Christian Texts and History • According to Irenaeus, who were the Gnostics?
It seems like a simple question, but Irenaeus provides vague remarks on the subject. I've written about how, in the account of Irenaeus, Simon (whose immediate successor is Menander) is considered to...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: According to Irenaeus, who were the Gnostics?
Apart from Tatian, all of these possible non-gnostic heretics appear in this section of Against Heresies, book 1. CHAP. XXVI.--DOCTRINES OF CERINTHUS, THE EBIONITES, AND NICOLAITANES.1. Cerinthus,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: History trumps Theology
That history trumps theology is surely a fundamental approach to intellectual deliberations.What does the slogan mean?It means what it says. History and theology are not equal methods for the task of...
View ArticleOther Texts and History • AI Translators: 'Bard' is now GEMINI
https://gemini.google.com/appOn my first try of this major tool, I gave GEMINI (Bard) several ancient Greek lines from Philo Judaeus, On the Posterity of Cain and His Exile, §155Me: "what is the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Paul & Simon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0BUsDf0dxY3The Teaching31 And there come his mother[Mary] and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him.32 And a multitude was sitting about...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • How the Gospels got their attributions...
When it comes to the four canonical Gospels we of course know their names, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. All of the orthodox claims about where these Gospels came from and who wrote...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Quesnell's Interesting in Another Voss in...
How the Manuscripts Got to EnglandIn the heart of Liège, where whispers of faith reside,A collection of manuscripts, in leather bound pride.Forty-three texts, in fifteen volumes lay,Theology their...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: Quesnell's Interest in Another Voss in...
From Louvain's learned halls it set sail,A tome of ancient words, a scholarly grail.Isaac Voss's Septuagint, bound and sealed,Its journey through time, quietly revealed.To Stonyhurst it traveled,...
View ArticleOther Texts and History • AI Translators: Claude 3 'Sonnet' (Free...
https://claude.ai/Reply to #1, CLAUDE 3 OPUS Here is my translation of that passage from Philo's De Posteritate Caini §155:"But the manner in which he changed, we shall indicate: 'When he led us out...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Numenius "On the Good": (1)...
In addition to the early Platonic treatment by Numenius in his work "On the Good" I also find as interesting the intersection between Numenius and Christian history (this forum) where the Platonist...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Ian Mills's "external evidence"...
Here is what Irenaeus says about the cricumstances in which the synoptic gospels were written in Against Heresies 3.1:AH 3.1.1 Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own...
View ArticleOther Texts and History • Re: Can we have an AI Translator Thread?
Thanks! I wasn't aware of Claude.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:26 pm
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: The Gospel of Truth against Syzygy
you might be right i noticed the GoT seems to downplay the role of the Spirit, or augment the son with what the spirit often goes around doingThanks, David. I appreciate how your perspective is...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Justin Martyr and the Emerging Christian Canon
It seems that it would be worthwhile to revisit the arguments made in Cassels (1874) regarding Justin at some point.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:50 pm
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Born of the womb before sun and moon
Such a model post, Peter, interesting and clearly argued. Just some addenda.Thank you! I also continue to be impressed by all your posts.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:54 pm
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: The Chreestology of Ephesians
Peter Kirby's recent post on The Chreestology of Ephesians has introduced a lot of data that complicates our understanding of both χρηστός and ἀγαθός . I have not thought out what all the implications...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Transcription Help
AI reconstruction so far: "The undersigned Archimandrite Kallistos, Librarian of the Central Library of the Holy Community, provides the book of Saint Sabas the Sanctified, Amsterdam edition of 1646,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: First Century Christian Writings Missing...
See my posts below for 1st c. works that I've found that are not on the Early Writings website (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/index.html). See also: Early to mid 2nd c. works on Christianity...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: The claim "The doctrine is...
The pagan Caecilius accuses Christians of being secretive about their ritesBut the actions of the cult are not the object of the accusation. Celsus accuses "often" the Christian doctrine of being...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: “Pontius Pilate” was merely a...
The great finding of C.W. Leadbeater in “The Christian Creed” (1898), p. 77-81 puts definitively an end to the enigma “Why the mention of Pilate in the Gospels?”: Definitive endings ain't what they...
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