Tag Archives: Patristics

Apparently Chad Thinks of Me as One of the Great Church Fathers

Told ya so, heretics! RodtRDHFormerly known as Rod of Alexandria, Rod the Rogue Demon Hunter Preacher of Hope | Black Scholar of Patristics | Writer for Nonviolent Politics. Destroyer of Trolls. It must be that angry puppy.More Posts – Website

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What Happened to Moses?: Thoughts on Labor Day, Unions, and Theology

Yahwism, Post-Marxism, and the Status of Working Families For the early church and for Judaism, the life of Moses was important. In fact so important, rather than writing really cool treatises on Paul’s letter to the Romans, they found the … Continue reading

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On Clement of Alexandria: Platonist strawmen are unbecoming, @ejoelwatts

His Joelness has once again started sipping the kool-aid with an arbitrary blurb about Plato not being a Christian. At one point, in an unbecoming manner, Joel “Olsteen” Watts, claims, “There is a certain known Biblioblogger out there who, following … Continue reading

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Farewell, Secret Gospel of Mark?

On Rescuing Clement’s (Of A) Reputation from Pseudo-scholarship I’ll be honest. If I have not made it known, I have doubted the discovery of the “Secret Gospel of Mark.”  Thanks to Craig Evans, I now have an even better case … Continue reading

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