NOTE: All photos taken by members of the Ramsey family. Click or tap on any photo to load the full sized version. Animals Plants The Equator The real equator The tourist equator Art We thought going on a boat called the “Susy Love” was a bit “Sus(picious)” Quito Virgin of …
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 …