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Secret Alias wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 1:26 am Not being allowed to cover your head while praying in a church.

That should be men not being allowed to cover their heads while praying in a church. Women are traditionally encouraged to do so.

Andrew Criddle

Hi Robert

Thank you for posting this it looks interesting.

Andrew Criddle

I think we have good reason to date the Chaldean (or pseudo-Chaldean) oracles to the reign of Marcus Aurelius. See Julian Theurgistes and the Rain Miracle

Andrew Criddle

The Source is the History of Ireland by the early 17th century Catholic Priest Geoffrey Keating. The Documents used by Keating for the Synod have not survived so it might be possible to argue this is legendary. However the Synod of Kells which continued the work of Ráth Breasail in 1152 has ancient ...

Well, someone is Wrong on the Internet, and another is wrong in print: The authors of these texts have also borrowed material from other writings of Porphyry and, as a consequence, these texts display a wide range of Porphyrian themes, doctrines, and terminology. The purpose of this paper is to dem...

Imagination is a tricky term and may mean different things in different cultures.
You maybe should read a historical analysis like Imagination by the late John Cocking.

Andrew Criddle

The authority of the Pope over the Irish church seems to have been recognized from at latest the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111 CE. A little before the reigns of Pope Adrian and King Henry II.

Andrew Criddle

I tentatively take this statement from Barnabas

But moreover when crucified He had vinegar and gall given Him to
drink.

as indicating a knowledge of Matthew's Passion narrative.

Andrew Criddle

............................................. In total Carson Bay identifies the following places in De Excidio as probably relying on Eusebius: De Excidio, Prol. 3, cf. Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.6.1 De Excidio 2.1.2, cf. Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.6 De Excidio 2.12, cf. Eusebius, ...

It would be simpler IMO to say that Marcion's Gospel contains 'judaizing' elements because it is based on an earlier written Gospel whose author did not share Marcion's preoccupations.

Andrew Criddle