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The Ancients on God’s Omniscience

What is God’s omniscience? God’s omniscience is a way of speaking about God’s knowledge. The biblical authors describe God’s knowledge as exhaustive. He knows everything that can be known, everything there is to know. This knowledge is a comfort to the biblical authors and to those who commented on Scripture…

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gregory the great and his writings
Historical

Gregory the Great FAQ

Wanting to learn more about Gregory the Great? Look no further! Below you’ll find helpful information we gathered from some fantastic resources. First, we’ll do a quick Q&A. Next, we’ll take it a bit more in-depth. Lastly, we’ll give you the ability to hear from Gregory himself. Even if you…

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Beatitudes
New Testament

An Ancient Perspective on the Beatitudes

Learning from ancient Christians is priceless (here’s why). But it can be difficult to find out what they each had to say about a specific passage of the Bible. For example, it wouldn’t be super easy to find commentary on the Beatitudes from a handful of church fathers. Not only…

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Commentaries

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture does what very few of today’s students of the Bible could do for themselves. With the aid of computer technology, the vast array of writings from the church fathers—including much that is available only in the ancient languages—have been combed for their comment on…

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