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The church family, like every human family, has members that are more difficult to love.
Rachel Gilson • Born Again This Way: Coming out, coming to faith, and what comes next
Despite Alexius’s efforts, the Bogomils continued to preach and win new converts, and the persecution against them in Byzantium would have almost certainly driven some of them west. In doing do, the Bogomils seemed to be fulfilling an old Persian prophecy, which stated that, on the 1,500th anniversary of Zoroaster’s death – which was interpreted as
... See moreSean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
Societies are only human and humanizing when they are a community of communities built on face-to-face encounters – covenantal relationships.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
Jews were disliked not for what they believed but for what they were; not for their faith but for the mere fact of their birth.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
Christian trouble
Mary Beard • SPQR
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William Lane Craig • On Guard
Things began to go wrong for the Autier group in 1305. Upon his release from prison, William Peyre, a trusted confidant and Believer, wanted money to pay off a debt he had run up while incarcerated. For reasons unknown, the Autiers refused him the money, and Peyre lured James Autier and Prades Tavernier to Limoux on the pretext of performing a cons
... See moreSean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
Amongst the Bogomils whose names have survived are Jeremiah (thought by some to be the pseudonym of Bogomil himself), who wrote the widely circulated tract The Legend of the Cross,