Blood of Prokopius

This quote from the 6th Chapter of the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus demonstrates why I believe a Christian world-view works so well in t...

Today, I am going to take a break from my series on the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus to write about one of the better American movies I ...

In the 5th Chapter of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes attempts to describe a typical Christian: For the Christians are distinguished fr...

In the 5th Chapter of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes delineates how Christians are different in manner from other citizens of the Empire...

In yesterday’s post , I felt rather unsatisfied with my musings about the ways that solar cycles affect the magics of the pagan priests of t...

In the 4th Chapter of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes talks about the various observances of the Jews. Among them he lists the facts that...

In Chapter 4 of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes continues to demonstrate practices of the Jews that differentiate them from Christians. O...

In Chapter 3 of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes makes the claim that the ritual practices of both Jews and the pagans are very similar: ...

From an FRPG world-building perspective (especially D&D), this little tidbit from Chapter 2 of the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus is p...

Mathetes begins the second chapter of his Epistle to Diognetus challenging the pagan about “the substance and the form of those whom ye decl...

In his opening statement to Diognetus, Mathetes acknowledges “the most excellent Diognetus” and that he is “exceedingly desirous” to learn:...

In the 1st Chapter of the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus, our author seeks to distinguish Christianity from both Paganism and Judaism. Fro...

Before I actually dive into the actual text of The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus, there is a lot of juicy information for world-building ...

In the Orthodox Church, Advent begins on November 15th. While not as rigorous as Great Lent, it is still a time of fasting and prayer. (I hi...

Today is the feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria. I have been writing this blog long enough that I am having to go back and check if I have alr...

One of the things that drives me batty about 5e has nothing to do with either the system or the mechanics. I really despise the presentation...

As I mentioned in my last Saintly Saturday post , my Gamer ADD-addled brain is busy editing the 5e SRD to reflect my own old-school proclivi...

Today is the Feast of St. Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda. Born into a boyar family in the 15th century, his brother Lukian served at ...

My life has been extremely busy of late and on top of that, my overtaxed brain has been busy screaming, "squirrel!" Thus, I have s...

Today is the Feast of St. Dionysius the Archimandrite of St. Sergius Monastery. Born in 1570, St. Dionysius was the head of the Staritsky Do...