One did not publish anything bad about a sitting emperor, unless one was prepared for one’s career to end, or worse.
Ecclesiastica Anecdota
Andrew Koperski
Sexual Misconduct in Romans 1: Two Background Traditions
Paul’s words closely parallel other Jewish sources in antiquity.
Lactantius and God’s Gender
Lactantius demonstrates that some non-Christian theologians had already proposed gender-inclusive divinity.
Hypatia and Saint (?) Cyril of Alexandria
Prominent Christians—even saints—were known to act quite badly in late antiquity.
1 Enoch: Inspired Revelation or Apocryphon?
Not all the church fathers agreed with Augustine about the mythology of Enoch.
John Witherspoon, Abduction, Slavery, and the New Testament
If we find Witherspoon guilty on these specific charges, we will not easily acquit the New Testament.
Philodemus and Aristides
From what I gather, Philodemus’ own ideal for the Christian social ethic is rather different from Aristides’.
Free Will, Predestination, and Politics in Early Christianity: Musings for 2023
Prior to Augustine, early Christian intellectuals forcefully stressed human free will over against predestination.
Herod, Parthia, and Roman Foreign Policy
Herod the Great had more to fear than a newborn usurper.
The Birth of the Immaculate Conception: Mary, Apostolic Tradition, and the Protevangelium of James
How was this famous apocryphon received in the early Christian world?