‘Paul was a native of Tarsus in Asia Minor, which by his time had surpassed even Athens and Alexandria to become the major centre of
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Email: The Lord’s Prayer and ‘Q’ History (27.7.2020)
As I work in translation, I am surprised by the latitude the Christian Church has allowed for English translations from the Hebrew and the Greek.
Email: The Lion Cometh (Talking, Obviously)! (23.7.2020)
Dear Gillian Well, there’s been a talking dog and very well behaved and cooperative bed bugs, and now Paul has encountered a lion that instead
Etymology of the Word ‘Fairy’
‘Watery fairies dance in mazy rings’ Homer: Iliad (c. 800 BCE) Author’s Note: Throughout the British Isles and Ireland, trees were often viewed as ‘sacred’ within Celtic
Middle Ages: Gnosticism and Homosexuality
Researcher’s Note: The Roman Catholic Church – once it became the State religion of Rome – attacked and destroyed all the other (competing) Christian Sects
Rule of St Benedict: Buddhist Texture and Design
There are curious similarities between certain aspects of Buddhist and Christian teaching, this fact is beyond a doubt, but as to whether this constitutes a direct developmental ‘influence’ between the earlier Buddhism upon the latter Christianity is open to debate. Certainly
