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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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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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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Sam Shamoun
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St. Polycarp Revisited Members Public

I will be citing from The Apostolic Fathers, Volume I: I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache, translated by Bart D. Ehrman, and published by Harvard University Press in 2003. All emphasis will be mine. Letter to the Philippians 1 I greatly rejoice together with you in our Lord Jesus

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Sam Shamoun
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Uthman & Aisha on the Quran’s Errors Members Public

According to some allegedly sound reports, Muhammad’s child bride and the third caliph admitted that the Quran contains grammatical errors, and therefore it is not perfect: Likewise: {Greater than your hatred of yourselves when you are called upon} The meaning requires that “when” be related to hatred, but the

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