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
Even More from St. Augustine on the Filioque Paid Members Public
The following extract is taken from the blessed Augustine’s tractate on John 16:13. All emphasis will be mine. Tractate 99 John 16:13 1. What is this that the Lord said of the Holy Spirit, when promising that He would come and teach His disciples all truth, or
Revisiting Justin Once Again! Paid Members Public
The distortion of Justin Martyr’s writings by anti-Trinitarians seems to be never-ending. Instead of allowing this blessed and holy martyr of Christ to articulate his Trinitarian beliefs in his own way, these individuals insist on reading their own views into his statements in order to make him
A Catholic Misreads Justin? Paid Members Public
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 view expressed by Justin at the beginning of the Dialogue (2.1), philosophy, which alone leads us to and unites us with God, was ‘sent
Justin: Worshiping the Uncreated, Timeless Son Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from The Fathers of the Church Patristic Series: Justin Martyr, The First Apology, The Second Apology, Dialogue with Trypho, Exhortation to the Greeks, Discourse to the Greeks, The Monarchy of the Rule of God, translated by Thomas B. Falls, and published by Catholic
Origen Confirms the Consubstantial (Homoousios) Trinity Paid 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-
Polycarp & Justin Martyr: Every Creature Shall Worship Jesus as God Paid 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
Justin Martyr: No Other God But Jesus Paid 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