Showing posts with label Harmony of the Evangelists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harmony of the Evangelists. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.2.12: Concerning the words ascribed to John the Baptist

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  Notes: In this episode, we are looking at Book 2, chapter 12 where Augustine addresses issues related to the veracity of the Gospel record...
Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.2.9-11: Harmonizing the Infancy Narratives

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  Notes: In this episode, we are looking at Book 2, chapter 9-11where Augustine addresses several points where some readers might see appare...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.2.6-8: John the Baptist & the Two Herods

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  Image: John the Baptist, Byzantine medallion from an icon frame, c. 1,100, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In this episode, we are l...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.2.5: Harmonizing the Infancy Narratives of Matthew and Luke

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  Image: James Tissot, Les rois mages chez  H é rode (The Magi in the House of Herod), c. 1886-1894, Brooklyn Museum. In this episode we are...
Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.2.3-4: Genealogies

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  Image: Saint Augustine Basilica overlooking the ruins of Hippo Regius. This is a series of readings from and notes and commentary upon Aug...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Evangelists.2.1-2: The Son (as was supposed) of Joseph

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Image: Close-up, Jacopo Sansovino, Madonna and Child, c. 1550, painted and gilded papier mache and stucco, National Gallery, Washington, DC....
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Augustine: The Four Gospels Are United, Because They Were All Written By Christ

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  Image: St. Augustine, writing in his cell, by Sandro Botticelli, 1480. Here are some notes from Augustine’s Harmony of the Evangelists 1....
Monday, March 28, 2022

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.33-35: "As if they were his own hands"

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  Notes: 1.33: A statement in opposition to those who make the complaint that the bliss of human life has been impaired by the entrance of...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.31-32: "The God of the whole earth" (Isaiah 54:5)

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  Image: Isaiah, 1838, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) Notes: 1.31: The fulfillment of prophecies concerning Christ. Augustine co...
Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.28-30: Isaiah 2 & Psalm 19 & Christ's Triumph

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  Image: Sunrise, Pantheon, Rome JTR
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.26-27: Idolatry & Prophecy

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  Image: Head of Aphrodite, from the Agora in Athens, defaced with crosses on forehead and chin. Notes: 1.26: Of the fact that idolatry has ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.24-25: Pagan Toleration & The Works of God

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  Image: Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon Notes: 1.24: Of the fact that those persons who, reject the God of Israel, in consequence fail ...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists, 1.22-23: Saturn & Jupiter

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  Image: Depiction of Saturn (Greek: Chronos), the Roman god of time, often depicted as partially shrouded and carrying a reaping hook. He w...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.19-21: God worshipped alone, or not at all

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  Notes: 1.19: The proof that God is the true God. Augustine continues to ask why the pagan Romans refuse to offer worship to the Biblic...
Saturday, September 11, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.15-18: Faithful Apostles & Intolerant God

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     JTR
Saturday, September 04, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.12-14: The Romans and the Jews

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  1.12: Of the fact that the God of the Jews, after the subjugation of that people, was still not accepted by the Romans, because His comm...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.8-11: Jesus was not a magician

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  Notes: 1.8: Of the question why, if Christ is believed to have been the wisest of men on the testimony of common narrative report, He sho...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.6-7: Why didn't Jesus write anything?

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  1.6: Of the four living creatures in the Apocalypse, which have been taken by some in one application, and by others in another, as apt ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.3-5: Gospels and Christology

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Notes and commentary: 1.3: Of the fact that Matthew, together with Mark, had especially in view the kingly character of Christ, whereas Luk...
Saturday, July 17, 2021

Augustine, Harmony of the Evangelists.1.1-2: Gospel Authority and Order

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Notes: 1.1: On the authority of the Gospels: Augustine begins by noting that the Gospels are preeminent among the sacred writings. The...