Tag: canonical

• Papias of Hieropolis

  

  Papias of Hieropolis is more than just an amazing name for your next child; he may be one of the most important players in early Christian history that you have (probably) never heard of. It is through him that what little we know about the author of the “main” gospel, Mark, comes to us today.…

  Timos Trismegistus

  August 5, 2023

  Early Church Characters / Personalities, History, Paul, Scripture

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• Gnosticism; Then and Now

  Most of us are aware of the story of Jesus around which the world’s largest religion is shaped. Over the almost two millennia since the death of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christian version of his story has coalesced into the form that most of us are familiar with today. As popular and nearly ubiquitous as…

  Timos Trismegistus

  August 5, 2023

  History, Misc., Scripture

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• Thecla; the First First-Woman of the Church.

  For as long as anyone can remember, Mary the mother of Jesus has held the position of the highest revered woman of the Church. By sheer volume, more prayers are said to her than any other person; including Jesus. In the early Church however, there was another woman who contended for that honor. Thecla. The…

  Timos Trismegistus

  June 28, 2023

  Early Church Characters / Personalities, Paul, Scripture

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