{"id":2598,"date":"2017-08-27T15:38:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2017-08-27T15:38:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:38:55","slug":"say-black-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2017\/08\/say-black-red.html","title":{"rendered":"Say the black; do the red"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2017\/08\/IMG_2847.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2599\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2599 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2017\/08\/IMG_2847-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2847\" width=\"359\" height=\"269\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This expression describes what priests do when celebrating the various rites of the Church. \u00a0What is written in black is <em>said<\/em>, what is written is red is <em>done<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I recently visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and while in the Egyptian section I admired the Book of the Dead of the Priest Horus (pictured above). \u00a0This impressive 70-feet long, 2,300 year old papyrus manuscript contains a series of spells used by a priest of Horus to help the dead transition into the afterlife. \u00a0I quickly noticed that both black and red ink were used in this ancient manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, I read in the information below the manuscript that the red ink provides instructions to perform the various rites correctly. \u00a0The black ink provides the words. \u00a0I could not believe it! \u00a0Just like Catholics today, the Egyptian priests followed \u201csay the black; do the red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2017\/08\/IMG_3171-e1502040734274.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2602\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2602 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2017\/08\/IMG_3171-e1502040734274-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3171\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictures are mine, all rights reserved. \u00a02017<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This expression describes what priests do when celebrating the various rites of the Church. \u00a0What is written in black is said, what is written is red is done. 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