Let’s Start a Series on the Early Church Fathers! (Introduction)
Having grown up within Evangelicalism, even though my family went regularly to church and even though I went to a Christian high school, I really knew nothing a...
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Early Christian Writings: The Didache–Circa Late First Century AD (Chapter 5-16)
The Didache is one of the earliest Christian writings after the Apostolic period (i.e. the first century) that we possess, and it gives us a glimpse into early ...
Early Christian Writings: The Didache–Circa Late First Century AD (Chapters 1-4)
For the next few posts, I am going to share a more “reader-friendly” version of The Didache. It is one of the earliest Christian writings after the ...
The Writings of the Early Church: The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus (Part 2: Chapters 6-10)
For Part 1, check here. Chapter 6: The Revelation of Christians to the World If I were to sum up all this in one word, I’d say that the Christians are to the wo...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 10): Early Christian Philosophers: Justin Martyr, Athenagoras of Athens, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen of Alexandria
As was discussed in last week’s post, not only was Christianity probably the most significant counter-cultural movement in history in terms of practical, day to...
Gregory of Nyssa…and the Evolution of Man (Yes, I might be the only one in history who can connect Gregory of Nyssa with Ron Burgundy)
Let me admit it up front, the title to this post is a little misleading. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 AD) was an early Church Father and, along with Basil of Caesa...