Henry Hopwood-PhillipsMar 12, 20205 minDid Byzantine Heraldry Exist?Was there an equivalent use of distinctive motifs employed as ornament by the Byzantine nobility (to convey the same messages of...
Henry Hopwood-PhillipsMar 7, 20204 minChristian Worship: The Early YearsAt the beginning of the second century, Christian ritual was loosely organised. The congregation would assemble at sunrise on Sunday for...
Henry Hopwood-PhillipsMar 5, 20205 minThe Development of Christian JerusalemIf Rome evolved a stational liturgy in order to connect scattered cemeteries and tituli (which were by the third century accorded...
Henry Hopwood-PhillipsFeb 27, 202013 minNeoplatonic Christianity: An Alternative Theological Model or Dead-End?“Only a few things in the Platonic books need to be altered to make their authors Christian.”[1] St Augustine “Oneself is not the subject...