Thursday, February 27, 2025

Raymond E. Brown on the Barabbas Episode in the Gospel of John and the Passover Custom (privilegium paschale)

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    The Barabbas episode appears in the B source of Mark, and so we are not surprised to find that Bultmann (HST, p. 272) characterizes it...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Potential Light Being Shed on Isaiah 9:5 from Pope John VIII's Letter to the Council of Constantinople (879-880)

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During the Third Act of the Council of Constantinople (879-880), the Epistle of Pope John VIII to the Council (sent 879) was read out:   ...

Pope John VIII's Reference to Luke 22:32 in His Letter to the Council of Constantinople (879-880)

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During the Third Act of the Council of Constantinople (879-880), the Epistle of Pope John VIII to the Council (sent 879) was read out. The P...

Constantine Siamakis on the Myth of "Pope Joan"

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    After the return of papal delegation to Rome, Pope John sent the cardinal deacon Marinus, a highly regarded figure, to request Bulgari...

Translation of Pope John VIII’s Letter to Photius Condemning the Filioque (Letter 350)

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    THE FULL TEXT OF LETTER 350 :   John, bishop and servant of the servants of God, to Photius, most reverend and Catholic brother, P...

Excerpt from Patriarch Dositheus of Jerusalem’s Commentary on the Council of Constantinople (879-880)

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    Leo the Wise threw out the most sacred Nicholas and promoted Euthymius—yet Euthymius was a lawful patriarch and is called a saint. Whi...

Theophylact of Ohrid (1050-1107) on Luke 23:43

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    Some will ask, “How can the Lord say to the thief, Today thou shalt be with Me in paradise , when Paul said that none of the saints ha...