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Naming the Nameless
From a fun post at the Scriptorium Daily on the nameless characters in the bible: Cain’s wife. Never mind where she came from, what was her name? Awan. And Seth’s wife was named Azura. Where does this… more →
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Naming the Nameless
Damian wrote 1 month ago: From a fun post at the Scriptorium Daily on the nameless characters in the bible: Cain’s wife. Never … more →
Justification in 1 Clement, Part 2: Has God justified everyone?
Damian wrote 2 months ago: I recently found myself a copy of The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, and s … more →
Justification in 1 Clement, Part 1: By faith?
Damian wrote 2 months ago: I recently found myself a copy of The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, and s … more →
Canon vs. Scripture
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Damian wrote 2 months ago: Two interesting quotes from Michael W. Holmes “The Biblical Canon” (in the Oxford Handbo … more →
More on feminine language in describing God
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Damian wrote 3 months ago: Just to update on the conversation that’s going on concerning feminine language (that I’ … more →
Lack of feminine language in Jesus' names
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Damian wrote 3 months ago: Peter Lopez linked to the 100 names of Jesus. Noticeably to me (with my present preoccupation) is th … more →
Examples of feminine language in Christian tradition
Damian wrote 3 months ago: Doug Chaplin responded to my post on Gender-bending consciousness-raisers, and Suzanne McCarthy post … more →
An attempt to clarify the theological implications of Satan's development
Damian wrote 5 months ago: The other week, I posted on Robert Oester’s article ‘the Curious Career of Satan’. … more →
Hierarchy of Scripture
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Damian wrote 7 months ago: I recently was privy to a conversation where the two sides were opposed in opinion; one used as his … more →
An anniversary (or, Here be Dragons!)
Damian wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been posting now at Castle of Nutshells for one year. It’s been an honour to be rea … more →
Marriage as sacrament and same-sex marriage
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Damian wrote 7 months ago: Peter Leihart recently wrote on Marriage as Sacrament, a topic I’ve written much about (in the … more →
The heart is a tomb and there our thoughts and our intellect are buried...
Damian wrote 9 months ago: I have spoken many times regarding my respect for the desert fathers. St. Makarios wrote this (which … more →
Marriage: God's intent and my culture
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Damian wrote 10 months ago: Yesterday I wrote about my beliefs concerning marriage. I left off saying I’d qualify what I … more →
Defining 'ecclesiam' in 'extra ecclesiam nulla salus'
Damian wrote 10 months ago: Extra ecclesiam nulla salus is an affirmation made throughout almost all churches and denominations: … more →
Struggles with the efficacy of Christ's sacrifice, part 3: Alternatives to atonement
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Damian wrote 11 months ago: Continued from The Extent of Atonement. So, if atonement is not universal, it reduces the efficacy o … more →
Protestant authority
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Damian wrote 11 months ago: James McGrath over at Exploring our Matrix explores some of the often ignored repurcussions of the P … more →
Christian influences in Islamic tradition
Damian wrote 1 year ago: I rarely link to posts that I think are worth reading, as I prefer to reflect on them and report my … more →
Creeds for recognition: What role should creeds play in the church?
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: “I think the whole point of creeds is to decide who gets burned at the stake.” – D … more →
The world is a place where they make you do stupid things
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Damian wrote 1 year ago: This is the third in a short series discussing some of the sayings of the Desert Fathers. It’s … more →
