Advocates of the perpetual virginity of Mary sometimes acknowledge that there was opposition to the concept before Helvidius. They'll so...

Martin Hengel noted that "In this connection we should not forget that simply of the second-century Christian writings known to us by t...

"He who is wise and, therefore, walks carefully, redeems the time. But he redeems the time because 'the days are evil' [Ephesia...

In my last post , I discussed some disagreements I have with Jozef Naumowicz's recent book on the origins of the Christmas holiday, The ...

I discussed Jerome's Letter 119 in my last post . I was focused on the subject of eternal security, but the letter also has some signifi...

In a post several weeks ago discussing some support for eternal security found in Jerome , I mentioned that I was waiting for the publicatio...

In his translation of Augustine's work cited in my last post , Gregory Lombardo wrote the following about some of the individuals August...

We're often too shallow in our concept of friendship and too forgetful of the dead. Jerome on loving and honoring deceased believers: ...

In earlier posts, such as here , I've discussed the popularity of premillennialism during the earliest centuries of church history. The ...

Jerome wrote about a time of many illnesses in his life: "The Lord 'who looks upon the earth and makes it tremble, who touches th...

Roman Catholics often claim that Matthew 16 should be interpreted in light of Isaiah 22, which supposedly should lead us to the papacy. I...

Giving things up for the Kingdom? Just a reminder: that time of year is upon us: the “liturgically-minded” all want to “give up things fo...