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ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CARMEN CHRISTI Members Public

In this post I will cite another reputable authority on Philippians 2:5-11, commonly known as the Carmen Christi (“hymn to Christ,” or “Christ hymn”), who explains why this is a hymn/poem celebrating the divine prehuman existence, incarnation, and post-resurrection exaltation of Christ. The first half of

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Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: AN EXAMPLE OF SAVING FAITH Members Public

Philippians 2:5-11 sets forth Jesus as an example for us to emulate: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made

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Sam Shamoun
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EARLY CHURCH ON THE REAL PRESENCE Members Public

The following is taken from Catholic Answers website: What the Early Church Believed: The Real Presence. The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Many Protestants attack

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Sam Shamoun
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PHILIPPIANS 2: AN ADAM CHRISTOLOGY? Members Public

The Apostle Paul incorporates either a hymn or poem (commonly referred to as the Carmen Christi) that celebrates Christ’s divine prehuman existence, subsequent physical resurrection and heavenly exaltation to reign as YHWH Incarnate over all creation, and which claims that every creature must and will eventually worship Jesus Lord:

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Sam Shamoun
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THE MANY ALIHAT OF ISLAM Members Public

In this post I will be giving a summation of the arguments made in some of my previous posts where I cite specific Islamic sources which candidly admit to the fact that the reason why the Quran has Muhammad’s deity employing plural nouns, verbs etc., is because of his

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Sam Shamoun
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GOD, CHRIST & THE DIVINE NAME Members Public

According to the God-breathed writings, Christ in his post-resurrected heavenly exaltation possesses the name above all names: “That is why God has now lifted him so high (hyperhypsosen), and has given him the name BEYOND ALL NAMES,” Philippians 2:9 J. B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Jesus’ exaltation

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Sam Shamoun
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LUTHER & MARY’S VIRGINITY REVISITED Members Public

The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is from a letter that Martin Luther wrote in the final years of his life, and provides further confirmation that this leading reformer held to the perpetual virginity of Mary. Luther even claims that this doctrine is based on inspired Scripture,

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Sam Shamoun
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ARIANS AND MARY’S VIRGINITY Members Public

The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is a reference from a semi-Arian writer from the 4th century who refutes an Arian heretic named Eunomius for denying Mary’s perpetual virginity. This shows that the attack on the perpetual virginity essentially stemmed Arian heretics, individuals who denied

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Sam Shamoun
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