[I do not know the religious affiliation of this author but this is an excellent article. I am still waiting for contrary evidence that the Christian Church does not view abortion as murder. Comments are welcome. This post stems from a “conversation” I had a while ago recently with a liberal Eastern Orthodox woman (a […]
Early Christians
On the Sacraments
from JND Kelly, “Early Christian Doctrines” “IN the fourth and fifth centuries little or no attempt was made, in East or West, to work out a systematic sacramental theology.The universal, if somewhat vague, assumption was [up to this point] that the sacraments were outward and visible signs marking the presence of an invisible, but none […]
On Early Christian Living
Epistle to Diognetus, 125 AD “Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life.… Unlike some other people, they champion no purely human doctrine. With regard to dress, food and manner […]