1.0Via Mediahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamediaawelbornhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/author/awelbornPentecost - the long view. - Via Mediarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TK7UQxA7Ef"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/2006/06/pentecost-the-long-view.html">Pentecost – the long view.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/2006/06/pentecost-the-long-view.html/embed#?secret=TK7UQxA7Ef" width="600" height="338" title="“Pentecost – the long view.” — Via Media" data-secret="TK7UQxA7Ef" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Yeah, so we no longer have an Octave of Pentecost, but that’s not going to stop us. Go read Mike Aquilina on the Church Fathers and Pentecost. His blog should be one of your daily stops anyway. Writing about 198 A.D., Tertullian testified that Pentecost was one of the great feasts of the Christian year.…