #NAPS2025
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The Nominating Committee of the North American Patristics Society is still accepting nominations for positions on the board and other committees. Help shape the future of our society! Self-nominations welcome! #NAPS2025
The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.
—St. Bernard of Clairvaux
—St. Bernard of Clairvaux
March 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.
—St. Bernard of Clairvaux
—St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl.
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February 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl.
🦉
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“The most important thing of all to [Paul] was that he knew himself to be loved by Christ. Enjoying this love, he considered himself happier than anyone else; were he without it, it would be no satisfaction to be the friend of principalities and powers.
(1/2)
(1/2)
January 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“The most important thing of all to [Paul] was that he knew himself to be loved by Christ. Enjoying this love, he considered himself happier than anyone else; were he without it, it would be no satisfaction to be the friend of principalities and powers.
(1/2)
(1/2)
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This December journal entry of Thomas Merton makes me wonder what kind of space he was in during Advent heading into Christmas, reflecting on humility.
This was, is, and always will be…the way of Jesus.
This was, is, and always will be…the way of Jesus.
December 23, 2024 at 1:26 PM
This December journal entry of Thomas Merton makes me wonder what kind of space he was in during Advent heading into Christmas, reflecting on humility.
This was, is, and always will be…the way of Jesus.
This was, is, and always will be…the way of Jesus.
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New podcast ep! Mike Motia interviews Blake Leyerle about what it meant for ordinary believers to live a Christian life in late antiquity? Featuring In Christians at Home: John Chrysostom and Domestic Rituals in Fourth-Century Antioch (Penn State University Press, 2024).
https://buff.ly/3BUEKaO
https://buff.ly/3BUEKaO
December 23, 2024 at 2:05 PM
New podcast ep! Mike Motia interviews Blake Leyerle about what it meant for ordinary believers to live a Christian life in late antiquity? Featuring In Christians at Home: John Chrysostom and Domestic Rituals in Fourth-Century Antioch (Penn State University Press, 2024).
https://buff.ly/3BUEKaO
https://buff.ly/3BUEKaO
December 23, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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A miniature of Luke next to the opening of his gospel, in one of the Abbā Garimā gospel books, collection of Endā Abbā Garimā Monastery, Tigray, Ethiopia. This book is one of the earliest surviving illuminated Christian manuscripts.
View in Reading Room (AG 00002): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/132897
View in Reading Room (AG 00002): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/132897
December 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
A miniature of Luke next to the opening of his gospel, in one of the Abbā Garimā gospel books, collection of Endā Abbā Garimā Monastery, Tigray, Ethiopia. This book is one of the earliest surviving illuminated Christian manuscripts.
View in Reading Room (AG 00002): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/132897
View in Reading Room (AG 00002): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/132897
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Folios in a 16th-century gospel book (LHMU 00156) in the collection of the L'viv Historical Museum in L'viv, Ukraine.
The collection (project code LHMU) is fully digitized and cataloged in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/146632
The collection (project code LHMU) is fully digitized and cataloged in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/146632
December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Folios in a 16th-century gospel book (LHMU 00156) in the collection of the L'viv Historical Museum in L'viv, Ukraine.
The collection (project code LHMU) is fully digitized and cataloged in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/146632
The collection (project code LHMU) is fully digitized and cataloged in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/146632
November 28, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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So excited I get to see this! @britishlibrary.bsky.social www.bl.uk/whats-on/med...
November 22, 2024 at 4:29 AM
So excited I get to see this! @britishlibrary.bsky.social www.bl.uk/whats-on/med...
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#sblaar24 For alumni, colleagues and friends, the Durham University reception will be on Saturday 23rd, 7-9pm, at the Horton Grand Hotel, 311 Island Avenue, room Regal A&B.
November 22, 2024 at 1:10 PM
#sblaar24 For alumni, colleagues and friends, the Durham University reception will be on Saturday 23rd, 7-9pm, at the Horton Grand Hotel, 311 Island Avenue, room Regal A&B.