Can anyone explain to me why the Hagia Sophia — the former basilica built by the Emperor Justinian, now a mosque in Istanbul — is a campaign issue in South Carolina’s Senate race? Anyone? Anyone? No? My inner historian is scratching his head and biting his lower lip in abject confusion. Constantinople fell to theContinue reading “Is There Something in the South Carolina Water? I Hate That I Have to Ask…”
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Archons and Pentacostines: An Exegesis
There’s an amusing Tweet I’ve seen the last few years about hardcore Catholic converts that amuses me in a dark, sarcastic way. You’ve probably seen it, too. Let’s do some exegesis here. “Archon” is a Greek term meaning “ruler.” So, a ruler of Constantinople. But this ruler is writing an “epistle on the… eucharist,” soContinue reading “Archons and Pentacostines: An Exegesis”