The claim and the truth
Let the heart of them rejoice that…
“Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and his strength, Seek his face continually.” 1 Chronicles 16:10–11 “Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; Shew forth from day to day his salvation. Declare his glory among the heathen; His marvellous works among all nations.” 1 Chronicles 16:23–24 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.” 1 Chronicles 16:36 Continue reading Let the heart of them rejoice that…
Domestics are to be treated like ourselves
Pre-Nicea means the unanimous view of Christian writers for about the first 300 years of Christianity’s existence. Pre Constantine and so pre Colonialism and pre Translatlantic slave trade and pre crusades etc etc etc. Rather, during a time when Christianity was expanding without the aid of the state and actually being persecuted on and off by the state itself. This was before Galerius had his change of heart and Constantine and Licinius changed the status of Christianity in the Roman empire. God bless… Continue reading Domestics are to be treated like ourselves
Pre-Nicea means the unanimous view of Christian writers for about the first 300 years of Christianity’s existence. Pre Constantine and so pre Colonialism and pre Translatlantic slave trade and pre crusades etc etc etc. Rather, during a time when Christianity was expanding without the aid of the state and actually being persecuted on and off by the state itself. This was before Galerius had his change of heart and Constantine and Licinius changed the status of Christianity in the Roman empire. God bless… Continue reading
Where now are Jovii and the Herculii
I relate all those things on the authority of well-informed persons; and I thought it proper to commit them to writing exactly as they happened, lest the memory of events so important should perish, and lest any future historian of the persecutors should corrupt the truth, either by suppressing their offences against God, or the judgment of God against them. To His everlasting mercy ought we to render thanks, that, having at length looked on the earth, He deigned to collect again and to restore His flock, partly laid waste by ravenous wolves, and partly scattered abroad, and to extirpate … Continue reading Where now are Jovii and the Herculii
The mother of Galerius, a woman exceedingly superstitious, was a votary of the gods of the mountains. Being of such a character, she made sacrifices almost every day, and she feasted her servants on the meat offered to idols: but … Continue reading
Should not a people inquire of God
“And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” – Isaiah 8:19,20 “Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.” – Psalms 119:105 “But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds … Continue reading Should not a people inquire of God
Entangled
Thus it comes to pass that the poor and humble, who are unencumbered, more readily believe God than the rich, who are entangled with many hindrances; yea, rather, in chains and fetters they are enslaved to the nod of desire, their mistress, which has ensnared them with inextricable bonds; nor are they able to look up to heaven, since their mind is bent down to the earth Lactantius. 1886. “The Divine Institutes.” In Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, and Liturgies, edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. … Continue reading Entangled
Let the waybof destruction be deserted
And not only pointed it out, but also went before us in it, that no one might dread the path of virtue on account of its difficulty. Let the way of destruction and deceit, if it is possible, be deserted, in which death is concealed, being covered by the attractions of pleasure. And the more nearly each one, as his years incline to old age, sees to be the approach of that day in which he must depart from this life, let him reflect how he may leave it in purity, how he may come to the Judge in innocency; … Continue reading Let the waybof destruction be deserted
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