Category Archives: Church

Church History in 4 minutes

Posted on November 25, 2009 by me

In keeping with my current look at church history, here’s an interesting overview, with a collection of cool images (especially like the John Locke photo): Thanks to zoecarnate.

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Exploring the Twain 2

Posted on November 23, 2009 by me

In the first post in this series, I introduced my thesis that Western theology is so tainted by a number of influences that did not affect the Eastern Church that the best way to evaluate Western theology is to start … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther is still my hero

Posted on November 20, 2009 by me

Therefore a distinction must be made between reason left to itself without restriction, which runs about unbridled and is carried around by its reckonings, which judges and decides on the basis of its own principles, which are common notions, perceptions, … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Twain

Posted on November 18, 2009 by me

“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.”  – Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-room Ballads Years ago, I got to know a Greek Orthodox Priest (who was, in fact, from Greece) who tried to explain to … Continue reading →

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