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Theological Issues5,716 words29 min
In Daniel 7, the prophet beholds an astonishing vision wherein he sees two Divine Powers/Persons. I quote part of the vision here for the benefit of…
Category: theological-issuesTheological 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-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 Issues2,950 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-issuesQuranic Issues1,537 words8 min
In the following articles, Ishmael is not the Father of Muhammad, _Part 2_, we provided conclusive evidence that Ishmael cannot be the physical…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues2,765 words14 min
The Quran repeats the story of Moses' encounter with God, often with major verbal contradictions and variations, which includes the sign of Moses'…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues4,344 words22 min
In this post I will be sharing various hadiths on the Quran appearing as a man on the last day to dispute with Allah, as well as its variant readings…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues835 words4 min
I quote from Ibn Kathir’s exposition of the term _muhaimin_ in the context of Q. 5:48, where the Quran is said to be a guardian/witness to the…
Category: quranic-issuesAnalysis of Muhammad3,676 words18 min
Supplicating Allah and …? Adoration gone Astray Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Now that we are done addressing and meeting the Quran's challenge to produce the…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad4,273 words21 min
Supplicating Allah and …? Adoration gone Astray Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion of Muhammad and worship. Muhammad becomes an object of…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad6,059 words30 min
Supplicating Allah and …? Adoration gone Astray Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our discussion (cf. Part 1, Part 2). Unveiling…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad7,965 words40 min
How Allah killed his prophet From Inspiration to Expiration Sam Shamoun Abstract Muhammad fails the prophetic criteria of the Holy Bible (1, 2, 3, 4,…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad2,696 words13 min
Why Muslims are Guilty of Committing Shirk Muslim apologists/polemicists will go to any extreme in order to prove Muhammad, even to the point of…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad597 words3 min
The following is taken from _Al-Jalal Al-Suyuti_, _The book "Al-Durr Al-Manthur fi Al-Tafsir bi Al-Ma'thur"_…
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 Issues10,684 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 Issues1,669 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