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Communal Reading in the Ancient World & the Early Church

In the ancient world, people read out loud, even when they were by themselves.  Thus, Stephen could overhear the Ethiopian eunuch reading The Book of Isaiah as he drove by in his chariot.  Not only...

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Marcionites Then and Now

Fellow Patheos blogger Tom Hobson, a Presbyterian pastor with a doctorate from Concordia Seminary, has written some posts at Biblical Words and World about ancient heresies and how they are showing up...

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Ancient Letter Shows the Life of a Christian Family in 230 A.D.

The oldest Christian document from Greco-Roman Egypt, apart from the Bible, is a letter written in 230 A.D.  It gives a brief but vivid picture of life in a Christian family in the days of the early...

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St. Patrick’s Confession of Faith

In the course of his "Confession," in which St. Patrick recounts his life as a slave and a missionary, he gives a statement of his faith, a profound and eloquent expression of the Christology and...

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A Creedal Testimony from Less Than Five Years after Jesus’ Resurrection

Scholars have identified a creedal testimony to the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus that is dated within five years, possibly just months, after it happened.

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Lessons from Roman Persecution

Why did ancient Rome, despite its religious tolerance and enlightened legal system, persecute Christians? A legal scholar explores the reasons and draws parallels to hostility to Christians today. One...

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Maundy Thursday from the First Great Christian Poet

St. Romanos the Melodist may be the first great Christian poet, but most of us in the English-speaking world have never heard of him. A new translation, though, shows his power as a hymn writer. And...

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Christ as Our Substitute

Many contemporary Christians are drawing back from the doctrine of the substitutionary atonement--that Christ bore our sins and died in our place. But their criticisms tend to neglect the doctrine of...

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Adam and the Magi

Epiphany, on January 6, celebrates the visitation of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus, opening a season devoted to revelations of Christ. As Philip Jenkins shows, legends about the Magi connect them to...

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The Point of View of a Persecutor

A letter from Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan sheds light on the Roman persecution of Christians.

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