The chapter linked below is a polemic - an aggressive attack on the influence of rigid orthodoxy in the City of Geneva (early to mid 1500's). It is one chapter from Stefan Zweig's "The Right to Heresy: Castellio Against Calvin" The Context: Geneva was a newly independent and politically […]
February 2026 (3)
Saturday, February 21 2026
An object lesson on the dangers of Christian Nationalism
Saturday, February 21 2026.
Thursday, February 5 2026
Scripture mattered - even without a universally settled canon
Thursday, February 5 2026.
Second Temple Judaism did not assume a single pristine text. At Qumran alone we find: Proto-Masoretic texts Texts closer to the Septuagint Samaritan-type texts “Rewritten Bible” texts (e.g., Jubilees, Temple Scroll) No one panics. No one declares heresy. Variation is expected. If "sola […]
Wednesday, February 4 2026
Patriarchy is a post-fall distortion
Wednesday, February 4 2026.
Genesis 1 & 2 gives you zero hierarchy: male and female are created in God’s image they have a shared vocation (humans "plural" have dominion over creation) there is no rule or authority gradient, no gendered power Let me explain. The Hebrew word often translated to "man" in […]
