Muslims & Luke’s Gospel Paid Members Public
Luke quotes Jesus’ reply to a woman’s praise of the woman who birthed him: “Now it happened that while Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at
Emperor Justinian & Papal Primacy Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from The Enactments of Justinian the Emperor, The Code (529-534 AD), Book 1, 1. Concerning the most exalted Trinity and the Catholic faith (..). All emphasis will be mine. Keep in mind that Emperor Justinian was an Eastern Catholic. 4. John, Bishop of
John 1:18 Revisited: Father & Son are the one God Paid Members Public
In the Gospel of John, Jesus emphatically testifies to the Father being the only God and the only true God: “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the only God (tou monou theou)?” John 5:44
Ibn Qayyim on Biblical Preservation Paid Members Public
In this post I quote a different source for the statements of one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s premiere students, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, on the Muslim scholarly views concerning the preservation of the Torah. Chapter Thirteen: On the Devil’s Schemes Against the Son of Adam Chapter: People have differed
Early Church, John 16:13, Perichoresis & the Filioque Paid Members Public
The Catholic Church teaches that Christians have always believed and affirmed the Filioque, e.g., the Father spiritually breathes/spirates the Holy Spirit through the Son timelessly, eternally. This in turn makes the Holy Spirit the Spirit of both the Father and the Son, which is precisely what the inspired
Marian Devotion in Catholicism Paid Members Public
In this article I will be quoting from two Catholic sources, highlighting the roles and titles ascribed to the blessed and holy Mother of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In a follow up post, I will provide the biblical substantiation for one of the titles attributed to the
St. Irenaeus on Mary vs. Eve Paid Members Public
I quote from St. Irenaeus’ Adversus haereses (Against Heresies), Book III, Chapter 22 Christ assumed actual flesh, conceived and born of the Virgin, where he contrasts the Holy Virgin with Eve, showing that she is the new and greater Eve. All emphasis will be mine. 1. Those, therefore, who allege
The Divine Shepherd-King Gets Struck Down Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, edited by Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers in 2019, pp. 1300-1313. All emphasis will be mine. Zechariah 13:7-9 The Striking of the