Black Stone, Female Circumcision & Menstruation Paid Members Public
According to Sunni tradition, the pagan black stone that Muslims venerate was initially white but then turned black from all the women that would touch it on while on their menstruation: According to Abu Hammam-his father-Ziyad b. Khaythamah–Abu Yahya Ba'i' al-Qatt: When we
Leo the Great on the Trinity & Hypostatic Union Paid Members Public
The sermons cited here are taken from Leo The Great: Sermons (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), published by The Catholic University of America Press Publication in 1996. All emphasis will be mine. Sermon 65 8 April 453-Wednesday of Holy Week I understand, dearly beloved, that I must meet
Jesus: The Eternal First & Last Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 3: The Name of Jesus: Jesus’ Divine Names, Chapter 27: “I Am”
Jesus Christ: Eternally Older than Abraham Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 3: The Name of Jesus: Jesus’ Divine Names, Chapter 27: “I Am”
Ishodad the Assyrian on the Day & Hour Paid Members Public
The following quotations are taken from The commentaries of Ishodad of Merv, bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English, translated by Mrs. Margaret Dunlop (Smith) Gibson, published by Cambridge, University press in 1911. This 9th century Syriac Christian bishop addresses our Lord’s statements in Matthew
Jesus Christ the Almighty! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
This post is meant to be a continuation of the following article: Christ: The Almighty Who Comes. In the New Testament God is called Almighty: “What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I
Jesus Christ the Almighty! Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
I now arrive at the finale: Jesus Christ the Almighty! Pt. 2. In this final part, I will provide further evidence that John intends to depict Jesus as the Almighty. Recall that the Greek term for Almighty, i.e., Pantokrator, speaks to God’s sovereignty over all creation as the
The Holy Trinity & God's Power Paid Members Public
In Luke’s writings, the Holy Spirit is often paralleled with the divine power, which was fully operable in Christ: “But Mary said to the angel, ‘How will this be, since I am a virgin?’ The angel answered and said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and