No True Scotsman does Church History Polemics
One of the criticisms of Orthodoxy’s understanding of its own history (not to mention, Roman Catholicism’s) is that there really is no unbroken Christian tradition of anything at all, that Church...
View ArticleWe’re All Children Now – A Response to Bledsoe (and Leithart) on Orthodoxy
Peter Leithart (a minister in the PCA, author of multiple books on theology, literature, etc.) has recently re-blogged some thoughts from a counterpart in the “Federal Vision” movement, Rich Bledsoe....
View ArticleThe “Biblical” Argument for Abortion
A fellow pro-life friend of mine recently sent me a post by the theologically and politically liberal Christian writer Fred “Slactivist” Clark in favor of abortion titled The ‘biblical view’ that’s...
View ArticleAn Orthodox Critique of Mercersburg Theology
Mercersburg Theology’s High Church Calvinism: A Dead End? In recent years a renewed interest in Mercersburg Theology has emerged among Calvinists. This can be seen by Keith Mathison’s Given For You:...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of St. John Cassian
St. John Cassian, in his 75 year life lived at the turn of the fifth century, interacted with every major Christian figure of the Patristic Age, founded monasticism in the West, laid the theological...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 1 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the first part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 2 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the second part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 3 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the third part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 4 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the fourth part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 5 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the final entry in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleChurch History and Same-Sex Marriage
Relevant to several recent postings here on same-sex marriage is this May 2012 piece from the Roads From Emmaus weblog. It is mainly a clearinghouse of links to other resources on the position of...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 2 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the second part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 3 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the third part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 4 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the fourth part in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleIs There Really a Patristic Critique of Icons? (Part 5 of 5)
Editor’s Note: Following is the final entry in a 5-part series by Gabe Martini addressing the claim by Presbyterian pastor Steven Wedgeworth that there is significant patristic testimony against...
View ArticleChurch History and Same-Sex Marriage
Relevant to several recent postings here on same-sex marriage is this May 2012 piece from the Roads From Emmaus weblog. It is mainly a clearinghouse of links to other resources on the position of...
View ArticleScripture: Myth or History?
The scriptures call us, rather than attempting to reframe the scriptures and tradition of the church within the context of the things which we as modern people "now know," to reframe our own...
View ArticleThe Incarnation: Principle and Goal of History
For the Christian, the union of our nature with Christ in His one Person, even that deified human nature that we receive in the Eucharist, unites us at this present moment with that pinnacle of history...
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