Category Archives: History

The Bible and a Closed Canon:(Should There Only Be 66 Books?)

Posted on 08/11/2010 by Paul Pavao

One of these days I’m going to have time to do justice to the series I was doing on the appearance of Paul from 1 Thessalonians 2. There’s one post on exhortation I really want to get to, but I … Continue reading →

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Eastern Orthodox Church

Posted on 08/09/2010 by Paul Pavao

The simple version of it is that I don’t believe in a church other than the local church. Continue reading →

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Greed and Glory from Men: The Appearance of the Apostle Paul, Part 2

Posted on 07/20/2010 by Paul Pavao

This series started by looking at Paul’s boldness and his avoidance of flattering speech. All of these attributes come from 1 Thessalonians 2, and they are all the result of one thing: Paul’s focus on and commitment to the Gospel … Continue reading →

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Water Baptism in Christian History

Posted on 07/15/2010 by Paul Pavao

For those of you that read my blog, but not Christian History for Everyman, I’m just letting you know I made a page on water baptism for that site. It’s pretty comprehensive, even though it only touches on the mode … Continue reading →

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Letter of Ignatius to the Ephesians: Chapter Two

Posted on 07/11/2010 by Paul Pavao

If you haven’t been following this series, it begins with Ignatius’ introduction 3 or 4 posts ago on June 28. The Text of Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians 2 We’re on chapter 2 today. It reads as follows: As to … Continue reading →

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The Letter of Ignatius to the Ephesians: Bishops and Ecclesiastical Authority

Posted on 07/05/2010 by Paul Pavao

"Bishops and Ecclesiastical Authority." Sorry for the pompous sounding name of this post. I wanted to pull in the liturgical folk who might be searching for a topic like this. We’re going to tackle Ignatius of Antioch’s comments about bishops, … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Unity

Posted on 06/29/2010 by Paul Pavao

I already posted today (at 1:30 a.m.), but I ran across a teaching on my The Rest of the Old, Old Story web site that I thought was worth reminding people of. It’s called The Secret of Unity for the … Continue reading →

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The Letter of Ignatius to the Ephesians: Chapter One

Posted on 06/29/2010 by Paul Pavao

I started this series yesterday with an introduction to the early Christian writings. This is Ignatius’ epistle to the Ephesians, written in A.D. 107 or 116, about 50 or 60 years after Paul wrote his epistle to the Ephesians and … Continue reading →

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The Letter of Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians, Introduction

Posted on 06/28/2010 by Paul Pavao

This letter is taken from THE ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, Volume I, and updated to modern language. The original translation is about 120 years old and is in university-style English. We’ll begin with the introduction by Ignatius, and then there’s 21 chapters … Continue reading →

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The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

Posted on 06/28/2010 by Paul Pavao

It’s fascinating to me that we have letters from early Christians to some of the very same churches Paul wrote to. Ignatius wrote to the Ephesians and Romans, Clement wrote to the Corinthians, and Polycarp wrote to the Philippians. And … Continue reading →

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