Jesus as a Child? The imagination of the first Christians

Before I turn to the diversity of the early Christian world (see: here), I would like to talk about the peculiar imagination of the first Christians related to Jesus’ childhood. As you probably know, the New Testament gospels Read more

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Did the Medieval Church believe in the Flat Earth?

“Beware of false knowledge”, George Bernard Shaw wrote, “it is more dangerous than ignorance”. Every year I would walk into the classroom of one of my courses and write with capital letters on the board the following statement: “ Read more

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