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- Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:05 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Could Nicaea's Outcome Have Been The Reverse?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1919
Re: Could Nicaea's Outcome Have Been The Reverse?
Why did Theodosius support Niceanism when Constantinople and most everyone was Arian, while the Niceans were themselves infighting? Have you read - Interesting, not yet. This is what I noticed, specifically. Theodosius revoking the Edict of Toleration and transforming Christianity into a system of ...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:45 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: A New History Of The AD 40s; Everything Wrapped In A Bow
- Replies: 4
- Views: 725
A New History Of The AD 40s; Everything Wrapped In A Bow
Premise : Jewish theology of the post-Hasmonean era had largely embraced many variations of messianic and "second power in heaven" eschatology. Pharisees existed, but most of their influence was in Western Galilee - a nationalistic colony of Hasmonean Judea. Their influence continued beca...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:06 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Could Nicaea's Outcome Have Been The Reverse?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1919
Re: Could Nicaea's Outcome Have Been The Reverse?
Just realized this recontextualizes Pelagius vs Augustine. If anti-Arianism is late, then what if Pelagianism was Arianism? The homoousian wedge against the Germanics was a package deal that told Roman Christians to obey their superiors, permitted priests to sin, and ended Constantinian toleration i...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 1:07 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 478
Re: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
To highlight the tragic nature of the hymn, A wolf is carrying our wretched whelp to the forest, that one easily sunders which was never united: I get the impression from history that many of the German tribes, not only the Foederati, but these later Heruli and even the Goths, wanted to be part of R...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:57 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 478
Re: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
To further clarify, the hymn would have been devised to entertain the troop serving under Eadwacer in their camp at the island of the Loire. They understood their mission vaguely, and the composer would have framed it as a traditional lover's lament to inspire emotions. They would have been told it ...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:49 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 478
Re: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
The etymology of Eadwacer: "Old English word Eadwacer comes from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (Awake. Watchful, alert.), Proto-Germanic *audaz (Wealth, riches.)" For the poem, one interpretation is this means "Property Watcher". I take this to means something like "thane". Ho...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:33 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 478
Wulf And Eadwacer: A Homily To The Arian Church And Odoacer?
After the assassination of Majorian, a group of Saxons appeared on the islands at the mouth of the Loire, launching invasions against the soft underbelly of Roman Gaul (which was only one generation from being subsumed by its Frankish allies). Its leader was one Adovacrius. The connection to Odoacer...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:53 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Major Manuscript Find in Romania
- Replies: 1
- Views: 395
Re: Major Manuscript Find in Romania
Ironically Romanian is one foreign language I do speak. Not that it helps much here. The question is, some implication that "Biserica Evangelica" might be Germanic, obviously Catholic at the time. This means these could be old Teutonic Catholic texts which survived the turmoil of reformati...
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:00 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Could Nicaea's Outcome Have Been The Reverse?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1919
Could Nicaea's Outcome Have Been The Reverse?
I normally don't follow later Christian history, but I've been studying late Rome in the West lately and the question of Arianism has come up. There are two political questions which raise questions to me. The confusing relationship between barbarians and imperial authority. Particularly with Odoace...
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:12 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Simon Magus = Marcion: Who has suggested this?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3963
Re: Simon Magus = Marcion: Who has suggested this?
Here is a discussion of the relevant Pauline hypothesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ZNBNoDH_4 Thank you for the update. There were details I could not catch (some talking over others, assuming listeners knew what was being addressed?) --- What is the evidence for Sergiuis Paulus and Erastus ...