Christopher Walsh
@deflatermaus.bsky.social
PhD candidate & book historian studying text, memory, & heritage @Rutgers. 🌈. Interests include Chinese history, East Asian languages, religious and theological book & print culture. Episcopal layman. Ritualist “in the modern sense of the word.”
🎶 One breaaaad, one bodddddyyy, one Lord of Allllll 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
🎶 One breaaaad, one bodddddyyy, one Lord of Allllll 🎶
Pretty much, yeah.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Pretty much, yeah.
Re: your other post about things like tectonic theory, the Catechism further argues that Christ's knowledge was bound by time and place - the human Christ did not know all things, nor could he. This isn't "error." Those things he should know, he did, and those he shouldn't, didn't.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Re: your other post about things like tectonic theory, the Catechism further argues that Christ's knowledge was bound by time and place - the human Christ did not know all things, nor could he. This isn't "error." Those things he should know, he did, and those he shouldn't, didn't.
Against my better judgement I snagged two leaves from the Great Bible of 1539 at the Empire State book and print fair. Selections from the Psalms, in that old familiar Coverdale language.
September 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Against my better judgement I snagged two leaves from the Great Bible of 1539 at the Empire State book and print fair. Selections from the Psalms, in that old familiar Coverdale language.
Absolutely not
September 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Absolutely not
In trying to track down some books belonging to Boies Penrose II I've looked up his more famous uncle and honestly the US just doesn't make this type of guy anymore - who eats a dozen eggs for breakfast and a turkey at lunch and drinks enough bourbon to kill lesser men?
September 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In trying to track down some books belonging to Boies Penrose II I've looked up his more famous uncle and honestly the US just doesn't make this type of guy anymore - who eats a dozen eggs for breakfast and a turkey at lunch and drinks enough bourbon to kill lesser men?
Sunday timeline cleanse ⚓️
September 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sunday timeline cleanse ⚓️
New additions to the library - going hard on Teilhard de Chardin
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New additions to the library - going hard on Teilhard de Chardin
who on earth is submitting fellowship funding proposals in ASCII format
August 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
who on earth is submitting fellowship funding proposals in ASCII format
Found my next side hustle
July 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Found my next side hustle
spotted on the TEC subreddit - when were these leatherbound 1979 BCPs produced? I cannot find any information about them online. An earlier version of the Chancel Edition now out of print? ⚓
June 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
spotted on the TEC subreddit - when were these leatherbound 1979 BCPs produced? I cannot find any information about them online. An earlier version of the Chancel Edition now out of print? ⚓
Although he steadfastly defended the English church's position, he remained a Roman Catholic and, despite an excommunication, presented himself at the chapels in London to hear Mass every Sunday - always passed over at communion. This book has notes throughout, but sadly the bookplate is long gone.
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Although he steadfastly defended the English church's position, he remained a Roman Catholic and, despite an excommunication, presented himself at the chapels in London to hear Mass every Sunday - always passed over at communion. This book has notes throughout, but sadly the bookplate is long gone.
Le Courayer took aim at the major Catholic objections to English orders, especially the so-called "Nag's Head Fable" of the ordination of Archbishop Matthew Parker and accusations of defections of intent in the Ordinal.
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Le Courayer took aim at the major Catholic objections to English orders, especially the so-called "Nag's Head Fable" of the ordination of Archbishop Matthew Parker and accusations of defections of intent in the Ordinal.
Le Courayer was invited to England by Bishop Atterbury, and became a minor celebrity. He remained in England for the rest of his life and wrote & translated several more books. The Dictionary of National Biography notes that his book was "badly translated" by Daniel Williams, an English priest.
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Le Courayer was invited to England by Bishop Atterbury, and became a minor celebrity. He remained in England for the rest of his life and wrote & translated several more books. The Dictionary of National Biography notes that his book was "badly translated" by Daniel Williams, an English priest.
And now, the predecessor of Michel le Quien's work rejecting the validity of Church of England Holy Orders. Pierre le Courayer's defense of the validity of English orders was written anonymously in the 1720s, but he affixed his name to it later and was condemned by the French Catholic leaders. ⚓
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And now, the predecessor of Michel le Quien's work rejecting the validity of Church of England Holy Orders. Pierre le Courayer's defense of the validity of English orders was written anonymously in the 1720s, but he affixed his name to it later and was condemned by the French Catholic leaders. ⚓
What a joy to receive the blessing of Fr. Ignacio after his first Mass at @littlechurchnyc.bsky.social as a new priest - God keep him in the palm of his hand on his life of ministry!
June 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What a joy to receive the blessing of Fr. Ignacio after his first Mass at @littlechurchnyc.bsky.social as a new priest - God keep him in the palm of his hand on his life of ministry!
feeling very "Nicholas Trigault in the late Ming" today
June 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
feeling very "Nicholas Trigault in the late Ming" today
more seriously, what liturgy is for is key. Personal fulfillment, vague social need - or, as Pius XII quotes Augustine, "that we may use these external signs to keep us alert, learn from them what distance we have come along the road, and by them be heartened to go on further with more eager step"
May 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
more seriously, what liturgy is for is key. Personal fulfillment, vague social need - or, as Pius XII quotes Augustine, "that we may use these external signs to keep us alert, learn from them what distance we have come along the road, and by them be heartened to go on further with more eager step"
Reviewing the Confraternity intercessions for June, I very much like the nature of the prayers (not everyone's gonna love "a Petrine primary acceptable to all Christians" tho). Prayer Book Societies, then a few days later the Society of Mary. Very irenic! ⚓
May 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reviewing the Confraternity intercessions for June, I very much like the nature of the prayers (not everyone's gonna love "a Petrine primary acceptable to all Christians" tho). Prayer Book Societies, then a few days later the Society of Mary. Very irenic! ⚓
Putting on the Paleography signal: any thoughts on this inscription? “Paulus” is clear but I’m stumped on the rest…
May 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Putting on the Paleography signal: any thoughts on this inscription? “Paulus” is clear but I’m stumped on the rest…
Nice Italian engravings from Giovanni Battista Susio’s work in dueling - courtesy of the Schmitter Collection at Michigan State!
May 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nice Italian engravings from Giovanni Battista Susio’s work in dueling - courtesy of the Schmitter Collection at Michigan State!
It was my birthday last week and look what my husband got me!
April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It was my birthday last week and look what my husband got me!