2025
2025 articles
Did Jesus Christ Literally Become Sin? Paid Members Public
This is a post from Catholic Apologist Dave Armstrong, which I salvaged from archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20061028053056/socrates58.blogspot.com/2006/08/2-corinthians-521-was-jesus-christ.html. 2 Corinthians 5:21 : Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Wednesday, August
Augustine on 2 Cor. 5:21 Paid Members Public
I cite from St. Augustine’s The Enchiridion, in order to illustrate how this blessed saint of the Church interpreted the phrase in 2 Cor. 5:21 that Jesus was made sin to mean that Christ came into the flesh so as to become a sacrifice for our sins. All
Why the Church is Called Catholic Paid Members Public
The oldest extant written mention of the term Catholic, as applied to the Church, is found in one of the letters of the holy martyr St. Ignatius, who was a disciple of the Apostles and the Bishop of Rome: Chapter 8. Let nothing be done without the bishop See that
Chrysostom, Baptism & the Gospel Paid Members Public
In this article I will be sharing St. John Chrysostom’s exposition on 1 Corinthians 1:13-17, a text which heretics abuse to disprove the necessity and centrality of water baptism for salvation. All emphasis will be mine. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Is Christ divided. What he says comes to
Chrysostom, 1 Cor. 8:6 & the Trinity Paid Members Public
I quote from the homilies of St. John Chrysostom, considered to be one of the greatest theologians and biblical exegetes of the Faith, in respect to 1 Corinthians 8:4-6. All emphasis will be mine. 1 Corinthians 8:4 4. Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we
James White’s Definition of the Trinity Paid Members Public
The excerpt in this post is taken from Dr. James R. White’s, The Forgotten Trinity: Recovering the Heart of Christian Belief, published by Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, MN 1998, pp. 26-30. A BASIC DEFINITION It is time to lay down a basic, fundamental definition of the Trinity. At the
William Craig on the Holy Spirit Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024, pp. 47-51. All emphasis
The Bible & the Age of Accountability Paid Members Public
According to the inspired Scriptures, God has compassion on children who are too young to know the difference between right and wrong, since they are unable to realize that they have a moral obligation to obey his commandments: “Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the