Monthly Archives: June 2022

Something more than Episode 20: On the trail of Faust

For those regular readers of my blog, as you can see, over the past weeks I have used this as a show-notes page for my podcast, “Light Through the Past.” This one will be no different in the sense that … Continue reading

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The Eagles are Coming!!!

My recent appearance on the Amon Sûl podcast, which you can find HERE!!

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A Day of Four Things

In the past I have always tried to post on this day, 24 June. First, it is the Feast of the Nativity of the Forerunner.

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Episode 19 (after a hiatus with 18): Did St. Paul Betray Jesus: Hellenization You Say?

This week’s episode is found here. Today we look at the question of Hellenization, that is, did the Gospel’s encounter with Greek thought alter the content of the Gospels? This opinion, as we will see, has been championed mostly by … Continue reading

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Episode 17: “What Hath Plato (& Philo) to do with Athanasius? Alexandria as the Intellectual Heart of the Mediterranean World.”

Today’s episode is found here! The Passage from the Theaetetus. But it is not possible, Theodorus, that evil should be destroyed—for there must always be something opposed to the good; nor is it possible that it should have its seat … Continue reading

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Episode 16: The Montanists Athwart the Church’s First 170 Years

Today we look at the Phrygian heresy, often referred to as Montanism, after the name of its founder, Montanus. You can find the link here. What information we have of the Montanists, apart from the writings of Tertullian, whom we … Continue reading

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