2023

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MUHAMMAD: A PRE-ISLAMIC PAGAN Members Public

According to Islam’s earliest and most reliable sources, Muhammad was a pagan who used to sacrifice to the pagan gods and goddesses, and only stopped doing so when he was reprimanded by a monotheist (hanif) named Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl: XVI. That which has been slaughtered on altars

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MUHAMMAD’S GOD VS. THE GOD REVEALED IN JESUS Members Public

The aim of this post is to share some of the many reasons why the Islamic deity cannot be the same God revealed in the Person of Jesus Christ and his inspired Word, the Holy Bible. The evidence will prove that Muhammad’s Allah is not the same as the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CATHOLIC SOURCES ON REV. 12 & THE ASSUMPTION Members Public

In this post I will cite various Catholic authorities to illustrate the Catholic interpretation of Revelation, especially as it relates to the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. All emphasis will be mine. Verse 1 A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. By this woman, interpreters

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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REFORMERS ON THE ASSUMPTION Members Public

Jan Huss on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary “… and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.” (Quoting Sirach 24) “Although the words of this epistle primarily relate to the uncreated Wisdom, they also secondarily relate to the glorious Virgin

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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REFORMERS ON REVELATION 12 Members Public

Francois Lambert (A.D. 1528 ), Commentary on Revelation 12 “If Christ is her son, it is true that Mary is a portion of this woman, that is, of the most noble Church. “For to devour the son means to remove the true faith in his name. And indeed, Satan literally

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ANCIENT WITNESSES TO MARY’S ASSUMPTION Members Public

Courtesy of William Albrecht. All emphasis is mine. Ephrem the Syrian “I am about to enter into His living Paradise, and in the place in which Eve succumbed, I shall glorify Him. For of all created women, He was most pleased with me, and He willed that I should be

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ANCIENT COMMENTARIES ON REVELATION 12 Members Public

Courtesy of William Albrecht. All emphasis is mine. Testament of Joseph, Chapter II 72 And hear ye, my children, also the vision which I saw. 73 There were twelve harts feeding: and the nine were first dispersed over all the earth, and likewise also the three. 74 And I saw

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MONEPISCOPACY IN THE EARLY CHURCH Members Public

Monepiscopacy, also called monarchical episcopate, refers to a single bishop chosen to preside and rule over the church with a college of presbyters and deacons. The evidence shows that this was an early and widespread practice of the universal church. In fact, a strong case can be made that this

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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