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Theological Issues4,730 words24 min
There is an ancient Jewish prayer that seems to date back from a time shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem, where the Jews in their synagogues…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues3,435 words17 min
I quote a particular section from St. Clement of Alexandria’s _The Stromata, or Miscellanies_, _Book VI_. In it, he cites a writing attributed to…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues2,725 words14 min
In this post I will be quoting from The Enactments of Justinian the Emperor, The Code (529-534 AD), Book 1, 1\. Concerning the most exalted Trinity…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues6,414 words32 min
The Catholic Church teaches that Christians have always believed and affirmed the _Filioque_ , e.g., the Father spiritually breathes/spirates the…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues3,254 words16 min
In this post I will be quoting from _Life and Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)_ , translated by Michael Slusser, published by The…
Category: theological-issuesTheological Issues1,583 words8 min
I share what St. Gregory the Wonderworker wrote in respect to the monarchy of the Father and the glorious, blessed and most holy Trinity: On the…
Category: theological-issuesChristological Issues3,123 words16 min
In this post I will be quoting from that section of the Book of Enoch called the Watchers. I will be using the following translation: _The Book of…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues2,952 words15 min
The prophet Daniel is given an amazing vision where he sees two distinct glorious divine Persons: > “I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues1,788 words9 min
The following sermon is taken from _Leo The Great: Sermons (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)_ , published by The Catholic University of…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues3,478 words17 min
An objection that is often used against the Deity of Christ is to cite the words of our Lord concerning the knowledge of the day and hour: > “But of…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues810 words4 min
In Mark 4:30-32, our Lord used the example of the mustard seed to describe how God's Kingdom begins as something rather insignificant and small that…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues3,614 words18 min
In this post I will quoting from St. Augustine’s _On the Holy Trinity_, Book 15. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 25.— The Question Why the Holy…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues2,318 words12 min
The following is taken from this article, The smallest of all the seeds. The post isn’t written by someone who believes in the inerrancy and…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues1,010 words5 min
The Jewish book of mysticism called the Zohar interprets Gen. 1:26 as the words that the Shekinah spoke to God himself: > וְלָא עוֹד אֶלָּא דְּעַזָּא…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues2,467 words12 min
Rabbinic Judaism teaches that all the prophets announced the coming days of the Messiah: > אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן:…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues4,736 words24 min
In the Gospel of John, Jesus emphatically testifies to the Father being the only God and the only true God: > “How can you believe, when you receive…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues5,423 words27 min
In this article I will be quoting from two Catholic sources, highlighting the roles and titles ascribed to the blessed and holy Mother of our risen…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues5,982 words30 min
The following lengthy section is taken from Panayiotis Tzamalikos’ _Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism: The Legacy of Anaxagoras to Classical and…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues3,967 words20 min
The Scriptures proclaim that God alone is to receive what the Greek calls _latreuo_ , which is a type of worship given to true Deity: > “Then Jesus…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues8,482 words42 min
I cite an excerpt from Denis Minns’ article on Justin Martyr, which focuses on the blessed saint’s theology. > THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY > > In the…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues11,049 words55 min
The blessed saint Justin Martyr wrote that there is no other God besides the one ineffable God that is beyond names, and who is the eternally…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues1,725 words9 min
The following excerpt is taken from Murray J. Harris’ _Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus_ , III. The Only Son, Who…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues1,362 words7 min
The Holy Bible clearly teaches that believers cannot revere and serve any other being as their heavenly Lord apart from YHWH: > “None is able to…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues10,746 words54 min
In this post I will be referencing the works of the blessed saint Justin Martyr to prove that he explicitly taught that the Son possessed the…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues1,346 words7 min
I will be citing from _Life and Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)_ , translated by Michael Slusser, published by The Catholic University…
Category: christological-issuesChristological Issues4,428 words22 min
I will be citing from _The Apostolic Fathers, Volume I: I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache_ , translated by Bart D. Ehrman, and…
Category: christological-issuesAnalysis of Muhammad2,461 words12 min
A Muslim Scholar Happily Admits That There Is No Salvation Apart From Muhammad! Sam Shamoun In the following articles and rebuttals, Islam’s Divine…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad1,879 words9 min
More of Muhammad’s False Prophecies: Muhammad’s failed prediction concerning Christ’s return Sam Shamoun It is time, once again, to turn the tables…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad4,818 words24 min
Revisiting the Prophecy of Isaiah 42 Sam Shamoun This article is intended to supplement the following response by providing further details showing…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad9,811 words49 min
Was Muhammad certain of his Salvation? Examining the capriciousness of Allah as the cause of Muhammad’s uncertainty Sam Shamoun Introduction –…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad9,412 words47 min
Praying for Muhammad’s Peace and Security More Islamic evidence that Muhammad is not Saved Sam Shamoun In several articles and rebuttals (1, 2, 3, 4,…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadBiblical Issues2,606 words13 min
The prophet Daniel is given visions in which he sees two distinct divine Powers or Persons, namely, the Ancient of Days and one like a Son of Man: >…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues10,686 words53 min
In this post I will be citing from both rabbinic Jewish sources and biblical scholars in respect to the opening word of Genesis 1:1, namely,…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues3,426 words17 min
In this post I will quote from some of the early Christian writers that either viewed the book of Enoch as Scripture or believed it contained genuine…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues15,704 words79 min
In this article I will be citing some early and ancient Jewish and Christian interpretations of Genesis 6:1-4, where the sons of God that came into…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues2,565 words13 min
The Jewish translations of Psalm 22:16(17), along with some Christian ones, go a form of the Hebrew text that has the noun “like a lion”: “Dogs…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues1,671 words8 min
Moses Maimonides was a 12th–13th century AD Jewish theologian/philosopher who was heavily influenced by the Greek notions of God’s incorporeality and…
Category: biblical-issuesBiblical Issues251 words1 min
Luke quotes Jesus’ reply to a woman’s praise of the woman who birthed him: > “Now it happened that while Jesus was saying these things, one of the…
Category: biblical-issues