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ARIANS AND MARY’S VIRGINITY Members Public

The following quotation is courtesy of William Albrecht. It is a reference from a semi-Arian writer from the 4th century who refutes an Arian heretic named Eunomius for denying Mary’s perpetual virginity. This shows that the attack on the perpetual virginity essentially stemmed Arian heretics, individuals who denied the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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SOLA FIDE IN CLEMENT? Members Public

Certain Protestant theologians and/or apologists have been desperate to find some justification (pun intended!) for Luther’s doctrine of Sola Fide by quote-mining the early church writers. They do this in order to show that Luther’s teaching on justification wasn’t something novel, or completely unheard of, which

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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IGNATIUS, POLYCARP & SOLA FIDE Members Public

Ignatius and Polycarp were two holy martyrs of Christ who were personally trained by the Apostles and therefore learned the faith directly from the very eyewitnesses of our risen Lord. These men were given the privileged and meeting with and learning directly from Apostles such as Peter, Paul and John.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TRUE GOD OF TRUE GOD Members Public

In this post I will provide further evidence from the inspired Scriptures that Christ is the true God, even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit. The Hebrew Bible describes YHWH as the God of truth, i.e., the God who is the truth, to whom believers

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MARTIN LUTHER, JAMES & NT CANON Members Public

The following is taken from this post, “Luther’s Treatment of the Disputed Books of the New Testament”. I include it here in its entirety since it exposes Martin Luther’s disdain of James and a few other NT writings simply because he felt they did not agree (and could

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE FATHER GLORIFIES THE SON Members Public

In this post I will show the places in the Hebrew Bible which the NT writings testify are instances of the Father speaking to the Son. These cases will demonstrate that Jesus is preexistent, that he had a prehuman existence, and/or that he is fully divine in the same

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE? Members Public

In this post I will seek to establish from the God-breathed Scriptures that there is only one God who is able to save from sin, and that Jesus Christ is expressly described as the God who saves those who trust in him from their transgressions. I will further show how

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE? PT.2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE?. WHAT KIND OF BEING MUST JESUS BE? Now the only way that the Man Christ Jesus could ever be portrayed as saving individuals from their transgressions is if he is himself is YHWH God who became

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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