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There is a question as to how far the 3rd century church (as distinct from the 4th century church) associated baptism with death burial and resurrection.
See for example my blog post http://hypotyposeis.org/weblog/2012/09/ ... hrist.html

Andrew Criddle

I sent a few emails to Jacob Prasch to ask him more about what he is asserting in his article. Since he never actually quotes his sources, it is unclear what his sources actually say. I also asked him to clarify some of he stuff he said about Daniel-- he talks about the Yalkut-- I can't even find t...

The link between the teaching of Cerinthus and Mark seems stronger than in the other cases.

Andrew Criddle

Paul dictated Romans to Tertius who acted as his secretary.

Andrew Criddle

Since Ben has given up I'd love to hear from anyone else giving us an example of a shorter and longer version of a text in early Christianity where the longer text is acknowledged to be the most original. My bet is that we can't find one (i.e. we can't find an example of large sections being 'cut o...

If Paul didn't normally write his own letters with his own hand, why is there such conjecture about stylistic differences between the "genuine" and "non-genuine" epistles? If Paul dictated his letters to a secretary then his style would come through just as much as if he wrote t...

One issue I have is that IMO the liar and father of lies who is the Father of Jesus' Jewish opponents really has to be the Devil hO DIABOLOS the slanderer . It is what the name means. (DeConick argues that "father of lies" is a mistranslation.) Assuming FTSOA that she is right, I don't th...

One issue I have is that IMO the liar and father of lies who is the Father of Jesus' Jewish opponents really has to be the Devil hO DIABOLOS the slanderer . It is what the name means. Another point is that there is a distinction between a theology where the Father of the Devil has an identity and a ...

IF the argument about the Shepherd of Hermas is that Simonides composed the text of Hermas in Sinaiticus on the basis of his access to Codex Athous then this seems highly unlikely on textual grounds. There are too many places where Sinaiticus has a better text of Hermas than Codex Athous. Just one ...

It would seem that the notion of 'episcopal succession', & hence an 'episcopal structure', in the Christian church in the early to mid 2nd century, is either later embellishment, or a concept borrowed from a more established 'church' I think one has to distinguish. It is IMO highly unlikely tha...