What is the Christian Faith About?
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth by his Son and for his Son. It was the will of God that his life and love should be … Continue reading
The Nature of Church Authority: Epistemic or Practical?
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is … Continue reading
The Rigorist Tradition of the Catholic Church; Legalism and Loopholes
Tertullian, Novatian, and the Jansenists, have often been accused of being rigorists and sparse with the divine grace and forgiveness. In particular the former two Church Fathers have considered certain … Continue reading
The Extraordinary Courage and Faith of the Protestant Reformers Against Medieval Superstition
The Material Conditions for Medieval Superstitions It has been rightly noted that “New Atheism” is mostly a Western educated and privileged phenomenon. It is obviously easy to spew invectives against … Continue reading
Do High Churches Provide Doctrinal Certainty? An Unclear Claim
No, Prime Minister, a clarification is not to make oneself clear. It is to put oneself in the clear. -Sir Humphrey Appleby, Yes, Prime Minister: The Tangled Web The High … Continue reading
Better to Amputate than to Execute; The Biblical Case
A seventh [Law of Nature] is, that in revenges, (that is, retribution of evil for evil,) men look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of … Continue reading
What is the Point of Philosophy? Anglophone Philosophical Quietism
Generally I would be what is known as a philosophical quietist. In the words of Wittgenstein, philosophy “leaves everything as it is”. If the medieval tradition believe that philosophy is … Continue reading
Christians Cannot Live as if they had only One Life
Despite the common mantra that we have only one life and that we must squeeze every last experience or pleasure or “live life to the fullest”, the Christian cannot live … Continue reading
