100+ reasons why the number 3 may be considered important: Three dimensions in space (length, width, and height) The Holy Trinity in many religions The three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) Three primary colors (red, blue, yellow) The third planet from the sun (Earth) The three parts of a story (beginning, middle, end) The three branches of government are…

Modern Judaism starts after the destruction of the Temple AD 70, and the diaspora. Without the Temple, there is no Kohen Gadol (High Priest), sacrifices cannot be made, the ecclesial lunar calendar cannot progress, and the faith in its original format cannot continue.

IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT being the Calvinist pastor of a Reformed Baptist Church. You reject the use of icons, incense, vestments and traditional church architecture — everything that instills, inspires and communicates an awareness of the nature of that heavenly worship at the throne of Christ which we are mystically…

When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses in 1517, it would set off a chain reaction. Rome’s slow reaction to his actions would allow Luther to spread his ideas far and wide, and any action they did take only hardened him in his views.

I recently got into a long discussion with a random Instagram user (I don’t recommend long discussions with random Instagram users) over the “Problem of Evil.” The argument is pretty straightforward: God is all good, all knowing, and all powerful. Such a God would want to prevent evil. Evil exists. …

I figured it was time to provide a summary of my beliefs. So here ya go: Thanks for visiting my Medium. Let me tell you a little bit about what I’m interested in and what I write here. A basic summary of my beliefs: 1. Unity in Trinity and Trinity…

The shape of the world The key to understanding the strangeness of St. Christopher is in the ability to truly grasp the rigorous analogy between the individual Man and the entire Cosmos. Saint-Maxime reminds us that Man is Microcosm, that he contains in himself all creation because he is the center of creation, this place…

It should be stated that this post is primarily filled with my opinions. While many of the Church Fathers taught this view of aliens/demons, it is not necessarily a dogma of early Christian doctrine. Okay so, in the Church Fathers, the theology of salvation was not that our problem was…

Romans 9 has confused many Western interpreters, especially since the era of the Reformation. Calvinists point to it as a plain example of the Apostle Paul teaching “double predestination” that is, the idea that God, from all eternity, has chosen (on no condition of faith or works) a certain number…