Manichean Echoes
It’s a truism that every heresy in the history of the church can be found during its first four centuries. Ebionism, for example, an early heresy which denied the divinity of Jesus, is taught (in a modern form) from the pulpits of mainline liberal churches and religion departments in academic institutions today. Gnosticism, being notoriously […]
Original Sin: American, Political, Theological
U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made headlines recently when she testified at the National Action Network’s virtual conference that “the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents.” Whether that claim is true or not—and/or to what extent—is not the point of this article. Of present interest is why original sin as a […]