though the pagan gods may have lived on, perhaps even into the Islamic era, there was enough of a Christian community that the oasis had its own Bishop. Notably, Coptic tradition holds that St. Bartholomew, one of Jesus Christ's original twelve Apostles, was sent...
also not that Dreher’s solutions lack creativity — his chapters on work, on education, on politics as local institution building, and on community (both local and church) are fantastic and contain plenty of fodder for churches to chew through. I’m also a bit confused about how he offers...
Stare at the spiral, with your mind empty, without feeling tense nor having any expectations. Keep floating, fix the spiral, enter the stone, enter the memory of the journeyman sculptor, in that of the builders of cathedrals andRomanesque churches, enter the body of the Christ in majesty. G...
‘And men were saved in a way they are not now’ — Anglican Decline Stories and the Myth of the Religious Golden Age Abstract This concluding chapter uncovers and illuminates one of Anglican Christianity’s most potent and sustained narratives. This has been an enduring and frequently revisited ...
He was devoted3 to the union of the churches of Christendom. He pleaded that all disciples of Christ call themselves “simply” Christians4, and unite on those symbols and ordinances6 which Christendom has in common. If it would not make our great-grandfathers turn over in their graves, I ...