Full PDF Paper Library
These a simply downloadable PDF versions of some of the web pages available on the site.
All material is free for use in church or education but may not be sold or otherwise profited from. I do retain copyright on all material.
General
Collecting Books
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Bibliophile
Some notes on finding books of interest both for purchase and research in libraries and on the Web.
Chant
History of Carpatho-Rusyn Prostopinije
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Carpatho-Rusyn Prostopinije Chant System
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Languages
A Tour of Resources for Learning Church Slavonic
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Tour Church Slavonic
Church Slavonic is a rich and beautiful language used in the sung prayer for much of Eastern Europe. In the United States today most of these common services are available in English, but Church Slavonic is still a rich source for study and understanding for liturgy in these traditions. Certainly for cantors, readers and others with a serious interest in these liturgical traditions the study of Church Slavonic is a helpful element for spiritual enrichment and textual study.
Liturgy: Introductory Material
Byzantine-Ruthenian Antimensia Episcopal and Heritage Institute Libraries
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Antimensia Reading
This presents the booklet in page number order with bookmarks set for each of the major sections called out in the table of contents.
Antimensia are a cloth with a relic embedded blessed by a bishop on which the Divine Liturgy is conducted in Byzantine tradition churches. These at once provide the relic for the celebration and a living liturgical connection with the reigning bishop for the church in the area. Here I provide a copy of the booklet published by the Passaic Eparchy "Byzantine-Ruthenian Antimensia in the Episcopal and Heritage Institute Libraries of the Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic" compiled by Right Reverend Mitred Archimandrite Januarius M. Izzo. I offer this in multiple formats.
Antimensia Booklet
This presents the booklet in the original scan order that can be then printed out double-sided to create a new printed book using standard letter size paper.
Antimensia are a cloth with a relic embedded blessed by a bishop on which the Divine Liturgy is conducted in Byzantine tradition churches. These at once provide the relic for the celebration and a living liturgical connection with the reigning bishop for the church in the area. Here I provide a copy of the booklet published by the Passaic Eparchy "Byzantine-Ruthenian Antimensia in the Episcopal and Heritage Institute Libraries of the Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic" compiled by Right Reverend Mitred Archimandrite Januarius M. Izzo. I offer this in multiple formats.
Further Reading Suggestions & Sources on Liturgy
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Praying the Psalter
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Praying the Psalter
The Psalms are a central feature of Christian worship, a practice we inherited from our Jewish forebears. The Psalms are used in a variety of ways liturgically in the Eastern Churches. The fixed cycle of daily services has certain Psalms assigned to them.Certain Psalm verses are assigned to specific functions during the services. The Psalter is read once per week distributed through these services. The Psalter is also one of the most commented on books of the bible by the fathers.
Patristics
Catholic Eastern Churches and their Orthodox Counterparts
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Catholic Eastern Churches
There are twenty-two eastern churches in communion with Rome. These vary in size from quite large with multiple bishops and a patriarchate to quite small without any episcopal leadership at all. All but two have direct counterparts in the Orthodox communions that are parallel in liturgy and discipline.
Introduction to Patristics in English Bibliography
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Patristics Bibliography
This attempts to organize some of the English language resources for Patristic studies. We move from the most general to the more specific. I also include sections at the end for important foreign language translations of patristic literature and the sources for the the original texts in Greek and Latin. The universe of patristic studies is large. Thus this is necessarily a small subset that I have culled based on my own experiences.
Patristic Thought on the Inspiration of Scripture
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Scripture Inspiration
This paper will explore the status of patristic studies regarding the role of the Holy Spirit in the inspiration of scripture. This survey of the current literature in the field organizes the material based on the different expressions of inspiration observed in the patristic literature. Various scholars observe many of the same thought patterns in patristic authors. Related scholarly observations are placed side by side. This should facilitate a full view of the status of that observation.
Scripture: Commentary
Reflection on a Moral Teaching
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Amos 2 Paper
Amos lived during the period of the divided kingdom. After the death of Solomon, the kingdom of Israel split into two jurisdictions, Israel in the north and Judah in the south. Judah is depicted by the Deuteronomic historians of the Bible as the true keepers of the Jewish faith. Amos comes from this true kingdom of the south into the Northern Kingdom to speak against the abuses of the north, but Judah does not entirely escape his condemnation either.
Exegetical Reflections in the Byzantine Tradition
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Psalm 68
Psalm 68 is a lengthy expression of God's power and glory. This Psalm expresses a triumphant and conquering God that other nations will pay tribute to or fall beneath. This Psalm figures in important feast day prayers in both the Jewish and Christian tradition and is used as a proof text in the New Testament letter to the Ephesians.
The Woman of Revelation 12
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Revelation 12
The woman in Revelation 12 has been the subject of many a treatise and a variety of proposals for her identification has been advanced. This is a cursive outline of the merits of Mary as the woman in Revelation 12, with a discussion of the weaknesses of this proposal as well. For the sake of brevity, the paper will hit the major points in the proposal with footnoted documentation to the fuller discussion of the issues mentioned. The identification of the woman as Mary is neither universal nor without problems, but neither is the identification of the woman in any other proposal.
Tech Talk Networking
ScreenOS Configure Logging to USB Device
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Log to USB
The built in flash on the firewalls have limited storage for log files. These are automatically over written as space runs out on the device. Adding a USB drive stick can increase the amount of log space available on the firewall.
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AC VPN w/OSPF
The combines two of the convenience vpn features on the ScreenOS platform, dynamic routing protocol vpn and the on demand auto-complete vpn between spokes on a hub and spoke network. This allows a relatively standard spoke configuration process where only a few parameters are changed in the creation of a new spoke. But when the new site is added to the network full routing is established and efficient direct tunnels are created as needed.
JUNOS Securing OOB Management Traffic
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JUNOS OOB Mgmt
Most JUNOS based equipment provides a dedicated management ethernet port to create a separate management network. This allows connection and management of the devices independent on the operation and access of the production network. This access does not prevent the remote access and management of the devices from the production network only provide the dedicated management network for access. This technique uses a firewall filter (stateless packet filters) to secure the device against access from the production network so that only management network access is permitted.
ScreenOS - Hub-Spoke VPN with mix of Policy and Route spoke sites
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Multi VPN Hub
This hub and spoke setup allows multiple sites on either route or policy based VPN to connect to a common tunnel interface. This uses static routes and NHTB (Next hop Tunnel Binding) to direct traffic in the network. These allow the mixing of SSG and non-SSG policy based VPN on the same hub and spoke network.
ScreenOS - Remote Site Uses VPN to Core Site for Internet Access
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ScreenOS Force Internet VPN
Each site has internet access to establish the VPN connection. But all browsing from client machines on the remote site are directed to the core site. The process uses source based routing to force all requests from the remote LAN down the VPN to the core site gateway. On arrival at the core site the source address needs to be translated to a local core site LAN ip and then forwarded for internet access.
OS Configure a Backup Internet Service on a Second Interface
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Backup Internet Service
You can setup a second internet service as a configured backup line for use during failure on the primary line. This utilizes interface backup and the track-ip features of ScreenOS 6. This will automatically do the failover during the outage. This example assumes that ethernet0/0 is the current primary interface while ethernet0/1 is the new service interface.
ScreenOS IPSEC VPN Configurations
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ScreenOS VPN
The screenOS platform offers two basic types of VPN for site-to-site tunnels, route based and policy based. The policy based option is what all standard VPN capable firewalls offer for connectivity. These create a simple point-to-point connection over the internet between the two sites and permit the traffic. Route based options add a layer of flexibility to the connection. These permit the use of standard routing features like BGP or OSPF across the tunnel and allow deny policies and more ganular traffic control on the connection.
ScreenOS Wireless RADIUS Authentication with Microsoft Server 2003 IAS
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Wireless RADIUS
Create a RADIUS authentication wireless segment on a ScreenOS firewall. This uses the Microsoft IAS server component that is free with Windows server 2003. The configuration does require a active directory domain and a Microsoft certificate authority. All components are included with the Server 2003 OS and can be installed on a single server.
ScreenOS – Dual WAN with OSPF on Two Sites
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Screenos Dual WAN OSPF
Each site has two internet connections and interfaces that allow route based VPNs to exist at the same time. Using OSPF route priorities the primary line is in use unless this fails. When the first tunnel fails the second will automatically take over. On restoration of the first line route priorities automatically revert to the primary line.
ScreenOS – Redundant Internet Connections on a Policy VPN
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ScreenOS Redundant Policy VPN
This configuration has a redundant internet link on one side of a policy based vpn connection. The creation of two gateways and a group allows for failover between the two links and setting one as the priority link.
ScreenOS – Remote Site Server Published on Local Site Public IP Address
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ScreenOS Remote Server
Two sites are connected via a route based VPN, server site and public IP site. The local public ip site publishes a policy to allow internet access to the server. Traffic is forwarded down the vpn tunnel and the responses returned to the internet requester.
ScreenOS: Configure Guest External WAP Segment
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Guest WAP
Provide a Guest Wireless Access Point (WAP) on a non-wireless enabled SSG firewall. Configured with a security zone guestwifi that has internet access only and no allowed connections to other segments.
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ScreenOS Server Public NAT
The local trust zone server has a public ip address assigned for accessing services. This has two policies created. One allows destination nat for the untrust internet traffic to access the services. The second allows local trust lan computers to access the same public ip address for these same services. This policy requires both source and destination nat.
