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Using AI to bring The Early Church to The modern age!

Hello everyone, I've created and trained some AI chatbots on The writings of The Apostolic FaThers! You can ask Them anything about The authors, The texts, topics, or quotes. Give it a try and see what you think: Apostolic FaThers Chatbot | Patristics.info I've also made Irenaeus into an AI so you can go and have a chat with him about his works Against Heresies. The bot 'thinks' it is Irenaeus too, so you can ask it personal things as though you were talking to Irenaeus: AI Irenaeus | Patristics.info And finally, introducing AI John Chrysostom as a similar AI which acts as The person so you can ask it questions in a more natural way: AI John Chrysostom | Pa...

Lent: Day 7 - Ignatius to The Trallians

Day Seven: St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to The Trallians (full text) Who: Ignatius converted at a young age and later became Bishop of Antioch. A friend of Polycarp and fellow disciple of John, There is a long standing tradition that Ignatius was The child that Jesus held in his arms and blessed in Mark 10:13-16 What: Ignatius urges The Church to continue in unity and to honour Their leadership. This letter also gives a defence against certain heresies. Why: Ignatius wrote a series of letters to The Churches in Asia Minor whilst en route to Rome to face martyrdom by wild beasts in The Colosseum around 108 AD. When: Around 107-108 AD The letter to The Tr...

Lent Day 38: Leo The Great: Sermon XXI (On The Nativity Feast I)

Day Thirty-eight: St. Leo The Great: Sermon XXI (On The Nativity Feast I) Who: Leo The Great, also known as Pope St. Leo I (The Great), was Pope from 440-61 AD. Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo's pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is The most significant and important in Christian antiquity, as he tried to  combat The heresies which seriously threatened Church unity even in The West, such as Pelagianism. What: A sermon on The Nativity at Christmas time, about The incarnation of The Word of God. Why: To explain The incarnation and preach The Good News of our Lord and Saviour becoming man for our sake so that we may be sav...

BOOK REVIEW: Four Views on Hell 2nd edition

This is a guest post by David Jakubovic. The views are that of The author and don't necessarily reflect The views of That Ancient Faith. A 20 year update of The 1996 book by The same name, this slim volume (211 pages) is a helpful cross-section of current evangelical thought on Final Punishment, sampling Denny Burk on Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT hereafter), John Stackhouse Jr on Conditional immortality (CI hereafter), Robin Parry on Christian Universalism (CU hereafter) and Jerry Walls on (a Protestant) Purgatory. Preston Sprinkle pens both Introduction and Conclusion, plus There are Scripture, Author and Subject indices. The Introduction sets The scene,...

Has Brexit just spoiled “End Times” prophecy?

Has "Brexit" just spoiled “End Times” prophecy?   In a word, no.   Unless of course you are of a Dispensationalist view, Then this sudden exit from The European Union by Britain will have caused you some Theological holes you may feel The need to patch up. There’s already been some satire articles posted in light of this, highlighting The errors of Dispensationalism and its main adherents tendency to interpret Biblical prophecy by The current news headlines. One such article, by The Babylon Bee, poked fun at The current events by writing that “premillenial dispensationalists around The world held emergency meetings Friday morning, frantically adj...

The Reality of Sin

Sin is like a mold on us, like a rotting, black skin disease. If only we could see it on us, we'd be disgusted and repulsed! Zombies are popular on TV etc. right now, think of The grossness of those images and realise that when we sin and keep sinning, that's what we end up looking like before God! We are living stones, togeTher building up The temple of The Holy Spirit (1 Peter 2:5; 1 Cor 6:19). Think about that for a moment. Think of The splendor of Solomon's temple when it was built (re-read it again if you can’t remember: 1 Kings 6:14-36). We are that and SO much more! But now imagine it with mold and mildew and all that horrible black damp growing and sp...