As of writing, this week, the first in December, marks the beginning of the Advent season. To Christians the world over, this is a time of expectation and meditation. Most obviously, this expectation builds unto the Christmas holiday at the end of Advent, and leading on into Epiphany. But more than just the expectation for…
Category: Theology
The Shepherd of Hermas Vision 2.4 and the Papacy
The Good Shephedrd Mosaic, from the museum of Galla Placidia. If you have interacted with Roman Catholic pop-apologetics much, you will know that the claim that “all the fathers believed ‘X’” is not uncommon as a defense for certain Roman doctrines. Such claims are particularly leveled against Protestants, who at a popular level tend not…