A few weeks back, I wrote “Translations of Justin Martyr, First Apology, Chapter 66.” There we identified a common Catholic proof-text and analyzed the different translations. Another common proof text comes from Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans (see: “The Eucharist, Part 4: Ignatius of Antioch“). The flaw in using this passage …

The Greek word for thanksgiving occurs in scripture in three primary forms: εὐχαριστέω (eucharisteó), verb: give thanks εὐχαριστία (eucharistia), noun: thanksgiving; gratitude εὐχάριστος (eucharistos), adjective: thankful It’s fairly common. You can see all of the references here. In the early writings of the church, the word is often left untranslated and transliterated as …

In this short, two-part series, we are demonstrating how meaningless it can be to have a PhD in Theology, to have numerous publications, to be a Professor at a prestigious university, and to be an expert. This will serve as a practical example of why formal appeals to authority in religion …

In this short, two-part series, we are going to demonstrate how meaningless it can be to have a PhD in Theology or to have numerous academic publications. This will serve as a practical example of why formal appeals to authority in religion are close to meaningless. Introduction Ryan Haecker graduated from Cambridge …