Sam Shamoun

Murray Harris on Monogenes Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Murray J. Harris’ Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus, III. The Only Son, Who Is God (John 1:18), published by Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI in 1992. All emphasis is mine. B. The Meaning of Monogenes

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Sam Shamoun
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Serving Jesus as the Lord God Members Public

The Holy Bible clearly teaches that believers cannot revere and serve any other being as their heavenly Lord apart from YHWH: “None is able to serve two lords (Oudeis dynatai dysi kyriois douleuei), for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the

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Sam Shamoun
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Justin: The Father’s Glory is the Son’s Glory Members Public

In this post I will be referencing the works of the blessed saint Justin Martyr to prove that he explicitly taught that the Son possessed the identical ineffable glory of the Father since he is none other than the radiant light of God. This is seen from Justin’s claim

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Sam Shamoun
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The Wonderworker on Christ’s Deity Members Public

I will be citing from Life and Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Michael Slusser, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 1998. All emphasis will be mine. ADDRESS OF THANKSGIVING TO ORIGEN An address of St. Gregory the Wonderworker to Origen, which he spoke

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Sam Shamoun
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Augustine on Tertullian’s Heresy Members Public

The excerpt cited here is taken from Tertullian: St Augustine's De haeresibus ch. 86. St. Augustine states that Tertullian wasn’t condemned for thinking that God had a body of some kind, but for other reasons. All emphasis is mine. LXXXVI. TERTULLIANISTAE a Tertulliano, cuius multa leguntur opuscula

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Sam Shamoun
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The Trinity in Gregory the Wonderworker Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from Life and Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Michael Slusser, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 1998. All emphasis will be mine. (5) Gregory is known in modern times less for his occasional appearances on the

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Sam Shamoun
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Thaumaturgus On the Trinity? Members Public

I share what St. Gregory the Wonderworker wrote in respect to the monarchy of the Father and the glorious, blessed and most holy Trinity: On the Trinity. However, it must be noted that scholars think that this work is dubious, spurious, inauthentic, etc., since they do not believe it is

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Sam Shamoun
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More on Islamic Female Circumcision Members Public

Female circumcision (more correctly, female genital mutilation) is a part of Islamic teaching, as the following Muslim source confirms: Malik said: It is not recommended, but leaving it is not forbidden, and there is nothing wrong with it. Chapter on Circumcision They agreed that circumcision for men and female genital

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