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How do Apostolic Christians interpret arguably sexist verses in Sirach?

Sirach is quite ambiguous actually, in the Greek and the Hebrew original as well. Looking at differing translations alone will give you some idea of the variety of interpretations. We should be wary ...
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Did any of the Early Church Fathers use the Orthodox canon?

Being one of the only Eastern Catholic saints I know St. Gregory of Nazianzus (4th century, so on the upper end of the spectrum) references something that is technically (there weren't chapters in ...
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Did any of the Early Church Fathers use the Orthodox canon?

The answer is no, but we should also understand that no early church Fathers used the Roman Catholic canon either. The first time we know of all the current New Testament books being listed anywhere ...

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