Today is the feast of St. Irenaeus of Lyons, one of the most important early Christian writers. He was an apologist for the faith and wrote a famous work called "Against Heresies". This lengthy work is very early and so many apologists of modern confession positions (Catholics & Protestants) use it to prove their own system. Just look at one section. In Book III, … [Read more...]
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Today Christ's Church commemorates the feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria, leaving many to ask: Who was St. Cyril? Where is Alexandria? Why do weird popish - baby dunking - Christians like Andrew celebrate him? Besides the obvious reason that he's slavishly devoted to men in robes, candles, and chants. Well: -St. Cyril expelled the Novationists from Alexandria. What's a … [Read more...]
Church of Finland
Today a great spiritual father of my church said farewell and was heading back to Finland. In light of this, I'd thought it worth doing a little research into the history of Finnish Church and see what interesting stories lay hid. I found it fascinating that until 1889 there were laws against Nonconformity in matters of religion, everyone had to be a member of the Lutheran … [Read more...]
The Catholic Literary Revival & Graham Greene
In English History, the period leading up to the First World War and all the way to the Second Vatican Council the Catholic Literary Revival. During this time, so many prominent authors were converts to Roman Catholicism, that there are records of aspiring British novelists even converting to the Roman Church in hopes of finding some new literary inspiration. Graham Greene was … [Read more...]
St. Anselm of Canterbury's 'Evangelical' Faith
Wikipedia has been my true alma mater in so many ways, however there are days when something irks me in its endless pages. If we understand Evangelical to mean one who is a Christian and places their faith in the saving life, death, and resurrection of Jesus who meritted their salvation, then Evangelicalism can hardly be said to have emerged in the 17th century. The Middle … [Read more...]