Fideist, Philosophical Theist, Open Theist, Peter van Inwagen wannabe, Episcopal Christian, Scientific anti-realism, Moral anti-realism, Virtue Ethics.
This thread will cover the remarkable (and largely forgotten) life of Iwanaga Maki, a Japanese Catholic woman and the founder of one of Japan's oldest orphanages. 🧵1/10
@KameronMazurek@AleMartnezR1 That is nice, and i think other case could be with the french, i don't say portuguese because in spanish we said that portuguese is just bad talking spanish, lol
While Bart Ehrman is probably right that during times of war the dead couldn't be buried immediately, that isn't the context of Jesus' execution. There is nothing implausible about Jesus having been buried in a grave for criminals per Jewish law. https://t.co/yx2XZmKHxD
@henryjkwallis This book probably would help, i haven't read it but i looks interesting, i only saw the contents and talk about from ancient Greek and the fathers to people like Tillich
https://t.co/r8rAm9CAq5
Did Christian theologians discourage everyone from washing or bathing and cause medieval Christians to avoid hygiene? Short answer - no.
Long answer - a thread 🧵
@aishpilled Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible & about creation. An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology is to the Bible's witness.
In response to the recent typhoon that swept through China and the Philippines, Catholic charities and parishes have been providing material goods, assisting in rescue work, and giving shelter to those displaced.
Here are the full PDFs of James Dunn's magnum opus on Christianity in the making
Volume 1: https://t.co/SUWUdto8zx
Volume 2: https://t.co/rKXLu2S1ZD
Volume 3: https://t.co/pxnysB1PZn
However, her missionary work among her fellow countrymen caught the attention of the authorities, and she was beheaded in 1858. Her path to canonization was initiated by Saint Pius X. 2/2
Saint Agatha Lin was a Chinese Catholic martyr and catechist. Born into a family of devout Christians, she would become one of the first people to evangelize the Miao people of China. 1/2
When the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, Urakami Cathedral was destroyed. When a Catholic monk entered the ruined church, he saw that this statue of Mary had survived.