December 2009

Bucer on Bigamy

December 23, 2009

Consider this another entry in my erratic, informal, exploration of lesser known aspects and events within the history of Christianity. Did you know early Protestant leaders defended bigamy on theological grounds? To put it that way makes it sound worse than it is–and yet not. The attempt to justify bigamy was not a concerted act [...]

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Frowst

December 22, 2009

I came across this interesting word and thought to share it: Frowst Etymology – Back-formation from frowsty Noun. (plural frowsts) 1. Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room. * 1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a [...]

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The Brokenness of William Cowper

December 6, 2009

Have you ever heard of William Cowper? Probably not. But it is much more likely that you know some of what William Cowper has written. Know the phrase, “Variety is the spice of life”? That was William Cowper– Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour. (Book II, The Timepiece, l. [...]

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