Category Archives: History

Should Christians hold a specific view on the death penalty?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

Scot McKnight has commented on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s sentencing to death by the American civil justice system. He has equated this response to “lex talionis”. For those who don’t know their medieval history, this was the “eye for eye” and “tooth … Continue reading →

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Are Anabaptists orthodox?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

I use the term Anabaptist here to refer to someone who deliberately denies baptism to infants. Although technically, the term means “no baptist” and a better term would be credobaptist. I reject the term credobaptist to refer to such people … Continue reading →

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Met. Kallistos Ware on the Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

“Man, Woman and the Priesthood of Christ”, Women and the Priesthood, 5-53. It is a common theme of Met. Kallistos Ware to caution hastiness in the Church on a variety of different issues. He cites Isaiah 28:16 which reads “He … Continue reading →

Posted in Anglicanism, Anthropological, Catholicism, Christology, Eastern Christianity, Eastern Rite, Feminism, High Church, History, Religious, Western Rite | 7 Comments

Women’s Ordination and the Bible (pt. 2)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

Dr. Gibbs explores some of the “clobber texts” used on the other side of the women’s ordination debate. I find the efforts of the Evangelical feminists admirable though there were some serious errors in his hermeneutical approach to 1 Corinthians. … Continue reading →

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Women’s Ordination and the Bible

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

Assemblies of God theologian Jeremiah Gibbs has an interesting post explaining why he feels women’s ordination is Biblical and those who reject it are not Biblical. Of course, I’d like to give a brief and respectful reply hoping I have … Continue reading →

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In praise of Greek philosophy!

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

It is regretfully common nowadays to see Protestants rejecting the intermingling of Christian theology and Greek philosophy but the Greek philosophical traditions have a lot to praise for in the Christian theological tradition. Without them, Christianity wouldn’t be Christianity! Take … Continue reading →

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What If the Arians Had Won?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

I must state, I am a little bit disappointed that Professor MacCulloch didn’t really seem to answer this question, however, I think some of his points were great. For instance, would the Arians have enacted the bureaucratic inquisition as did … Continue reading →

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A Female Bishop

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Triumph Of Orthodoxy

According to one source, St. Brigid was apparently ordained to the episcopate. Feminist scholars sometimes use this to support the position that women can be ordained. But apparently not all feminist scholars are convinced of this (this is primarily because … Continue reading →

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