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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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