Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts For centuries heresy hunters have labeled those who deny the pre-existence of Jesus “adoptionists.” This ancient category was based on the idea some Christian groups denied the virgin birth, thinking instead that Jesus became the son of God at his baptism when God adopted him. Modern Read more about 523 Rethinking Adoptionism (Jeremiah Coogan)[…]
This is part 3 of the Early Church History class. Today we begin to look at the second century. We’ll start by considering Jewish Christian movements, including the Nazarenes and the Ebionites. Next we’ll shift gears and explore the cultural pressure of asceticism and how it began infiltrating Christianity. We’ll briefly survey the influence of Read more about 483 Early Church History 3: Christianity in the Second Century[…]
Below is my conference presentation from the 2nd Unitarian Christian Alliance (UCA) Conference, presented on October 14, 2022 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. Here is the original pdf of this paper. Also, if you’d like to read Frederick Conybeare’s 1898 English translation of The Key of Truth, you can get it here. This is my Read more about The Key of Truth: A Monument of Armenian Unitarainism (Paper)[…]