Frank | November 7, 2009
Hippolytus was a presbyter in the church at Rome about 200 AD. It is he who started the genre of literature we know as biblical commentaries, being the first to write a running commentary on one book of the Bible. The book he chose was the prophet Daniel. Hippolytus’ church was suffering [...]
Frank | October 13, 2009
In the mid-ninth century, a wandering monk named Gottschalk of Orbais (d. 868) sparked a controversy over divine predestination that shook both church and state in central Europe. But was Gottschalk the maverick that he is often made out to be? What did the church teach about grace and divine predestination in the [...]
Frank | July 7, 2009
In early August I shall be speaking at The Providence Theological Seminary Doctrinal Conference at Front Range Alliance Church on Centennial Blvd in Colorado Springs. The presentation is entitled “The Hermeneutics of the Early Church on the Millennium.” It answers the question of whether the anti-millennial church fathers allegorized Revelation 20, as they [...]
