Bridge of Reason

  Tertullian was a second-century Christian apologist from Carthage, a city in Northern Africa. He is the renowned defender of the Christian faith who penned the famous Prescription Against Heresies . It is in his writing that we find the question: ‘What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?’ But what did he mean when he said this? In dealing with heresies of his day, Tertullian found that much he had to contend with came from a mingling of philosophical inquiry (which he equated with Athens) and Christian truth (which he equated with Jerusalem). Hence, his question: ‘What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?’ Tertullian taught that Christian truth was not to be blended with anything else. To do so resulted in the worst kind of heresy. What has Mormonism to do with Methodism? A recent article on LDS Living had the headline: Methodist hospitality gives local Latter-day Saint congregation a home in their community [1] My first thought upon reading this was not necessarily one of surprise, bu...