I like him a lot. I poked through his Matthew volume when leading a Bible study on the Sermoj on the Mount.

i think it's fine, just don't make me do it.

my headcanon is that laity were imitating the orans position after Vatican 2 and oops! guess we're holdin em now

lmao "recommend fast audio because it's Efficient. my brain is too coked up to read. *loud racist fart*"

well, then of course your prof would say that! the 19th century was a wild time

i'm sure you understand your fomo is irrational, but don't worry about it. There are many riches to your formation there, known perhaps only to the Lord, that could not have been found in Episcopal seminaries. Episcopalians love gatekeeping. Don't gatekeep your self-confidence.

"No one knows the Son except the Biblical Scholar, and those to whom the Biblical Scholar has chosen to reveal him."

"And those other bits of Matthew, Mark, and Luke which don't fit my claim"

i think disdain for the virgin birth is more of a liberal Protestant thing than a denominational thing

I mean the thing that's hilarious about this is how much it illustrates Joyce Carol Oates's point - he can't post about his own enjoyment of books, his own experience, he can only create an AD TELLING OTHER PEOPLE WHAT TO READ

“Give me formula” now means recite the Athanasian Creed

I know I sound very naive asking it like this but I'm just experiencing it firsthand in my job and, well, no me gusta