Three more theses for today; these are short. In fact, the first isn’t really even a thesis or assertio. Hemmingsen just kind of slips it in there as a point of transition. In these comments, Hemmingsen starts to turn to what the Sabbath and Christian festivals are now, while the church, following...

Here are Hemmingsen’s next three assertiones. Hemmingsen unfortunately lumps all Jews together in claiming that they completely misunderstood the Sabbath, which is obviously false. In assertio 20, it becomes clear what his actual target is: the Pharisees as described in the gospels, who attacked Jesus...

Today we get theses 16 and 17 as Hemmingsen continues to unpack the symbolic significance of the Sabbath according to “threefold time.” Thesis 16 refers to time past and, especially, time present, and consists mostly of a quotation of Augustine’s twentieth Tractate on the Gospel of John, where...

Today’s post includes theses 14 and 15, on the symbolic significance of the Old Testament Sabbath as it relates to the first two parts of Hemmingsen’s “threefold time,” the past and the present. Thesis 15 shows broad overlap and continuity with what is usually referred to as the “continental”...

In today’s post, consisting of theses 9-11, Hemmingsen defines what it means to “sanctify” something and then applies that definition to the Old Testament observance of the Sabbath. He then goes on to note a rupture between the Old Testament observance of the Sabbath and the way in which the Sabbath...

In today’s post, which includes assertiones 4-6, Hemmingsen defines the proper meaning “Sabbath” and then shows how, from that primary meaning, it is transferred as a title to days, weeks, and years.  Assertions concerning the Jewish Sabbath and the Festivals of Christians (Continued) “Sabbath”...