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An EO’s New Testament Translation Members Public

In this post I will be quoting select references from Eastern Orthodox scholar David Bentley Hart’s The New Testament: A Translation, published by Yale University Press in 2017. As the readers will see, Hart rendering of specific Christological texts is far from Orthodox, and even smacks of outright Arianism.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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1 Cor. 8:6: The Christian Shema Members Public

In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians written around 55 AD, he states the following: “to us there is only one God, the Father (heis Theos ho pater), from whom everything comes, and for who we live. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ (heis Kyrios ‘Iesous Christos), by

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JOHN 5:23 Members Public

An article by Robert Hommel. 23 so that all will honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. Commentary Jesus now reveals the reason that all judgment has been given to Him: So that

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TRENT ON GENESIS AS HISTORY Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from The Catechism of the Council of Trent, pp. 41-43. It shows that the official Catholic position on the Genesis account of creation is that it is actual sacred history, and not mythology. All emphasis will be mine. Not Three Almighties But One Almighty When,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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IRENAEUS ON MARK 16:9-20 Members Public

This post is taken from James Snapp’s blog: The Text of the Gospels: Craig Evans and the Ending of Mark. Craig Evans and the Ending of Mark A prominent evangelical commentator has spread misinformation about an important text-critical question. I wrote this post as a means of doing something

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JEROME, TRADTION & APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION Members Public

Here’s what St. Jerome wrote to the Luciferians in respect to the authority of unwritten traditions and apostolic succession in proving and preserving Christian doctrines and the correct meaning of Scripture. All emphasis will be mine: 8. L. Thirsty men in their dreams eagerly gulp down the water of

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Sam Shamoun
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APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION & TRADITION Members Public

In this post I will cite from a Church father and two early Christian writers, all of whom affirm that it is the sacred unwritten tradition found in the churches that go back the Apostles which preserve the correct meaning and application of the Scriptures and the Faith. All emphasis

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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PISTIS CHRISTOU: A JEWISH BELIEVER’S PERSPECTIVE Members Public

I will be quoting from Jewish believer Dr. David H. Stern’s translation of the Holy Bible (Complete Jewish Bible [CJB]) and his Jewish commentary on the [N]ew [T]estament in respect to the NT’s references to faith, specifically to the faith (pistis) of Jesus Christ. Stern’s

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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