Parable of the Lost Pearl (Reprise)

I would like to take the Parable of the Lost Pearl, as used by Patriarch Timothy I in 781 AD, and give it a few twists to suggest different theological views. The parable can be seen in the original form in THIS PREVIOUS POST. Consider the parable this way... "Long ago, a royal expedition returned …

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Moving Beyond the Post-Modern

I could be wrong, but I think the above figure is a nice way of looking at different "societies." It is a very simple way of looking at "epistemology"--- how do we know what we know (or think we know). All four look at how truth comes to us. We can start with the 2nd …

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