J. Caleb Little review Frances Young’s landmark two volume study of how Scripture and Doctrine informed one another in the first centuries of the Church
Origen
An Example of Christian Influence on Imperial-Era Greek Philosophy (and Why It Makes One Gloomy about the Present)
Because presentist gloom is good for clicks.
Authenticity and Authority: Origen on the Tension of Philology and Canon
What do you do if you find an inauthentic biblical passage that’s accepted in the wider Church?
Who Invented the Idea of “Canonical” Scriptures?
A case that the terminology dates back to the third century.
The Transfiguration and the Church Fathers
Whereas we neglect thinking theologically about the Transfiguration, the Church Fathers had much to say.
The End of Interpretation: Reclaiming the Priority of Ecclesial Exegesis
Ephraim Radner reviews R. R. Reno’s new book on the interpreting Scripture within Church tradition