Month: February 2025

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (2) (Horace and Cicero)

E.J. Hutchinson — February 28, 2025

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (2) (Horace and Cicero)

More on classical references in Luther's lectures and commentary on Psalm 90.

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (1)

E.J. Hutchinson — February 25, 2025

Luther and the Classics: The Case of Psalm 90 (1)

The first post in what it is hoped will be a series on Luther's use of the classics in his lectures on Psalm 90.

The President as Protestant Warlord

Miles Smith — February 25, 2025

The President as Protestant Warlord

This week US President Donald Trump wielded the startling powers of the United States presidency when he dismissed senior generals and replaced them with handpicked successors. While there was nothing…

The Problem of Neil Gaiman

Jeremy Larson — February 25, 2025

The Problem of Neil Gaiman

Are readers complicit in the evils of the writers they enjoy?

Catullus in Vergil?: Pallas, Turnus, and the End of the Aeneid

E.J. Hutchinson — February 21, 2025

Catullus in Vergil?: Pallas, Turnus, and the End of the Aeneid

A theory on Catullus and the end of Vergil's Aeneid.

How Does the Bible Use the Word “Good”?

E.J. Hutchinson — February 13, 2025

How Does the Bible Use the Word “Good”?

Melanchthon on the meaning of "good" in the Bible, Stoicism, and Aristotle.

Three Traits for Theologians, According to John Webster

Ronni Kurtz — February 13, 2025

Three Traits for Theologians, According to John Webster

Essential qualities, according to one of our greatest recent theologians.

“Sons of the Greeks, Arise!”: Christianity, the Classics, and War in the 19th Century

Miles Smith — February 11, 2025

“Sons of the Greeks, Arise!”: Christianity, the Classics, and War in the 19th Century

The question of the Bible and Biblical authority defined debates among nineteenth century American Protestants as they appealed to the Christian scriptures to justify positions in political debates. Most Protestants…

The Christian Logic of the Postwar Consensus

John Ehrett — February 10, 2025

The Christian Logic of the Postwar Consensus

Have Christian critics of the postwar consensus done the reading?

“Nunc dimittis”: A Poem for the Presentation of Our Lord

E.J. Hutchinson — February 5, 2025

“Nunc dimittis”: A Poem for the Presentation of Our Lord

A poetic version of the "Song of Simeon," based on the fourth-century Latin poet Juvencus.