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Tag: Church History

  • Synagogue as the Model of the Apostolic Church

    Synagogue Rule in First Century Palestine The Greek word, συναγωγή (sunagogi aka synagogue), comes from the idea of gathering.  Although the King James translators aimed to avoid using the cognate word for Christian assemblies, the Greek word is used of Christian assemblies in James 2:2 (For if there come unto your assembly a man with a…

  • Don't Sweat that History Stuff …

    Carl Trueman expresses his frustration with attempts to force Roman apologists to confront history: Thus, as all sides need to face empirical facts and the challenges they raise, here are a few we might want to consider, along with what seem to me (as a Protestant outsider) to be the usual Roman Catholic responses: Empirical…

  • Insulting My Idol-Worshiping Ancestors

    Some of my ancestors were idol-worshipers. It’s pretty much a sure thing that at least some of your ancestors were too. After all, idol-worship was widespread throughout most religions other than the worship of Jehovah. Being Jewish won’t help you escape either, because even if you were purely Jewish, chances are you would be descended…

  • The Importance of Irenaeus

    An anonymous reader asked: Why are the witings of St. Irenaeus now so suddenly important[?] I thought that his relics were sacked by the Calvinists becaused he was alleged to be a heretic, ie., he is a proponent of Free Will and that his other writings do not support TULIP. The importance of Irenaeus is…