2023
2023 articles
MUHAMMAD: A PRE-ISLAMIC PAGAN Paid 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
MUHAMMAD’S GOD VS. THE GOD REVEALED IN JESUS Paid 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
CATHOLIC SOURCES ON REV. 12 & THE ASSUMPTION Paid 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
REFORMERS ON THE ASSUMPTION Paid 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
REFORMERS ON REVELATION 12 Paid 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
ANCIENT WITNESSES TO MARY’S ASSUMPTION Paid 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
ANCIENT COMMENTARIES ON REVELATION 12 Paid 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
MONEPISCOPACY IN THE EARLY CHURCH Paid 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