Turns out, Billy Joel didn’t tell the whole story.  The fire actually began on Pentecost. 

So: check out this interp of a classic, courtesy the indispensable New Advent and New Zealand’s Liturgy blog.  

For those deacon candidates studying Church History, this is a priceless primer.  For the rest of us, it’s just a lot fun… 

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