Sam Shamoun

Epiphanius, Trinity & Mary’s Virginity Members Public

The extracts in this post are taken from the English rendering of The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide (Second, revised Edition), translated by Frank Williams [Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013], Volume 79, from the section titled “Against Antidicomarians 1 58, but 78 of the series”, pp.

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Sam Shamoun
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The Son Becomes God’s Sin-Offering Members Public

In two passages, the Apostle Paul depicts Christ’s death in respect to the OT sacrificial system, employing a particular Greek term which the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Bible applies for the offerings made for sins. The texts in question are: “That which the Law, weakened by the flesh,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Bible on Justification Members Public

In this post I will be sharing some of the verses which describe the various ways believers are justified or made righteous. JUSTIFIED BY GOD “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God! For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed

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Sam Shamoun
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Leibniz, Logic & the Trinity Members Public

The following excerpts are taken from Maria Rosa Antognazza’s Leibniz on the Trinity and the Incarnation: Reason and Revelation in the Seventeenth Century, translated by Gerald Parks, and published by Yale University Press in 2007. All emphasis will be mine. Having overcome the first two objections regarding, respectively, the

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Sam Shamoun
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Unitarian Logic Gone Wild! Members Public

There is an attempt among certain analytic philosophers and/or apologists to prove that the Father is identical to the one God of holy Scripture. These include unitarians and Arians who deny the Trinity and/or reject the Divinity of Christ altogether. This group even include specific Trinitarians who also

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Sam Shamoun
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ST. SYMEON ON THE TRINITY Members Public

The extracts cited here have been taken from maximologia.org: St Symeon the New Theologian, Theological Discourse 1. St. Symeon the New Theologian (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the four saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Sam Shamoun
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Peter, Pope Agatho & Constantinople III Members Public

In this post I will be citing extracts from the letters sent by Pope Agatho during the third Council of Constantinople (680-681 AD), which was convened to settle the matter of there being two wills in Christ our Lord.   Pope Agatho not only speaks of Peter’s primacy as the

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Sam Shamoun
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ST. SYMEON ON THE BLESSED TRINITY Members Public

The extracts cited here have been taken from maximologia.org: St Symeon the New Theologian, Theological Discourse 1. St. Symeon the New Theologian (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the four saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Sam Shamoun
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