Origen Confirms the Consubstantial (Homoousios) Trinity Members Public

The following lengthy section is taken from Panayiotis Tzamalikos’ Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism: The Legacy of Anaxagoras to Classical and Late Antiquity (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 128), published by De Gruyter in 2016. Tzamalikos’ massive tome can also be downloaded from here: https://dokumen.pub/anaxagoras-origen-and-neoplatonism-the-legacy-of-anaxagoras-to-classical-and-late-antiquity-3110419467-9783110419467.html?__cf_chl_tk=5nPeXJ_

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Sam Shamoun

Polycarp & Justin Martyr: Every Creature Shall Worship Jesus as God Members Public

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 said to him, ‘Go, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only (auto mono latreuseis).”’” Matthew

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Sam Shamoun

A Catholic Misreads Justin? Members Public

I cite an excerpt from Denis Minns’ article on Justin Martyr, which focuses on the blessed saint’s theology: GOD AND HIS LOGOS The existence of God is axiomatic for Justin. It is something that souls can perceive without the aid of grace or revelation (Dial. 4.7). Justin emphasizes

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Justin Martyr: No Other God But Jesus Members Public

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 existing Being of Exodus 3:14: Chapter 11. The law abrogated; the New Testament promised and given by God Justin: There will be no

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Murray Harris on Monogenes Members Public

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 Is God (John 1:18), published by Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI in 1992. All emphasis is mine. B. The Meaning of Monogenes

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Serving Jesus as the Lord God Members Public

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 serve two lords (Oudeis dynatai dysi kyriois douleuei), for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the

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Sam Shamoun

Justin: The Father’s Glory is the Son’s Glory Members Public

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 identical ineffable glory of the Father since he is none other than the radiant light of God. This is seen from Justin’s claim

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Sam Shamoun

The Wonderworker on Christ’s Deity Members Public

I will be citing from Life and Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Michael Slusser, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 1998. All emphasis will be mine. ADDRESS OF THANKSGIVING TO ORIGEN An address of St. Gregory the Wonderworker to Origen, which he spoke

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