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Ben Witherington on those 4th Century Icons

June 24, 2010View Comments
Ben Witherington on those 4th Century Icons

Recently I referred to the news bit on the discovery of Peter and Paul (but not Mary? ) iconic art. The masterful one, Ben Witherington, mentioned it as well: So while I find this story ([click here]) interesting, it is hardly earth-shattering and the claims about what is ‘earliest’ are probably rather hyperbolic. True, but [...]

4th century icons of Peter and Paul discovered

June 22, 2010View Comments
4th century icons of Peter and Paul discovered

In a bit of cool news, I ran across this article at MSNBC.com: The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials said Tuesday. The images, which date from the second half of the [...]

The Roman church greeted again, a bit later

June 11, 2010View Comments

Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ ἠλεημένῃ ἐν μεγαλειότητι πατρὸς ὑψίστου καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μόνου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἠγαπημένῃ καὶ πεφωτισμένῃ ἐν θελήματι τοῦ θελήσαντος τὰ πάντα, ἃ ἔστιν, κατὰ ἀγάπην Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἥτις καὶ προκάθηται ἐν τόπῳ χωρίου ῾Ρωμαίων, ἀξιόθεος, ἀξιεπίτευκτος, ἀξίαγνος καὶ προκαθημένη τῆς ἀγάπης, χριστώνυμος, πατρώνυμος, ἣν καὶ ἀσπάζομαι [...]

A salutation fit for the ekklesia of Rome

June 10, 2010View Comments

Thoughts sparked by reading Paul's salutation to the church of Rome.

Paul’s Bones Confirmed…?

June 28, 2009View Comments

Apparently after some carbon dating showed fragments of bones were from the first or second century A.D., Pope Ratzinger declared This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul While I’m not all that convinced, I’m also not all that concerned. What truly grasped my [...]

Paul, Hell, Citizenship, and The Cyclops

June 16, 2009View Comments

While looking at a passage for a mention of hell, I stumble on a study that simply kept growing.

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