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CYRIL OF JERUSALEM VERSUS CALVINISTS Members Public

I am beginning a new series where I will be quoting the very church fathers, writers, theologians and/or apologists that Calvinists will often reference in order to mislead folks into thinking that these early Christians held to beliefs similar to their own. I will prove that these Calvinists are

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA VERSUS CALVINISTS Members Public

In this segment I will show how this renowned Bishop of Alexandria affirmed doctrines which directly contradict the beliefs of Calvinists, since Cyril taught the perpetual virginity of the blessed Mother, water baptismal regeneration, and that the eucharist is the body and blood of Christ. All emphasis will be mine.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Prayers of Jews to Angels and Other Intermediaries Members Public

During the First Centuries of the Common Era MEIR BAR-ILAN I. Introduction It has been claimed that angels with divine power have no place in Judaism, a monotheistic religion, as the strength of such a religion lies in the exclusivity of the divinity.1 Angels can thus be no more

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I left off: NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1. CHRIST’S EARTHLY GLORY Powers misquotes Philippians 2:5-8 to erroneously suggest that Christ had set aside his glory, thereby showing that he doesn’t understand the text nor does he comprehend that there are

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1 Members Public

In these posts I will be addressing specific points that Kelly Powers makes against the honor and blessing our risen Lord has bestowed on his pure and beloved Mother. MESITES AND COVENANTS Powers makes the egregious assertion that the Greek term for mediator, mesites, refers to a mediator who makes

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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HELVIDIUS: AN ARIAN HERETIC Members Public

Courtesy of William Albrecht In this post, we will prove that Helvidius was a disciple of an Arian bishop and therefore a heretic. All emphasis will be mine. Vita AMBROSE This biography of Ambrose was written by one of the deacons who served under him: Paulinus of Milan. Paulinus was

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
church-historychristianitytheology

TERTULLIAN AND MARY’S VIRGINITY Members Public

The so-called CONTESTED TERTULLIAN TEXTS Excerpt from: The Definitive Guide to Mary’s Perpetual Virginity in the Holy Bible Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes and William Albrëcht The following set of three texts from Tertullian are said to be strong evidence that he was an early Christian witness against the perpetual

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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POPE GELASIUS AND THE ASSUMPTION Members Public

By William Albrecht Question: Did Pope St. Gelasius DENY the Bodily Assumption of Mary? Answer: NO! Like St. Epiphanius, and Saint Damascene and others, he CONDEMNED THE HERETICAL TRANSITUS literature. How do we know he AFFIRMED the Assumption? Because in his AUTHENTIC GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, he has the sermon for the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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