Thursday, December 11, 2025

Clement of Alexandria on Secrets, Mysteries, and the “Sevenfold Veiled” Truth

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Οὐδέπω ὅμως αὐτὰ τὰ ἀπόῤῥητα ἐξωρχήσατο, οὐδὲ κατέγραψε τὴν ἱεροφαντικὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ Κυρίου, ἀλλὰ ταῖς προγεγραμμέναις πράξεσιν ἐπιθεὶς ...

2 Thessalonians 2:2 Is Clearly a Post-Marcionite ("Orthodox") Revision of the Marcionite Canon (Whatever that Was)

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μὴ ταχέως σαλευθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς μηδὲ θροεῖσθαι, μήτε διὰ πνεύματος μήτε διὰ λόγου μήτε δι’ ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δι’ ἡμῶν , ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν ἡ...

Scholars Who Study the Bible Have a Hard Time Being Indifferent About their Subject Matter

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I don't know about the rest of you, but in my day to day life I tend to think I am right about most things. If another driver honks thei...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Morton Smith Wasn't as Smart as Everyone Pretends He Was

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For anyone who has read my previous posts it should be plain that I think the approach of the Marcionophiles (the scholarly circle that ...

Do I Dislike Academics in the Humanities Because I Resent Their Authority?

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I don't think so.  There was a time of course that being a professor had authority. The various European colonial empires used missiona...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Why is the Gospel All About Peter When Paul is All About the Gospel?

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It's so ludicrous. Paul literally coins the phrase "the Gospel of the Lord/Jesus" - the original title of Mark's gospel. A...

Paul's Gospel is About Paul

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Already Paul says that Christ speaks in him. This is the underlying dynamic in the Gospel of Mark which is at once the Gospel of Jesus Chris...