Gospel-Centered Musings

After Europe started to decline, the papacy started to become corrupted, the royalty’s standards for life and religion waned and the clergymen’s intellectual and spiritual state deteriorated. In the 8th century the much needed revival was started by the flourishingAnglo–Saxon missionaries from Frankish Gaul. Also doing missionary work in the 6th century were the Irish [...]

Martin of Tours, who died in 397 inspired monasticism in the West. After living a military life he spent time in a solitary place in France, which also inspired many others to join him till they had a semi-community. Against his will, he was convinced to become the bishop of Tours in 372, and then [...]

Patrick, the great missionary to the Irish, lived around the time 389–461. He was most likely born in Roman Britain but sources are not completely positive. Calpurnius, who was Patrick’s father, was a deacon and magistrate. Although we know of Patrick the details of his life and ministry are widely debated and many myths and [...]

I. Cyril’s early lifea. Obscure to most historiansb. Accepted into Clergy Ranks by Nephew (Theophilus)c. In 403 accompanied Theophilus to Constantinopled. In 412 elected to succeed Theophilus as Patriarch of Alexadriae. In 431 he headed the Council in EphesusII. Cyril’s Theological Talenta. Preserving Christ’s human natureb. Christ’s two natures evolved into one1. Result of that: [...]

In A.D. 331, Jerome was born to a well to do family that lived in Stridon, an Italian town. Since his family was very well off they would send Jerome off to study in Rome to study grammar and rhetoric. After living in Rome for some time he decided to become baptized and started collecting [...]

Although his father was not a Christian at all his mother, Monica was a tremendous influence on him for she was a devout follower even in the years he completely turned his back on her religion. During his young adulthood he would go into the city of Carthage and waste no time indulging himself in [...]

1. the significance of the phrase “the Lord and life-giver”? Basil the Great was a man on a mission, and that mission was to clean up the church that had broken off, and scattered. It was a tattered church and he was there to repair it. Unfortunately he had very little success in the west [...]

A Outline of the theological and scriptural argument of Basil whereby he concludes that the activity of the Holy Spirit is conjoined with the activity of the Father and the Son. I. God is the Worda. Creator of the heavensb. So the Holy Spirit imparts to the heavenly powers the quality of firmness and stabilityII. [...]

Basil the Great was a man on a mission, and that mission was to clean up the church that had broken off, and scattered. It was a tattered church and he was there to repair it. Unfortunately he had very little success in the west and he had to call upon the help of Pope [...]

How does this creedal statement affirm the full deity of Christ?It states especially in the part that I have Capitalized, the unity of Christ when it states, “and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten from the Father, only begotten, that is from the substance of the Father, God from God, light [...]