A Christian Perspective

A site to muse on Christian Spirituality, Church History, and other things of interest to me.

The "Storming of Sheol"

Posted by James Bennett (jimb) on 7/24/06
So much for posting every couple of days It's been busy around here and life always get turned topsy-turvey especially when you are human and say or do things that you shouldn't At least we have Christ and His forgiveness when we are truly…

More on Jesus' time in the grave

Posted by James Bennett (jimb) on 7/24/06
I was hoping to get more feedback before switching topics but oh well This is primarily for me to capture my thoughts about Aphrahat's writings Kind of a notebook to organize those things I found unusual or worth pursuing in my studies So in…

Three days and nights in the tomb...

Posted by James Bennett (jimb) on 6/13/06
After the persecutions in the Sasanid Empire began Aphrahat wrote Demonstration XII On the Passover Sacrifice Aphrahat was apparently addressing some in the Christian community perhaps converts from…

Social and political climate...

Posted by James Bennett (jimb) on 6/13/06
Aphrahat is writing from the Sasanid Empire modern day Iran or ancient Persia during the reign of Shapur II 309-379 CE He is also writing 25 years after the Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and 12 years after the first…

Biography and other matters...

Posted by James Bennett (jimb) on 6/8/06
Before getting into today's post I want to clarify somethings from the last post that were not completely...
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