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Contra Faustum, I
As is well known from Confessions, Faustus played a crucial role in Augustine’s formation. As a young…
Contra Faustum, II
Though Augustine had the arsenal of the contra Iudaeos tradition at hand in responding to Faustus, he…
Contra Faustum, III
When Augustine turns to the typology of unclean foods in his reply to Faustus, he introduces a…
Branded
In his commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, JB Lightfoot ran through the possible meanings of…
George Washington, Partisan Politician
The Return of George Washington 1783–1789 by edward j. larson william morrow, 384 pages, $29.99 Edward J.…
First Links—5.12.15
Two Sisters, Two Views of Gay Marriage Elizabeth Corey and Mary Campbell, The Atlantic What’s the Point…
Machen and the Monkeys
In The Dome of Eden, Stephen Webb wonders what might have happened if J. Gresham Machen, Princeton theologian…
Purity, Pauline Style
In his study of The Concept of Purity at Qumran and in the Letters of Paul, Michael Newton…
Un-Creation
Revelation 12-14 roughly follows the sequence of the first half of the week of creation. The overall…
The Spiritual Discipline of the Club Sandwich
There is, of course, something tiresome about those people who only ever order the same thing at…
Our Homophobic Pope
The media make a big deal of Pope Francis when this or that utterance seems to signal…
Marginal Hope in Hard Times
I have never been persuaded by Max Weber’s thesis on capitalism and Protestantism. Certainly many Protestants made…
First Links—5.11.15
Review: Arriving at Amen Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., Dominicana Marriage is Not About Fancy Clothes and Nice…
Sodom v. Circumcision
A hermeneutical rule of thumb I share with students: Chapter 2 comes after chapter 1. It has…
Is David Among the Prophets?
After describing the heroes of faith from creation to Jericho with some leisure, Hebrews 11 closes with…
