by John | Mar 21, 2022 | Genesis, Questions
Why does Satan choose to rebel against God? While Satan is not mentioned in the Book of Genesis, he is featured prominently in its Old English counterpart. The story of Satan’s rebellion and fall provided by Old Testament Narratives (OTL) is remarkably similar to...
by nchicoine | Mar 18, 2022 | Theories, Visions of Hell
Many of the stories in Visions of Hell must be mediated through physical objects, creating a sequence of confirmations that links the vision to the physical world. Often, the stories layer different forms of validation, forming a web that supports the vision’s version...
by Josephine Dawson | Mar 15, 2022 | Genesis, Visions of Hell
In the Liturgical Cycle for the Anglican Church, February 6, 2022 was the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. As 2022 is Year C in the three-year cycle, the readings for the day include Isaiah 6:1-9. [For more on Lectionary Years, here.] In the Vulgate, verse 2 of this...
by calozada | Mar 13, 2022 | Art, Questions, Visions of Hell
The conception of hell as a frozen wasteland may seem surprising to people, as the general assumed temperature of hell is to be extremely hot. This basis is in fact proven in the Bible in several sections. In Revelations, hell is described as a “lake of fire.”...
by elizabethgerlach | Mar 9, 2022 | Life of St. Margaret, Readings
I wrote this paragraph intending to include it in my first post about The Old English Life of St. Margaret and the story of Thecla from The Acts of Paul, but it didn’t seem to fit into what was already a very long post! So, I figured I would post it as a separate...
by nchicoine | Mar 9, 2022 | Andreas
Andreas gives the ocean many names: the whale-road, the formidable waterways, the menace of the water, the salt sea-streams, the cold waters. The ocean roars, jostles, surges, and encroaches. The epithets of the ocean mirror the epithets of God. In fact, one of God’s...
