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Some Notes from Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria was a figure who flourished in the second half of the second century and the beginning of the third (c. A.D. 150 – c. 215). We have some of his works, some are lost, and some are...
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Were the early Christians pacifists?
There is a persistent claim that the early Christians were pacifists—in the strong sense of being opposed to all use of violence—and that it was not until the time of the Emperor Constantine that this...
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Who (or What) Was Lucifer?
Recently I got a query from someone wondering about an anti-Catholic video that claimed “the pope’s deacon” invoked Lucifer during the Easter Vigil liturgy and referred to Jesus as his Son. Of course,...
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Pope Francis’s Commission on Women Deacons: 12 things to know and share
Pope Francis has agreed to create a commission to study the possibility of women deacons. Here are 12 things to know and share . . . 1) What has happened? On Thursday, May 12, Pope Francis was...
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God’s Elect in 1 Clement
Calvinist theology places a great deal of emphasis on the concept of God’s elect. The term “elect” is taken from the Greek word eklektos, which means “chosen.” In Calvinist thought, the elect are those...
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Domitian and the Persecution That Didn’t Happen
It’s common to encounter claims that the Roman emperor Domitian was a major persecutor of Christians and that he demanded divine worship, insisting on being called “Lord and God.” It’s even common to...
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Understanding the “Unanimous Consent” of the Church Fathers
In 1546, the Council of Trent issued a decree which prohibited people from interpreting Scripture “contrary to the unanimous consent of the Fathers.” The meaning and significance of this concept has...
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Is the Didache the Key to Understanding Paul’s Controversy with the Judaizers?
The Didache (“Did-ah-KAY”) is a first century manual of Christian instruction, and it provides a fascinating view of life in the early Church. You can read it here. British scholar Alan Garrow has done...
View ArticleDid Jesus Have a Miraculous Birth?
You might think that the question we are asking has an obvious answer, since Jesus was conceived without a human father. That, of itself, makes his birth miraculous, doesn’t it? It does, but we are...
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Evidence for Reincarnation? (& Bridey Murphy) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
Continuing their discussion of reincarnation, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the Bridey Murphy case to see if her memories match the historical record and can’t be explained in a natural way,...
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