The Day and the Hour: Christianity’s Perennial Fascination with Predicting the End of the World. Trying to predict the return of Christ and the end of the ages began two thousand years ago and continues to this day. Gumerlock has compiled a one-of-a-kind history of these foolhardy predictions.This fascinating chronicle of predictions will rivet the attention of any student of… Read more →
Victor Genke and I have been translating into English the Latin writings of Gottschalk of Orbais, a ninth-century monk whose teachings on divine predestination started a major controversy in the Carolingian church. Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy: Texts Translated from the Latin is now available. From the Back Cover: “The question of predestination and its nature, which drew strong… Read more →
Fulgentius was born in the year 468 and educated in Vandal North Africa. After a short career in finance he joined a monastery. He later was elevated to an abbot and in the year 508 became bishop of Ruspe, a coastal town in modern Tunisia. Fulgentius defended the doctrine of the Trinity against Arianism, which was the official religion of… Read more →