Jul 31, 2008

European and American histories treat the alienation between Eastern and Western Christian Churches as though it were inevitable, because of an alleged separation of the Roman Empire itself into “East” and “West.” But evidence suggests that these attempts to explain the separation between East and West are conditioned by the centuries-old propaganda of the Frankish Papacy.

Jul 30, 2008

Early Christians did not talk about “spirituality,” much less varieties of spirituality, appropriate to this or that kind of personality, or ethnic background, or gender. Not only is that unhelpful, I don’t think it’s even possible to set up such divisions...

Jul 29, 2008

Why, if the Bible is sufficient apart from Holy Tradition, can a Baptist, a Jehovah’s Witness, a Charismatic, and a Methodist all claim to believe what the Bible says and yet no two of them agree what it is that the Bible says? Unfortunately, most Protestants are willing to blame this state of affairs on almost anything except the root problem...

Jul 29, 2008

Dura Europos in Syria was founded by Alexander's lieutenant, Seleucus Nicator. The town was captured and destroyed by the Sassanids in 256 AD. The site did not attract significant attention until 1921, when mural paintings were discovered, notably synagogue frescoes dating from 235 AD...

Jul 25, 2008

Now this class of persons may be met with in many places, for it was fitting that both Greece and the country of the barbarians should partake of whatever is perfectly good; and there is the greatest number of such men in Egypt...