Category: Corinthians (People)
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On Phoebe, Honored Courier of St. Paul (Michael Peppard)
We’ve mentioned Phoebe of Kenchreai here at Corinthian Matters as an individual who was not simply a “helper” to St. Paul — one translation of the Greek diakonos) — but also a prostasis, an influential member of some wealth and authority in the earliest Christian community of the region. Michael Peppard has recently published an article in Commonweal (“Household Names:…
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Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): June-August
The second installment of Corinth-related scholarship that went digital in June-August. Happy reading! Geology Ford, Mary, Sebastian Rohais, Edward A. Williams, Sylvain Bourlange, David Jousselin, Nicolas Backert, and Fabrice Malartre. “Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of the Western Corinth Rift (Central Greece).” Basin Research (2012). Rathossi, C. E., P. G. Lampropoulou, K. C. Skourlis, and C. G. Katagas.…
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The Search for the Historical Erastus
In case you missed it, the feast day of St. Erastus, friend and associate of the apostle Paul, came and went three weeks ago in the western church calendar (July 26). And in case you missed him, Erastus is a relatively minor figure mentioned only three times in the New Testament: 1) In Acts 19.22,…
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“Letter to the Corinthians – Yes we can”
This Reuters article came through my feed last week describing how the modern village of ancient Corinth is dealing with Greece’s economic crisis. The author seems to me to be painting an overly dramatized view of the drop in tourism in the village. In my 15 summers of visits to the Corinthia, I don’t recall…
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St. Kodratos and Company
March 10 marks the feast day of a third century martyr named Kodratos, a Christian poorly known today but evidently important for the church communities of Late Antique and Byzantine Corinth. This Kodratos (aka Codratus / Quadratus) is not to be confused with the famous Kodratos of Athens, the bishop and apologist of the second century.…
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How (not) to write history
This weekend Messiah College is hosting the annual National History Day competition for the south-central Pennsylvania region. Hundreds of junior high and high school kids will descend on our campus and engage in historical research through papers, films, posters, and performances. It is enjoyable to see kids recognizing the value of learning the methods of history…
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Polycarp and Socrates in Corinth
The martyrdom of Polycarp bishop of Smyrna, celebrated yesterday in both eastern and western churches, is remarkable in many respects. It is not often that old men got martyred for religious beliefs in antiquity, let alone 86 year old men, and the account itself is among the earliest surviving martyr accounts in early Christian literature…
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