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St. Augustine, Trinity & Filioque Pt. 2 Members Public

The following is taken from St. Augustine’s On the Trinity Book 5 (V). All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 8.— Whatever is Spoken of God According to Substance, is Spoken of Each Person Severally, and Together of the Trinity Itself. One Essence in God, and Three, in Greek, Hypostases,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Rashi & Messianic Prooftexts Members Public

In this post I will be citing from The Complete Tanakh (Tanach) – Hebrew Bible with Rashi Commentary in respect to particular Old Testament passages, which this renowned medieval Rabbi interpreted as being messianic prophecies. All emphasis will be mine. Gen. 15:11 and Abram drove them away. Heb. וַיַ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ICONS IN THE EARLY CHURCH Members Public

In this post I will cite some 2nd–4th Christian references testifying to the usage and veneration of sacred icons and images such as crosses. All emphasis will be mine. TERTULLIAN Chapter 16 For, like some others, you are under the delusion that our god is an ass’s head.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Avodah Zerah and the Messiah Members Public

In this post I will be sharing excerpts from a rabbinic writing named Avodah Zerah in respect to the Messiah. According to this source, the Messiah was to show up two thousand years from the giving of the Torah, which would coincide right around the time Jesus appeared. It states

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Gamaliel Cites Jesus? Members Public

There is an interesting anecdote found in the Babylonian Talmud where the renowned rabbi Gamaliel, who was the son of another prominent rabbi named Hillel, quoted the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here’s the Talmudic extract: לְמָחָר הֲדַר עַיֵּיל לֵיהּ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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1 Cor. 3:11-15: Believers as the Works of God Members Public

In this post I will examine the blessed and holy Apostle Paul’s warning to the Corinthians regarding sectarianism and the judgement that believers must undergo before entering into final salvation/glorification. My focus will be to show that the works that Paul had in mind are actually individuals who

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MORE QURANIC PROOF FOR THE TORAH’S PRESERVATION Members Public

In this post I will be looking at two Quranic verses, which provide further corroboration that the Quran emphatically confirms the incorruptibility of the previous Scriptures, particularly the Torah. Q. 2:85 After this, it is you who kill one another and drive out a party of you from their

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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John 6 & the Holy Eucharist Members Public

Protestantism’s War Against the Holy Bible Our Lord scandalized his Jewish audience by insisting that they had to eat his flesh and blood, otherwise they will never obtain everlasting life. His statements were so shocking that it even offended some of his own followers: “Then the Jews began to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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