Category: Church History

Why Protestants Read Aristotle’s Ethics

Matthew Mason — March 9, 2022

Why Protestants Read Aristotle’s Ethics

In the Reformation, the Philosopher was used by the Reformers just as much as by Roman Catholics.

Identity and the Life of the Mind: The Eternal Value of Boethius

Anthony Cirilla — March 7, 2022

Identity and the Life of the Mind: The Eternal Value of Boethius

Boethius provides powerful resources for contemplating how knowledge relates to identity formation in the Christian life.

The Beatific Vision: Keeping Theology Theological

Hans Boersma — February 22, 2022

The Beatific Vision: Keeping Theology Theological

Both Catholics and Protestants are wrong when they think the Beatific Vision is just for Catholics.

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part III: Toward an Explanation

Andrew Koperski — February 18, 2022

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part III: Toward an Explanation

A fresh, tentative explanation for early differences in baptismal practice. Part 3 of 3.

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part II: Households, Tertullian, and Archeology

Andrew Koperski — February 16, 2022

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part II: Households, Tertullian, and Archeology

Is there a fresh explanation for differing baptismal practices in the ancient church? Part 2 of 3.

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part I: The Liturgical “Dark Age” and Second Temple Judaism

Andrew Koperski — February 14, 2022

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part I: The Liturgical “Dark Age” and Second Temple Judaism

Can we find a fresh explanation for differing baptismal practices in the early church?

Reclaiming the Medieval Atonement

Benjamin Wheaton — February 7, 2022

Reclaiming the Medieval Atonement

A new book, busting the myth that medieval Christians had no theory of propitiation and expiation.

Unity Across the Chalcedonian Divide?

Lukas Stock — January 10, 2022

Unity Across the Chalcedonian Divide?

Does Cyril of Alexandria provide an avenue for Christological unity?

Nationalism in Earliest Christianity

Andrew Koperski — November 9, 2021

Nationalism in Earliest Christianity

Do the earliest days of church history offer pushback to a defense of "Christian nationalism"?

Tragedy as Philosophy in the Reformation World: A Review

Philip Thomas Mohr — November 4, 2021

Tragedy as Philosophy in the Reformation World: A Review

How did the Reformation world use tragedy to further its understanding of philosophy?