The Struggles of Early Christianity: Augustine and Mani, Earthly and Cosmic Christ

by Andrew LinnellEarly Christian, Mysteries of birth, Mystery of Birth, Mystery of Golgotha, RenaissancePosted on No Comments

This blog seeks to reopen the debates of Early Christianity about the principles: The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. It seeks to understand what was meant by the Logos and the Paraclete. I stumbled upon a blog that was perfect for this journey. The following is quoted from Mieke Mosmuller’s philosophical reflections blog.   …

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Reevaluating Julian the Apostate

by Andrew LinnellEarly ChristianPosted on No Comments

A complex person and emperor of Rome, Julian’s biographers have described him as “a man of unusually complex character: he was ‘the military commander, the theosophist, the social reformer, and the man of letters’. He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, and it was his desire to bring the Empire back to its …

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