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Between them the lives of Paul, Polycarp and Irenaeus, which were considered in previous posts, cover the period 30-200AD. Around 200AD, Cyprianus Thascius Cecilius was born in Carthage, North Africa. Up until his conversion ca 245 Cyprian held a position as a teacher of rhetoric, he was well known as a writer, and also for [...]
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I have just seen the following question on a forum: “Are Jessus’ ethics livable?” The short answer to that is no, they are not. Our inability to live them is the meaning of original sin. But that last sentence could be misunderstood. It does not mean that we are not under an obligation to aspire [...]
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A few days ago I posted the first chapter of Ignatius of Antioch’s epistle to Polycarp, written probably at Troas in 112AD. Chapter 2 follows. EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP (CHAP 2) Let not the widows be neglected: be thou after God, their guardian. Let nothing be done without thy knowledge and consent; neither do [...]
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Especially amongst the more extreme of them, it is routine to hear fundamentalists say that evolution is all a plot, dreamt up by scientists determined to spread their atheistic philosophy. It is also routine to hear them say that reading the Bible in anything but a literalistic manner is the invention of theological liberals, who [...]
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Predestination is hardly the most popular of doctrines amongst Christians, but it seems undeniable that it is one to be found in the Bible. The biblical authors seem simply to have taken it for granted. One of the purposes of the Bible is to set before us an objective account of the God who is, [...]
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