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How the Christian View of the Afterlife Developed

September 19, 2013 by Frank Beswick Leave a Comment

The Christian understanding of the afterlife did not spring fully grown from Jesus, but evolved in the early years of the church by Christian reflection.

Early Farmers and Manure: Stone Age Europeans Were More Advanced Than We Thought

July 25, 2013 by Frank Beswick Leave a Comment

The use of manure as a slow release fertilizer may go back as far back as 6000 BC, at the dawn of agriculture. The use of a long term fertilizer implies social stability, where farmers and their families occupy the same land for generations. It reflects an investment in land.

Reincarnation and Christianity: How a Theological Concept Was Lost

July 22, 2013 by Frank Beswick 4 Comments

Jesus talked of everlasting damnation, but he gave no systematic account of what happens to those who die before the Age to Come arrives. Many early Christians believed in some form of reincarnation, but that the idea fell out of favour in the sixth century.

The Filioque Problem – A Thousand Years of Schism

June 13, 2013 by Frank Beswick 1 Comment

In 1054 papal legate Cardinal Humbert marched into the Orthodox Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and banged a bull of excommunication onto the altar. The Greek emperor tried to reconcile the two sides to no avail. The split between the churches dates from then.

The Brendan Voyage: Did a Mediaeval Irish Monk Reach America?

May 1, 2013 by Frank Beswick 1 Comment

According to mediaeval tradition, St. Brendan [484-577 AD] led an expedition of Irish monks to see what lay in the west, and returned with tales of a land beyond the Atlantic. Tim Severin repeated the voyage in a replica of Brendan’s curragh.

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