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Last month I mentioned how the drop in interest rates would help the economy in one way but would also have some negative side effects--such as a drop in the value of the dollar. With the dollar worth less and less, this means that the price of world commo... Read More
Series: History of the 3rd Century Church - As the third century dawned, Rome had just begun to assert its primacy over the rest of the churches. Ambition and the desire for power are usually symptoms of evil motives, though often soothed by high sounding words designed to make power acquisitio... Read More
Series: History of the 2nd Century Church - There is no clear break between the second and third centuries in the history of the Church. The most natural break comes with the death of Polycarp in 155, which virtually ended the sub-Apostolic Age, that is, the time of those who had been the immediate... Read More
Series: History of the 2nd Century Church - Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire from 161-180 A.D., after which time his son Commodus ruled (180-192). Marcus Aurelius was the last of the five good emperors that had begun with Nerva (96-98), under whose mild reign the Apostle John was able to leave... Read More
Series: History of the 2nd Century Church - The second-century Church was forced to develop its theology by its confrontation with false religions on the outside and with heresies on the inside. This is the positive side of freedom of thought and speech, for as new ideas are conceived, the ideas for... Read More
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