Author: win r

“The sin was merely – marriage. John was a “virgin”; several of the Fathers assert the fact on the authority of tradition. Even Paul, the most liberal and high-minded of them all, finds it difficult to reconcile the position of a married man with that of a faithful servant of God. There is also “a [...]

“As to the patristic firebrand, Tertullian, whom des Mousseaux apotheosizes in company with his other demi-gods, he is regarded by Reuss, Baur, and Schweigler, in quite a different light. The untrustworthiness of statement and inaccuracy of Tertullian, says the author of Supernatural Religion, are often apparent. Reuss characterizes his Christianism as “apre, insolent, brutal, ferrailleur.” [...]

“Begging this eminent scholar’s pardon, we must again contradict him. Laying aside his cautious “if”, we will merely show that though the short paragraph may possibly be genuine, and “perfectly in the style of Josephus”, its several parenthesis are most palpably later forgeries; and, “if”, Josephus had made any mention of Christ at all, it [...]

“The next champion for the propagation of Apostolic Succession, is Eusebius himself. Is the word of this Armenian Father any better than that of Irenaeus? Let us see what the most competent critics say of him. And before we turn to modern critics at all, we might remind the reader of the scurrilous terms in [...]