Friday, January 27, 2023

Notes from Christiaan W. Kappes, The Immaculate Conception (2014)

›
The following are some excerpts from:   Christiaan W. Kappes, The Immaculate Conception: Why Thomas Aquinas denied, While John Duns Scot...

James A. Borland, "Why Melchizedek Is Not A Christophany"

›
  Why Melchizedek Is Not A Christophany   Genesis 14, which is in the midst of several notable Christophanic passages (Gen.12:7; 16:7–13...

"Skewed Directions" in the 2000 English Translation "The Sagas of the Icelanders"

›
   directions austur/vestur/norour/suour (east/west/north/south): These directional terms are used in a very wide sense in the sagas; the...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Excerpts from Arnaldo Vidigal Xavier da Silveira, Can Documents of the Magisterium of the Church Contain Errors?

›
  The ordinary Magisterium, however, may involve infallibility in another way. This is the case where the same doctrine is taught by the ord...

Rodney Castleden on what the Minoans looked like vs. how they portrayed themselves in artwork

›
  APPEARANCE AND DRESS Although the Minoan civilization had its origins as long as five thousand years ago and had come to an end by 1000 BC...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Robert Grigg on the Background to Canon 36 of the Council of Elvira

›
    It is not impossible that the members of the Council of Elvira failed to understand Exodus 20:4 literally, but interpreted it as speci...

James L. Farrell on the Ark Story as a Type and Shadow for the Latter-day Restoration of the Gospel

›
      THE ARK STORY AS A TYPE AND SHADOW   In the following chart, I list the elements of the ark story on the left. On the right, I...