When it comes to Christianity, there are many identifiable denominations and cults within a single frame. There is significant uniformity between them in terms of moral and ethical teachings, ritual practices, group identity, and, of course, who the religion is centered upon. With Gnosticism this is all very different. Gnosticism …
John Wycliffe was an atomist. By the power of the church, the following statement is an offense against God and the church worthy of excommunication: Any continuous mathematical line is composed of two, three or four contiguous points, or of only a simply finite number of points; and time is, …
If you search Sigma Frame using Google for a particular word, you get no results. But if you searching directly on the WordPress site, you get 8 results. If you try searching Google for the titles of each of the 8 articles, only 2 are indexed. Now if Google was merely …
Preface Recently I’ve written a lot on the occult and mysticism. Over four years ago, in July 2020, I began drafting what would become this article. It’s interesting to see how my thoughts have stayed the same or changed over that time period. When Catacomb Resident said that I was …
Historically Mary, mother of Jesus, has been given two different Greek titles. The first, and most ancient one, is the Greek Theotokos (which means “bearer of God”). The second is the Greek Theogonias (which means “generator of God”). Saying that Mary was the Theotokos is not particularly controversial or exceptional. Both Roman Catholics …
In “A Decree to Rebuild” I said this… …in response to Ed Hurst’s blog post on Daniel 9. Well, I was subsequently reading Ed Hurst’s commentary on Daniel and came across this comment: Some traditional explanations are that the beginning of the exile was in 587BC or 586BC, when Nebuchadnezzar II …
This is part of a series. See this index. This is part 3 in the series addressing the 25 pro-atheistic claims by atheist Bob Seidensticker that there is no God. For more information on the series, see the description in part 1. This is an old post and I’d like to get it …
Per “The Christ : Church :: Husband : Wife Analogy” (2022-08-29) at Sigma Frame, in the home, children submit to the wife, who submits to the husband, who submits to Christ. In that same article in the church, women submit to men, who submit to Christ. But in the Orthodox, Catholic, …
Back in 2018 there was a discussion on Wintery Knight asking “Is it the Man’s Responsibility to Pursue the Woman, or the Other Way Around?” It was based on a discussion raised by Saint Dalrock and Messiah Cane Caldo, who suggested that women are supposed to woo men. Dalrock had …
Recently, I was watching this Dividing Lines podcast with James White. White has been saying for some time that the Roman Catholic pope Francis is at least an inclusivist (i.e. you don’t need explicit faith in Jesus Christ to be saved: any faith move towards God counts as implicit faith …