Sam Shamoun

Augustine, Filioque & Economic Processions 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun

Reverencing the Bishop Members Public

The Scriptures teach that believers are to honor and submit to the existing authorities, since they have been appointed by God for specific purposes such as maintaining order: “Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun

Ignatius on Christ as the Uncreated, Timeless & Ageless God Members Public

In this post I will be citing three different English translations of specific letters from St. Ignatius, in which this holy Bishop of Antioch, Syria and Christian martyr, speaks of Christ existing without chronology and without age, stating that the risen Lord is unborn and beyond/ above all time/season.

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Sam Shamoun

Ignatius on Jesus’ Physical, Bodily Resurrection Members Public

In this post I will cite from a letter of St. Ignatius, the holy martyr of Christ and the Bishop of Antioch, being an eyewitness and pupil of the holy Apostles, who learned the faith directly from them. Ignatius testifies that Christ was raised in his physical, fleshly body, which

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun

The Rabbis’ Divine Messiah Members Public

The late Orthodox Jewish philosopher and scholar Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet wrote about the Messiah where he encapsulated some of the Old Testament verses, which rabbinic tradition interpreted in respect to the Messianic Era: A. Restoration of the Bet Hamikdash Mashiach shall restore the Bet Hamikdash in Jerusalem.1 This

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun

Ben Asher, Gen. 22 & the Angel Members Public

The following is from the article More than Your Average Angel - The angel that convinced Abraham was no ordinary angel.. All emphasis will be mine. "G‑d's angel called to him from heaven and said…, 'Do not harm the boy. Do not do anything to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun

Jesus’ Deity in Light of Isaiah’s Theology Members Public

In this post I will demonstrate how the inspired New Testament writings portray the Lord Jesus in the exact same way YHWH is depicted all throughout the book of Isaiah. YHWH “A voice is calling, ‘Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun

Rabbis, Isa. 59:20 & the Divine Messiah Members Public

Isaiah prophesied that YHWH would personally come to redeem Israel from all their transgressions, since YHWH was unable to find any mere creature worthy enough to work through for this purpose:   “So it is that truth is missing; And he who turns aside from evil makes himself plunder. Then Yahweh

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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