A Protestant Defends the “Apocrypha” Paid Members Public
I quote from Protestant authority William Heaford Daubney’s The Use of the Apocrypha In the Christian Church, published by C. J. Clay & Sons, Cambridge University Press, 1900, pp. 106-110. Daubney refutes some of the alleged contradictions which leveled by Protestants against the canonicity of the “Apocrypha,” such as
Chrysostom, God & the Jews Paid Members Public
I quote here the entirety St. John Chrysostom’s, Against the Jews. Homily 1, which is a homily written to Christians who were still fascinated by the Jews and their religious practices, thinking that these rites were still somehow pleasing to God. In this highly emotionally charged letter, Chrysostom severely
Augustine, Jews, Philosophers & God Paid Members Public
Here is what the great saint wrote in respect to whether the Jews worshiped God or not, and also in regards to the Greek philosophers like Plato agreeing with Christianity if they were alive to have seen it spread: iv, 6. Those who think it a vain or even a
The Talmud’s Messiah Paid Members Public
In this article I will quote certain sections from the Babylonian Talmud, which deal specifically with the Messiah. I will be citing the part of the Talmud titled Sanhedrin. Before I get to the references I provide a summary of what this portion of the Talmud teaches in respect to
Athanasius & the Arian Creeds Paid Members Public
This lengthy extract is from Athanasius’ De Synodis. It chronicles the beliefs of Arius and those who believed like him, and further details some of the many councils and creeds which followed after Nicaea in order to either overturn it or revise it. What makes these creedal formulations rather peculiar,
EO, ISLAM, & ECUMENISM Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Angeliki Ziaka’s article “103. Orthodoxy and Islam – major Concerns for Orthodox Engagement,” pp. 676-686, in the Orthodox Handbook on Ecumenism: Resources for Theological Education, published by Regnum Studies in Global Christianity, 2013, being an imprint of Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. This handbook was
VATICAN II, THE CATECHISM & WORLD RELIGIONS Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote what the official documents of the Catholic Church teach in respect to the world’s religions and how salvation is to be obtained. I begin with what Catechism of the Catholic Church says. All emphasis will be mine: The Church and non-Christians 839 “Those
Justin Martyr, Greek Philosophers & Christ Paid Members Public
St. Justin Martyr believed and taught that prehuman Logos or Word of God had made himself know even to the Greek philosophers, which is why they were aware and spoke of the Logos. He believed that Christ, who is the uncreated Logos, did this in order to prepare them for