Eusebius of Emesa on the Trinity Paid Members Public
The quotations found in this post are taken from Robert E. Winn’s Eusebius of Emesa: Church and Theology in the Mid-Fourth Century, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 2011. Eusebius was the bishop of Emesa and a student of Eusebius of Caesarea. This is significant since
Eusebius on the Trinity Part 3 Paid Members Public
We come to the last part of the series: Eusebius on the Trinity Part 2. Chapter 12 (1) And yet the great man who is at once both evangelist and theologian, having mentioned the Word three times in this passage, has not only said that he is Word of God.
Eusebius on the Trinity Part 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: Eusebius on the Trinity Part 1. NOW THAT THE testimonies from the divine Scriptures have been presented, in which it was shown that the Son of God was called not only “Word” before his coming in the flesh (as Marcellus thought) but
Eusebius on the Trinity Part 1 Paid Members Public
In this series of posts I will quoting from Against Marcellus and On Ecclesiastical Theology (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Kelley McCarthy Spoerl & Markus Vinzent, and published by The Catholic University of America Press in 2017. It is the refutation of Eusebius of Caesarea against the
Bart Ehrman, Ignatius, the Trinity, & the True Church Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from the work The Apostolic Fathers, Volume I: I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache, edited and translated by Bart D. Ehrman, and published in 2003 by Harvard University Press. I will be citing Ehrman’s translation of St. Ignatius’ seven letters in
The Trinity in Isaiah 48:16? Paid Members Public
There are some Christians that believe that there is a specific verse in the book of Isaiah, which explicitly points to the Trinity. It is Isaiah 48:16, the context of which I quote so the readers can see why this passage is taken as evidence for the Trinity. Isaiah
The 2 Messiahs of the Zohar Paid Members Public
The quotations cited here are taken from the online translation of the Zohar: Full Zohar Online. The Zohar states that there will be two Messiahs, one from the line of David and the other from Joseph’s line. The Davidic Messiah is symbolized by a lion whereas the Messiah from
Augustine, Filioque & Economic Processions Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from St. Augustine’s On the Holy Trinity, Book 4. In it, the blessed saint reasons that the Father’s sending of the Son into the world is a sign and reflection of the Father’s having eternally begotten/generated the Son. Augustine takes this