Church History

“In North America, MennoMedia is releasing a new study Bible that features the reflections of 597 Bible study groups from 18 Anabaptist faith groups.” - RNS

“Time for a shout-out to Anabaptism, a Protestant wing of the church marking its 500^th year anniversary this January, 2025. The marker traces to the time in 1525 when Geoge Blaurock, a Catholic priest, was baptized (re-baptized, actually) by Conrad Grebel in the home of Felix Manz in Zurich, Switzerland.” - Juicy Ecumenism

The Dead Sea Scrolls, Jesus’ claim to be God, date of Gospel of John, the canonical gospels vs. non-canonical “gospels” - YouTube

“This New Year marks the 1,700th anniversary of [the Nicene Creed], which was produced by bishops attending Christianity’s first recognized ‘ecumenical’ (that is, universal) council, as opposed to regional councils and synods.” - Religion Unplugged

“Gavin Ortlund addresses Cameron Bertuzzi’s question at ‪@CapturingChristianity‬ about how we know the New Testament canon.” - YouTube

“Christ is born, glorify Him. Christ from heaven, go out to meet Him. Christ on earth, be exalted. Sing to the Lord, all the whole earth; and that I may join both in one word, let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, for Him who is of heaven and then of earth.” - C.Leaders

“Most of the information we have about Nicholas of Myra comes from a history of his life written 500 years after his death. However, this history claims to be based upon much earlier sources that are now lost.” - P&D

“The 2024 movie Bonhoeffer has many positive qualities: but does it risk distorting the German theologian’s legacy?” - Gavin Ortland

“Interlacing representative, essential, mostly brief passages from Confessions with a breezy but incisive ongoing commentary… Dr. Kreeft navigates us through the mind of a man who, in changing his own world, helped lay the foundations for our own.” - Imaginative Conservative

“The sound of the eight bells in Notre Dame’s northern belfry came a month before the cathedral is to reopen following five years of painstaking restoration work in the wake of the blaze.” - France 24