Historic Theology

Unsurprisingly, a site named after classic theology tends to focus most often on those great works of historic theologians that deserve our attention today, looking at the best of what they offer, and making it accessible to as many as possible. Articles on the great works of Augustine, Luther, Antony, Aquinas, and so many more can be found among the pieces below.

Top Articles:
The History of Mary Veneration: A Protestant Perspective
The Seven Deadly Sins: Their Origins and Why to Love the List
Augustine and Sex

On Doctrine
Christian Orthodoxy’s Debt to Africa
Christian Perfection and the King James Bible
Easter Sermons, Augustine of Canterbury, and the Procession to the King of Kent
King of Kings: Abgar and Jesus
The Acts of Pilate: Jesus Conquers Hell
The History of Mary Veneration: A Protestant Perspective
The Prosperity Gospel
The Seven Deadly Sins: Their Origins and Why to Love the List

On Individual Theologians
Antony of Egypt: The Father of Monks
Aquinas and Abortion
Dirk Willems: Life After Injustice in the Church
God is Red: Zhang Yinxian and True Discipleship
Heroes of Old… and Me! Jerome’s De Viris Illustribus
No Story Left Untold: The Miracula of Englehard of Langheim
Schleiermacher: Translation and the Gospel

On Key Theologians
Augustine
Augustine and Sex
– Augustine’s Apologetics and Contra Faustum
Augustine’s Commentary on John 13:1-5
Plato, Augustine, and Metaphysical Language
Gregory of Nazianzus
– An Unhappy Faith
Becoming God: Gregory of Nazianzus and Theosis
– Gregory’s Flight and the Challenge of New Beginnings
The Patristic Poet
Martin Luther
Letters from Luther: The Struggles (and Gifts) of Wartburg
Theology Battle: Luther vs Erasmus