On the Baptism of/by Heretics Members Public

The following excerpt it is taken from Eusebius’ Church History, Book VII. All emphasis is mine. Chapter 2. The Bishops of Rome in those Times. Cornelius, having held the episcopate in the city of Rome about three years, was succeeded by Lucius. He died in less than eight months, and

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Sam Shamoun

Ancient Heretics Appealed to Sola Scriptura Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from St. Vincent of Lerins’ Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith. It shows that it was the heretics that appealed to Sola Scriptura, not the Church. The Church appealed to both scripture and sacred tradition to prove and safeguard the Apostolic

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Sam Shamoun

Athanasius on Jesus’ Knowledge of the Hour Members Public

I quote St. Athanasius’ masterful refutation of the Arians’ misuse of Mark 13:32 concerning Jesus’ claim that the Son doesn’t know the day or hour. It is taken from his Four Discourses Against the Arians, Discourse III. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 28. Texts Explained; Eleventhly, Mark

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Sam Shamoun

Quran Confirms the Trinity is Monotheistic Pt. 2 Members Public

This is a continuation of my previous article: The Quran Confirms the Trinity is Monotheistic. In that post I showed that the Quran prohibits marriages with individuals who associate partners with Allah, or ascribe divinity to creatures: AND DO NOT marry women who ascribe divinity to aught beside God ere

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Sam Shamoun

The Quran Confirms the Trinity is Monotheistic Members Public

The Islamic scripture prohibits men and women from marrying those who associate a creature along with Allah: Do not marry women who associate [others with God] (al-mushrikati) until they believe. A believing maid is better than an associating woman (mushrikatin), no matter how attractive she may seem to you.

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Sam Shamoun

The Quran Never Denies the Trinity Members Public

Some Muslims erroneously assume that the following verses reject the Christian doctrines of the Trinity and Christ’s Divinity: They are unbelievers who say, ‘God is the Messiah, Mary’s son.’ Say: ‘Who then shall overrule God in any way if He desires to destroy the Messiah, Mary’s son,

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Sam Shamoun

Jesus: The Absolutely Good God Members Public

A text that is often appealed to by those seeking to deny Jesus’ Deity is the one where a rich man calls Christ good: “And as He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and began asking Him, ‘Good Teacher, what

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Sam Shamoun

Moses Was in Mecca? Members Public

Muslim polemicists think that the following verses actually predict the revelation of the Quran: “Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death. And he said, ‘Yahweh came from Sinai, And He dawned on them from Seir; He shone

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Sam Shamoun
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