[Note: The posts on the Martyrs of Córdoba are derived from a term paper that I was assigned in a class on Islamic Spain, where I was tasked with writing a pre-thesis prospectus of sorts, on topics that I might…
Category: Catholicism
The New Testament Canon in the Fourth Century
This article will explore the state of the development of the Canon of the New Testament in the 4th century. In this context, the word “Canon” signifies “the catalogue of inspired writings known as the Old and New Testaments, identified…
Theodore Abu Qurrah and the Papacy
Theodore Abu Qurrah was the Melkite Bishop of Haran (Upper Mesopotamia) who lived in the 9th century A.D. As such, he found himself living under Muslim rule. Besides being one of the first Christian authors to write in Arabic, he…