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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/future-contingents/ The New Testament makes loads of statements about the future - death where is thy sting. But maybe there are huge problems with the truthiness of statements about the future? Not sure I understand the question. IIUC the question is whether a sta...

It is still curious when you think about Origen fleeing Alexandria to Caesarea ... alongside his 'patron' Ambrose. Here is how one book describes the situation: With a heavy heart Origen abandoned Alexandria forever and made his way, accompanied by the faithful Ambrosius and perhaps with a small fo...

A better candidate for evidence that Papias knew (and appreciated) the apostle Paul, and the only other candidate that I know of which names Papias instead of "elders" or the like, comes from Andrew of Caesarea, On the Apocalypse , commentary on Revelation 12.7-9: And Papias spoke in the ...

There is quite a good wiki article Clementine Literature Rufinus' prologues are here Book 3:2-11 is part of the original Greek text of Recognitions was omitted by Rufinus in his Latin translation and added later to the Latin text The original teaching behind Recognitions .and Homilies is largely pre...

Morton Smith brings up another interesting point which points to an altered existing text of Mark: In canonical Mk. the title "son of David" first appears in 10.47 (the Bartimaeus story) and is difficult to explain there. People had not been saying that Jesus was the Messiah (Mk. 6.i4f; 8...

andrewcriddle wrote:See Pretended Inscriptions of Arabia

Andrew Criddle

Originally published Dublin Magazine

Andrew Criddle

See Pretended Inscriptions of Arabia

Andrew Criddle

Did New Testament writers tend to say people did things without any real proof-- in this case using Caiaphus? I don't think any of the other gospel writers mention this prophecy--and the writer of John wasn't sitting there when Caiaphus would have supposedly said this-- so how could he even know th...

It partly depends on which Pauline letters Mark knew.

If he only knew the early Paulines (Galatians Corinthians Romans Thessalonians) he may not have seen Paul as teaching preexistence.

Andrew Criddle

Taking the story in Mark 5 at face value: secrecy would not be an option after the destruction of a whole herd of swine.

Andrew Criddle