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Out of Africa

For St. Perpetua’s day, visit early Christian Africa—in one of the earliest posts on my blog. Carthage, the cosmopolitan port city of ancient North Africa, ...

Archbishop Gomez’s Inspiring Inaugural Homily

The new archbishop of Los Angeles delivered a stirring homily today. I just had to mention some of it here: . . . this is ...

Sirach as Scripture in Judaism?

My good friend Dr. Jeff Morrow (Seton Hall) has an excellent post up over at the excellent blog Caritas et Veritas on the formation of ...

Jesus as the Davidic Messiah in Matthew (Part 2 of 2)

Following up from part 1. Am I missing any major piece of the puzzle here that wouldn’t require a lot of explanation? Jesus’ Davidic Exorcistic ...

What is the Biblical Form of Church Government?

During my years of training to become a Calvinist pastor, the issue of church polity was quite a live one.  Calvinists themselves do not agree ...

St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr (c. 155)

Today is the memorial of St. Polycarp of Smyrna who was martyred in 155AD.  In this interview, Patristics scholar and St. Paul Center vice president, ...

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