With the greatest sorrow we learn of the death of Nathan Chase, outstanding scholar and top bloke. May the Lord now welcome him to the table of God’s children in heaven ..read more

An interesting review of Breaking bread from Liuwe Westra in Kerk en theologie 76 (2024), 115-118, in which I find myself described, perhaps not unfairly, as “een buitenbeentje in de wereld van de patristiek” (and even more so, I might ..read more

Generally I am suspicious when a product is offered in a “new improved formula”, or words to that effect. Likewise I am suspicious of software updates, which will frequently have glitches, and usually manage to make the software harder to ..read more

A while back I was having a conversation about the dating of I Clement, and observed that one of the key issues was the possible reference to Clement in Hermas. Hermas, however, is also undated… so actually adds nothing to ..read more

In his account of the Marcosian eucharist in Haer. 1.13.2 Irenaeus reports: Pretending to consecrate cups mixed with wine, and protracting to great length the word of invocation, he contrives to give them a purple and reddish color, so that ..read more

Reading Chrysostom in course preparation I observed this passage (ANF translation, grabbed from the web for convenience): These (bishops) verily are they who are entrusted with the pangs of spiritual travail and the birth which comes through baptism: by their ..read more

Catching up on reading after a semester reading Paul and fourth-century stuff for teaching I find Zacharias Shoukry “Die Erde erben: Schöpfung in der Didache – Terminologische, Theologische und Schöpfungsethische Aspekte” New Testament Studies 70 (2024), 340–356, available as open access here.  Abstract: Die Untersuchung der Schöpfungsthematik in der Didache ist ein Forschungsdesiderat. Daher werden Übersetzungen und Kommentare daraufhin überprüft, welche griechischen Wörter an welchen Stellen schöpfungstheologisch interpretiert werden. Dieses vorläufige Netz der Schöpfungsterminologie w ..read more

Recenty published, a very helpful bibliography of the Apostolic constitutions. Find it here ..read more

The end of a frenetic semester brings an opportunity to read some books brought back from my trip to the UK in the summer. Today’s read is of pertinence to the blog… as I have just finished Daniel Nessim, Torah ..read more

  Santa came early this year and brought me a copy of Peter Lampe, Heidrun Mader (ed.), “Montanism” in the Roman World: The New Prophecy Movement from Historical, Sociological, and Ecclesiological Perspectives, a Festschrift for the evergreen Bill Tabbernee as ..read more