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Bye, etc. I bind unto myself to me the strong name of the Trinity,

my invocation of the same,

the three in one and one in three.

A portion of the hymn I bind unto myself today based upon St. Patrick's breastplate,

his confession of the Holy Trinity. He was a serious theological missionary. So how is it that his day has become really about debauchery and shamrocks and being

Irish for a day? Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin. In honor of St. Patrick, we're

going to replay an interview with Dr. James Buescher, Professor of New Testament, and Early Church

Studies at Concordia Theological

Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana from the year 2016. I began the interview asking Dr. Busher if we

have any excuse for turning Patrick into a leprechaun. No, right. You know, you certainly point out

kind of this holiday has taken on a little bit of a life of its own,

and certainly in terms of marketing and stressing some of the kind of maybe entertaining legends

and things that have grown up.

But actually, we do have a pretty good substantial understanding of his life, the basic outlines of his life

and his mission to Ireland as well as his confession of faith. You know, I like to always kind of

emphasize a bit his confessio that he wrote toward the end of his life that does give us a real

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