A poetic paraphrase of Greek Anthology 1.66, on Melchizedek and Jesus.
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“The Catechesis of the Sign”: An Epigram from the Greek Anthology
A poem on reading Genesis 22 under the Spirit’s tutelage.
On Making Students Memorize Prose (Again)
I mentioned previously the benefits of making students memorize prose (in Greek) and wrote a little bit on the first passage we worked on. Here is the second passage we learned from Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Simplicium. The first dealt with the Son in the economy of...
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Meditations 2.4
What work is needful in this life before time runs out? Marcus Aurelius gives his answer in Meditations 2.4.
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Meditations 2.3
Meditations 2.3: What in the world is providence?
“He Has Given His Victory to Us”: Luther on the Resurrection and Justification
Martin Luther on the connection between Christ’s resurrection and our justification.
Luther on the Kinds of Righteousness (2)
Martin Luther on passive, i.e. Christian, righteousness.
“The Most Difficult Thing of All”: Luther on Justification and Passive Righteousness
Martin Luther on why believing in justification by faith alone is a matter of the highest art and skill.
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Meditations 2.2
A new translation and commentary on Meditations 2.2.
The Church in the World, Militant and Wave-Tossed: Hemmingsen on Luke 5
Yesterday's Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, according to the traditional Western lectionary, was Luke 5:1-11: And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,2 And saw two...