PinnedAndrew Raines“The Blasphemy of the Damned Will Stop in the End:” The Universalism of Hans Denck (1500–1527)In 1527, around eight months before his death, the popular yet controversial Anabaptist leader Hans Denck privately confessed to Nicolaus…Jan 27, 2022Jan 27, 2022
PinnedAndrew RainesPresent AbsenceAm I a God nearby, saith the LORD, and not a God far off?Oct 26, 2021Oct 26, 2021
Andrew RainesReview of Jean Corbon’s Path to Freedom: Christian Experiences and the BibleWhat is the Bible all about?[1] According to Fr. Jean Corbon, it is about “Christ’s — and hence our own — experience.”[2] Within the world…Apr 26Apr 26
Andrew RainesNot up to Joy but First We Suffer PainWhat will eternity be like? Of what shall the eternal life of “all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore and in a greater…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Andrew RainesA Fall into GraceIn City of God, Augustine outlines his beliefs about the Fall of Man. In this account from later in his life, Augustine is committed to a…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Andrew RainesI Believe in One God, the Father AlmightyErasmus once — waxing eloquent in his preface, named the Paraclesis, to the first printed edition of the Greek New Testament — declared…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Andrew RainesReformation eucharistologiesThe common life of Christians is situated around certain rituals instituted by Jesus Christ and handed down from antiquity. As the Anglican…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
Andrew RainesHow Well Is “Welle”?“Well then, one man commits a fault, and it brings condemnation upon all; one man makes amends, and it brings to all justification, that…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
Andrew RainesBarth and ApokatastasisMuch ink has been spilled on the question of Karl Barth’s thoughts about God’s election and redemption of the world in Jesus Christ and…Nov 12, 2023Nov 12, 2023
Andrew RainesSermon of the Resurrection, preached upon Easter-Day, 1612.Preached by Lancelot Andrewes before King James, at Whitehall, on Sunday the Twelfth of April 1612.May 29, 2022May 29, 2022