"Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning" by Edward Carpenter is a book that explores the origins and meaning of religious beliefs and practices in both pagan and Christian traditions. Carpenter argues that many of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Christianity have their roots in earlier pagan traditions, and that the differences between the two are largely a matter of historical and cultural context.

Carpenter examines the similarities and differences between pagan and C...

De auteur van dit boek, de Heilige Lucas de Belijder (zijn wereldlijke naam is Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky), is een Russische heilige uit de twintigste eeuw. Hij stamt van een Witrussisch-Pools verarmd prinsengeslacht, en hij was aartsbisschop van de Russisch-Orthodoxe kerk en tegelijkertijd prominent arts, chirurg, wetenschapper, schrijver en kunstschilder. Van jongs af aan was het zijn ideaal om de zwakken en zieken te dienen, en daarom beëindigde hij zijn veelbelovende studie aan de kunstac...

Ad fontes (to the sources) is the famous academic adagium. When a Classical scholar goes to the fontes in the New Testament, the Greek and Roman writings and inscriptions, and the works of the early Christians, the result is exciting and new. Where, when and why did Paul write his letters? This book does not give only dates without explanation, but all the texts to see how to get the dates and to judge for yourself what is right. What about Paul's travels after what can be read in the book of...