Conclusion As you can see, there's clear thematic differences between Paul's pastoral letters and the Catholic epistles which faithfully reflect the theological divide between Paul and Peter's faction. Prior to becoming familiarized with them I mistakenly assumed they were only dull doctrinal treat...

Catholic epistles As previously stated these epistles thematically oppose the pastorals, but in accordance with my exegesis of Galatians 2:6-9 they should also be understood as less authoritative than Paul's letters. Equally important is that Galatians 2:9 describes a formal agreement between Paul ...

Paul's pastorals are 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. On the surface they appear mundane but reveal a unique logic when juxtaposed against the Catholic epistles which are James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John and Jude (to quickly clarify, Paul's pastorals represent the pneumatic Pauline faction whil...

Random observations A correction of the three part schema -With regards to the three part hylic, psychic and pneumatic schema, I originally implied they represented the openness of a person towards learning spiritual concepts. In light of thoroughly exegeting Colossians 2 and 1 Corinthians 2, I now...

The Gnostic Paul is an excellent resource for learning about gnostic Christianity, in fact I would say it's one of the most important resources, however it's not an easy text to read as it's definitely an intermediate-advanced level book. There's a couple key considerations to keep in mind when usin...

Orthodox Christians often quote this verse to discourage interpreting the bible in a non-religious manner: Colossians 2:6-8 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overfl...

What follows is a speculative theory for properly reading the entire 27 books of the NT which is based on organically occurring patterns in the text. Before explaining this theory I'll preface it by describing a related concept below: A tale of two triads ================ While discussing Christiani...

In Irenaeus's book "Against Heresies", book III, chapter 11, paragraph 8, Irenaeus assigns each of the gospels to a specific sign of the tetramorph: For, [as the Scripture] says, The first living creature was like a lion, Revelation 4:7 symbolizing His effectual working, His leadership, an...

Sin is a major theme of Christianity, however like many other things in Christianity it has a dual meaning. The Greek word most commonly used for sin in the New Testament is "hamartia". The literal meaning of this word is "to miss the mark", however its figurative meaning describ...

Valens (Anthology Book IV, Chapter 4): Often, then, when the Lord of Fortune or its lord falls amiss ( most probably refers to being in aversion ), the Lot of Spirit divides both bodily matters and those that pertain to action. Similarly also, Fortune will divide both when the Lot of Spirit or its ...

Thx for this - and well-observed! Indeed it's Mercury, though exiled can play this part - and acts like this. Mercury more or less successfully is able to bring together the Lights (mostly writing - articles, bokks...) I also observed that Mercury is more strongly mitigating the aversion between Ju...

It appears that Mars in Virgo is receiving the Sun in Scorpio with an applying superior sextile but is in aversion to the Moon in Aries. Based on this alone I would say that Mars is more strongly affecting the Sun than the Moon, although it still influences both of them. From what I can see, there a...