History

William of Ockham: The Man Who Started the Decline of the West 3
- History
- January 10, 2018
In modern accounts of the decline of the West, it’s become common to blame one man in particular for starting that decline: William of Ockham, a 14th-century Franciscan monk and philosopher. Those of you who have heard of William of Ockham (1287-1347) may know him best through the concept of “Ockham’s razor,” which is popularly
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Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Shows the Founders Were Right About the Presidency 0
- History
- January 9, 2018
Michael Wolff’s new book Fire and Fury is an exposé of President Trump. If even half of it is true, it is hard to not feel disgusted and terrified. Those who work with Trump in the White House paint a portrait of a man who combines moral bankruptcy with off-the-charts stupidity. Apparently, our president is
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Archbishop Damaskinos: The Greek Clergyman Who Stared Down the Nazis 0
- History
- January 9, 2018
One of the darkest hours in the history of my country, Greece, came on the 27th of April in 1941. German troops entered Athens and brought the whole country under Nazi occupation. It was at that crucial moment that Archbishop Damaskinos chose to shine. Determined to Help Dimitris Papandreou was born March 3, 1891, to
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Everything You Know About the Gospel of Paul is Probably Wrong 0
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- January 8, 2018
This past year, I burdened the English-speaking world with my very own translation of the New Testament – a project that I undertook at the behest of my editor at Yale University Press, but that I agreed to almost in the instant that it was proposed. I had long contemplated attempting a ‘subversively literal’ rendering
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An Overlooked Cause of Rome’s Decline 0
- History
- January 2, 2018
There’s a general feeling out there that America is in decline. This feeling has been accompanied by numerous comparisons between modern America and what has become the famous prototype of all societal decline: Ancient Rome. When we hear about the causes of Rome’s decline, we’re usually treated to a list of human causes: moral vice,
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What the ‘Jesus Never Existed’ Folks Often Overlook 0
- History
- December 28, 2017
Every Christmas, we get a spate of articles from major newspapers and magazines with titles such as “Who was the real Jesus?” or “Who was the Historical Jesus,” or, “The Virgin Birth of Jesus: Fact or Fable?” Surely they have run out of novel titles by now. This year’s entry was from the Washington Post:
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