Foster's Theological Reflections

In his 3-volume commentary on Revelation, David Aune delineates the hermeneutical possibilities for the Greek expression τὴν παρεμβολὴν τὼν ...

Romans 11:36 has DIA + the genitive which can be translated either as "through" or "by." Either translation is able to c...

[Edgar] Paul J. Achtemeier has a very thorough discussion on 1 Pet. 3:19 in his commentary on Peter's First Epistle that you can find i...

Certain objections have been set forth in reply to my New Jerusalem blog entry that I will now address: 1) I have written that the New Jer...

"If the popes have always been infallible in any meaningful sense of the word--if their official pronouncements as heads of the church ...

J. Richard Middleton has written an article in which he posits the view that earth will be the only eternal home for mankind post-eschaton. ...

Many more examples could be provided [EF] I added: "You perceive, my hearers, if you bestow attention, that the Scripture has declare...

Hello Matt13, My replies will appear below. You wrote: Hello Edgar. I would like to ask your advice on a translation question once aga...

Bruce Metzger observes that OUPW in Jn 7:8 "was introduced at an early date (it is attested by P66, 75) in order to alleviate the incon...

John Duns Scotus defines infinite being as "a measure of intrinsic excellence that is not finite." For the Subtle Doctor, God is q...

For DIKAIOW, Bauer, Danker, Arndt and Gingrich (BDAG) state that the potential senses of this word are (1) to take up a legal cause, show ju...

Tim Weldon has written a brief, but helpful introduction on John Duns Scotus. It's one of the simplest works I've ever read on Scotu...

AservantofJehovah, Maybe this quote from Augustine will be helpful. I post this information to promote understanding: Therefore also the...

"Wherefore also the Holy Spirit consists in the same unity of substance, and in the same equality. For whether He is the unity of both,...

Quote from Origen's Commentary on Matthew (Book 1, Fragment) Concerning the four Gospels which alone are uncontroverted in the Church ...

A gentleman once accused Jehovah's Witnesses of being dualists. He wrote: "Perhaps more to the point, the JW (and, indeed, the Pl...

From Stephen Smalley's Word Commentary on 1 John: "the most natural way of construing hOUTOS in v 20 (which need not refer to the...

F.J.A. Hort played a major role in bringing the textual problem associated with Jn 1:18b to light (F.J.A. Hort. Two Dissertations . London: ...

http://e-homoreligiosus.blogspot.com/2012/08/joseph-priestley-on-using.html Interesting data! Edgar

Here is the quote from Alford's Greek Testament: "No countenance is given by this verse to the ancient Pelagian or the modern her...