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When Did the New Testament Become “The New Testament”?

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

Mike Aquilina emailed me a couple days ago with a question I had never considered: when in church history did the term “New Testament” come to be used for the books that make up the latter portion of the Christian … Continue reading →

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How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: A Drive-by Book Review

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Thomas Oden’s How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind is obviously born of deep passion to recover the roots of early African Christianity and especially to encourage African scholars and theologians themselves to dig deeper into the literary sources and make … Continue reading →

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The Earliest Liturgy: Developments

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Patterns of Christian Meals In my previous post, I only discussed Christian meals that have an explicit Eucharistic element. Other sources are ambiguous, and scholars have debated for some time whether certain texts (e.g., the Didache) are describing the Eucharist … Continue reading →

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