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The Philosophical Absurdity of the Incarnation: Luther, Augustine, and Auden
In Martin Luther’s Disputation concerning the Passage: “The Word Was Made Flesh” (1539) we find the following thesis (2): In theologia verum est, verbum…

“Domained in Mary’s Modesty”: A Fifth-Century Hymn (2)
Last week I translated the first three stanzas of Sedulius’s abecedarian hymn A solis ortus cardine (A, B, C). For this week, I’ve done…

Eyes and Ears in Luther (Again)
Once more on Luther’s House Postil sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent. Last week we looked at the way in which Luther’s account…

“Such is the Breath of Kings”: Shakespeare’s Richard II and COVID Restrictions
Bad rulers thoughtlessly breathe decrees, ignorant that their subjects do not have a breath to spare.

Jonathan Edwards and the Southern Presbyterians
Jonathan Edwards was indicted for falling away from Calvin's views on the Lord's Supper.