Dead to Sin

Objections to the Catholic view on Church Government: A Response to the Dutch Reformed and an Examination of St. Jerome "Οι Απόστολοι ἡμῶν ἔγνωσαν διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ΙΗΣΟΥ Χριστοῦ, ὅτι ἔρις ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς Επισκοῆς.  Our Apostles understood by our Lord Jesus Christ, that there would be contention about the name of Episcopacy ."  - St. Clement of Rome, Epis. to Corinth. Recently a friend of mine had translated a section from Gisbertus Voetius' Disputation concerning the episcopacy. However, upon reading some of the arguments put forth in that post he had made, I was disappointed by the neglected engagement of the tradition from the English divines on this issue.   Now, being new to the Anglican tradition, I am careful to speak on issues I am not confident about. The greatest virtue anyone can learn when coming to the faith or to a new tradition is silence. But here, I am certain that my comments will not presume more knowledge than I have. Here I will not ...

 Resources for Greek Ligatures In a video that I will soon be making, I will discuss "Greek Ligatures." Greek Ligatures were a style of printing Greek in the early modern period.  * An example of Greek Ligatures from Diophantus Alexandrinus'  " Arithmeticorum " - 1621 Greek ligatures are a typographical convention that make appearances across various literary works in the early modern period, particularly in theological texts.  Personally, I encountered them in Amandus Polanus' " Syntagma " which initially left me at a loss, I had no idea how to read these Greek forms.  However, with persistence, I found ligature charts and other resources that helped me read this kind of Greek. In compiling these resources, my aim is to equip others for a more informed study of authors spanning the 15th to 18th centuries, who frequently employ Greek ligatures in their writings.  Here , you can see the hour-long video I made where I introduce this topic, and ( to m...