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Origen, Susanna & OT Canon Members Public

I share Origen’s defense of the canonicity of the “History of Susanna,” which all the ancient apostolic communions accept as sacred Scripture. Origen refutes the objections raised against the book’s authenticity, and explains why the Jews rejected it. In his response, Origen shows his great familiarity with the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Islam’s Agenda to Conquer the World Members Public

Muhammad is reported to have taught that the whole earth was given to him by his god: (6) Chapter: The expelling of the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were in the Mosque, the Prophet came out and said, “Let us go to the Jews.” We

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Islamic Procreation As Sex Jihad Members Public

According to the so-called authentic Sunni narrations, Muhammad disliked and discouraged his followers marrying barren, infertile women. Rather, he preferred and commanded them to marry young virgins and fertile women so that there would be a greater number of Muslims than non-Muslims.     67 Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah) (10) Chapter: The marrying

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Abraham: Justified by Faithfulness Members Public

In this article I will provide further evidence that Paul, and by extension the NT, teach(es) that people are saved/justified their faithfulness to God. I will employ the Apostle’s example of Abraham to prove my case. Here’s what he wrote: “Thus Abraham “believed God, and it

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Martyrdom of Peter’s Wife Members Public

According to Clement of Alexandria, there was a tradition which stated that Peter’s wife was martyred as the blessed Apostle looked and encouraged her:   They say, accordingly, that the blessed Peter, on seeing his wife led to death, rejoiced on account of her call and conveyance home, and called

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Justin Martyr on Isa. 42:8 & Christ’s Glory Members Public

In this post I will be excerpting a section from St. Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, in which the blessed saint sets out to prove the following: 1. The Scriptures are inerrant, having no real contradictions. 2. The Jewish elders reject specific verses from the Greek version

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Augustine on the Holy Eucharist Members Public

According to noted Protestant historian J.N.D Kelly, St. Augustine did indeed affirm that the Eucharist does in fact become the actual flesh, body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: If Ambrose’s influence helped to mediate the doctrine of a physical change to the West,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Tertullian: Trinity is the Faith of the Ancient Church Members Public

In refuting the modalist heretic named Praxeas, the second-third century AD North African Apologist Tertullian stresses the fact that belief in the Trinity has always been the ancient belief of the Church, much older than the hereies spewed by Praxeus and others. Here’s what he wrote: Chapter 2. The

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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