“This is a little off the subject but I was discussing prosperity theology and came across Luke 19 – a parable Jesus said told Zacchaeus the tax collector about 3 servants charged with making money work for a king in his absence. Long story short the servant who buried the money was called wicked because […]
A Talent Not Invested
September 6th, 2014 · Comments Off on A Talent Not Invested · christianity, history
Tags: bible·eusebius·Flavians·jesus traditions
Fixing a Hole
December 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Fixing a Hole · christianity, history
In recent months, I have grown exceedingly confident in the theory that Constantine was the originator of Christianity. Not only has it illuminated many elements of Christian history, it explains a lot about our culture. It explains the relatively late perspective of the Church Fathers, and how all of the Imperial political hierarchy became Church […]
Tags: constantine·eusebius·roman empire·theology
Interlude
August 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Interlude · christianity, history
I’m getting that sand-through-the-fingers feeling again. Just when I thought I had pegged the origins of “Christianity” via Constantine, I got all caught up on the question of pre-existing material. How can we know what it was he actually defined himself, and what was pre-existing? Of the pre-existing materials, why were some things chosen and […]
Tags: bible·constantine·early church·eusebius·roman empire
The Eusebian Connection
August 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Eusebian Connection · christianity, history
I haven’t seen very much, if any, information regarding the relationship between Constantine and either Eusebius (of Caesarea or of Nicomedia). The most detailed information found so far was within one of the Constantine biographies I read last Winter. Intimations there was that the Eusebians were the Katzajammer Kids with Constantine when they were all […]
Tags: constantine·eusebius
Mile Marker
August 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Mile Marker · christianity, history
I’m starting to become overwhelmed (again) with revising my understanding of 1st-4th Centuries CE. On one hand, I can still clearly point to the council of Nicea in 325AD and say that this was the place at which Constantine (re-)created Christianity. On the other, I’m completely befuddled regarding which characters were real and which were […]
Tags: constantine·early church·eusebius·persecution·roman empire·theology
Second and Third Derivations
July 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Second and Third Derivations · christianity, history
Since discovery of PRF Brown’s site[1], I have burned a good many hours both reading and thinking. It’s clear that the “Eusebian Fiction Postulate”[2] has forced me to re-examine what I thought I understood about early church history. I have been relatively pleased, so far, to find that it seems to make more sense, given […]
Tags: bible·constantine·early church·eusebius·faith·greeks·judaism·paideia·paul·persecution·politics·roman empire
Interesting research site
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Interesting research site · christianity, history, media
I just got pointed to P.R.F. Brown’s amazing site. He has posted quite a bit of research to his site — including a few projects I had started myself and am right glad I don’t have to finish them, now, like the list of all known writers in the ancient Western world, categorized and dated. […]