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4 days ago · Origen was the first to challenge the doctrine openly. Dionysius of Alexandria stood against premillennialism when the chiliastic work, The Refutation of the Allegorizers by Nepos, a bishop in Egypt, became popular in Alexandria, as noted in Eusebius's, Ecclesiastical History.
4 days ago · The English word Easter, which parallels the German word Ostern, is of uncertain origin. One view, expounded by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, was that it derived from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. This view presumes—as does the view associating the origin of Christmas on December 25 with pagan ...
4 days ago · Origen's complaint about Josephus referencing Jesus Lester L. Grabbe notes that in two works ( Commentary on Matthew 10.17 and Contra Celsum 1.47; see § Early references ) Origen had actually complained that Josephus had mentioned Jesus, while not recognizing Jesus as the messiah, and this provided an early independent support of the partial ...
1 day ago · The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible 's relationship to history —covering not just the Bible's acceptability as history but also the ability to understand the literary forms of biblical narrative. [1] One can extend biblical historicity to the evaluation of whether or not the Christian New Testament is an accurate record ...
1 day ago · Sea Eagles forward Jake Trbojevic will captain a new-look Blues team in the June 5 series opener at Accor Stadium after NSW coach Michael Maguire named six debutants in his first Origin team ...
1 day ago · Vandals have taken charge of the Church of England. Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. As the successor of the Anglo-Saxon and medieval ...
4 days ago · Palm Sunday, in Christianity, the Sunday before Easter that marks the first day of Holy Week and commemorates Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Many churches mark the day with a procession of palms and a reading of Christ’s Passion. Learn more about the history and traditions of Palm Sunday.
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