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Authority In Diognetus In Brief

Sunday 3/23/2008 11:21 PM

So what will reading the Epistle to Diognetus (hereafter Diogn as is recommended in the SBL Handbook of Style) tell us about the views of the Apostolic Fathers on authority, revelation, Scripture, etc.? Let's find out.

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As I mentioned in a recent post on Ignatius, I am beginning a new series. This series discusses how the Apostolic Fathers viewed viewed authority, revelation, the New and Old Testament documents, tradition, and other related important things. This is ultimately to bring this data, along with the witness of the New and Old Testament writings, in for a discussion of church authority and Scripture in modern Christianity.

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Fearing The Bishop

Saturday 3/22/2008 10:00 PM

We continue with chapter 6 of Ignatius' letter to the Ephesians. The text below is from CCEL, with a couple corrections.

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Separation From The Bishop

Wednesday 3/12/2008 3:07 PM

Because you can never get enough Ignatius, here we go again. This time we are on chapter 5 of Ignatius' letter to the Ephesians. As is the norm, this text is from CCEL's digitization of Lake's text.

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Obedience To The Bishop

Saturday 2/23/2008 11:47 PM

Now that I can setup series properly on the blog, it is time to begin this series again in earnest. I have no intention of making this series last all year :)

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Ignatius To The Ephesians Pt 4

Thursday 2/14/2008 9:28 AM

We continue our discussion of Ignatius' epistle to the Ephesians with our fourth installment today. For a little context, see the last post, part 3 in the series.

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Baptist Folly

Tuesday 2/5/2008 6:00 AM

Last Lord's day I filled in for the regular teacher for the adult Sunday school class. We are working our way through Exodus chapter-by-chapter, and this will be our third week on chapter 32. This chapter is on when Moses and Joshua came down from the mountain to see the people of God worshiping a golden calf. It is a very interesting chapter in a general sense, but it is especially important for us as a church right now...

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