Monthly Archives: July 2009

Eusebius and Arianism

Posted on July 24, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Johannes Quasten, Patrology, vol. III: The Golden Age of Patristic Literature (Westminster: Christian Classics, 1990) 341-342. Eusebius was a Christian thinker in the third-fourth centuries C.E. The following quote from Quasten concerns his views on Arianism, the doctrine that God … Continue reading →

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Neat vs. Messy Stories

Posted on July 23, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume I: Greece and Rome (Westminster: Newman, 1959) 365. Aristotle demands…unity of plot, in the sense of organic, structural unity. The plot must be neither so vast that it cannot be taken in at … Continue reading →

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Eusebius and the Law

Posted on July 22, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Johannes Quasten, Patrology, vol. III: The Golden Age of Patristic Literature (Westminster: Christian Classics, 1990) 331. Eusebius was a Christian thinker in the third-fourth centuries C.E. He wrote Demonstratio Evangelica in response to Jewish critics of Christianity. Quasten states: The … Continue reading →

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Why Worship?

Posted on July 22, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume I: Greece and Rome (Westminster: Newman, 1959) 331. For is it probable that Aristotle, having described God as the Unmoved Mover Whose causal activity is one of attraction–as Finis–and as knowing only Himself, … Continue reading →

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Knowing God

Posted on July 20, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Johannes Quasten, Patrology, vol. III: The Golden Age of Patristic Literature (Westminster: Christian Classics, 1990) 294-295. Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian thinker during the fourth century C.E. In his sixth Sermon on the Beatitudes, he states the following about … Continue reading →

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God and the Occult

Posted on July 20, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy, Volume I: Greece and Rome (Westminster: Newman, 1959) 271. The subjective belief in God’s existence is derived by Aristotle from the soul’s experience of ecstasies and prophecies in e.g. the state of sleep, and … Continue reading →

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Robert McNamara and Walter Cronkite

Posted on July 19, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

I promised last night that I would write about Robert McNamara and Walter Cronkite, since I often comment on celebrities who have passed away. Here’s the promised post. 1. Robert McNamara was the Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and … Continue reading →

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Brief Reaction to the “Who’s Qualified?” Debate

Posted on July 18, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

There’s a debate that’s been going on in the blogosphere this past week. One side says that only biblical scholars are qualified to comment on the Bible. “You wouldn’t go to an amateur if you needed brain surgery, so why … Continue reading →

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Randall Flagg on Picket Fences

Posted on July 18, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

I’ve been watching the first season of Picket Fences, an Emmy-winning show from the 1990’s. I pulled out volume 5, and the picture on the DVD was of a crow or raven sitting on a white picket fence. “Who’s coming … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s Post: Cronkite and McNamara

Posted on July 18, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

I just learned that Walter Cronkite has passed away. I will write a commemoration of both him and Robert McNamara in my blog post tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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