As I was studying for my Introduction to Christian Thought final exam, I came across this quote from Alister McGrath's Historical Theology that I found applicable during this advent season: "Alexandrian writers placed considerable emphasis upon the idea of the Logos assuming human nature. The term
12.19.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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“…the relation of the [biblical writer] to the truth of his story still remains a far more passionate and definite one than is Homer’s relation. The Biblical narrator was obliged to write exactly what his belief in the truth of the tradition…demanded of him—in either case, his freedom in
12.24.2009| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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It is with a certain sense of shame that I confess that until this summer I had never read Paradise Lost all the way through. I had eagerly read the excerpts assigned for class; I had read literary criticism on it with great earnestness; I had celebrated Milton’s 400th birthday gleefully; but I ha
08.26.2009| The Fish Tank | Anne L. Goetz
3 CommentsWe are pleased to introduce the first installment of "The Dispatch," a new feature in which students from schools all across New England will tackle a single topic together. This issue's question is: Why Christ? Samir Paul, Harvard The temptation in approaching the question, "Why Jesus?" is to
12.1.2008| The Dispatch, Volume 4, Issue 2 | Samir Paul
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