I come from a Western Christian tradition that really downplays the importance of Mary in the biblical narrative. This is probably bound up in the Protestant Churches concern with the assumption that there is worship of Mary by some in Christendom. Having read the scriptures afresh and considered the history of the early church both East & West it seems […]
Isn’t it interesting that in the early church of the Apostles people got baptised at the same time as making their allegiance to the Kingdom of the God. Today someone might wait weeks, months or even years before baptism. When we read the account of Phillip presenting the gospel to the Ethiopian Eunuch we read that he said to […]
What did Paul mean “This mystery is great” So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body. FOR THIS REASON A […]
In this short series on head coverings in Corinth I have presented information that supports the view that Paul referred to a custom of the region and directed the church to maintain this practice in the region of Corinth. The church in Corinth met in a home or homes and the larger houses of the period retained an open doorway […]
Our feature image is a Grave relief from the mid 3rd Century AD depicting a family. Note the mother wears a head covering as her sign of marriage. In this post we are considering the significance of the veil or head covering in ancient Greco Roman society and especially in Corinth. We know from various historical documents that the wearing […]
In Latin, the phrase capite velato means literally “with covered head.” The term is used in Roman religious contexts to refer to the act of covering the head when performing sacrifices. The featured image is The Ara Pacis – housed in its own museum in Rome, the Ara Pacis was the throne of the Emperor Augustus. Above: This image is taken from […]
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 (ESV) Head Coverings Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. 3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonours his head, 5 but every wife who […]
Revelation 6:16-17 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” I’ve been spending some time reading the book of Revelation, the […]
“Your Life shall be hung before your eyes and you shall fear day and night and you will not believe in your Life”
“This happened that the works of God might be displayed in him”