Mind of the Church — NotesAnnouncements of new translations, translator’s notes, and excerpts from the Mind of the Church library.https://mindofthechurch.com/Rather to be concealed than to be publishedhttps://mindofthechurch.com/notes/excerpt-rather-concealed-than-published/https://mindofthechurch.com/notes/excerpt-rather-concealed-than-published/Sixtus, in the Preface to his annotations, on how to treat the errors of the Fathers — with Ham, Shem, and Japheth for a parable.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThat the reading of Scripture belongs to laypeople even more than to monkshttps://mindofthechurch.com/notes/excerpt-reading-belongs-to-laypeople/https://mindofthechurch.com/notes/excerpt-reading-belongs-to-laypeople/Chrysostom's startling claim, at the very door of Sixtus's New Testament annotations.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTOur Noah, therefore, granted us a twofold resthttps://mindofthechurch.com/notes/excerpt-our-noah/https://mindofthechurch.com/notes/excerpt-our-noah/Pererius on the name of Noah, the flood, and baptism — allegory done with a jeweler's care.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTErrors of the press: mending three misprints in the Bibliotheca Sanctahttps://mindofthechurch.com/notes/errors-of-the-press/https://mindofthechurch.com/notes/errors-of-the-press/What a wrong number in a four-hundred-year-old book looks like, and how a living edition can finally fix it.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe library openshttps://mindofthechurch.com/notes/the-library-opens/https://mindofthechurch.com/notes/the-library-opens/Four complete works, never before in English, free to read and to keep.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT