canon
Historical and textual studies explaining how the biblical canon was formed and defended against common objections.
IBN KATHIR ON THE QURAN’S CORRUPTION Paid Members Public
In this post I excerpt a portion from the writings of the 14th century Muslim scholar and Quranic commentator Ibn Kathir in relation to the compilation of the Quran. Al-Bukhari said: Musa bin Ismail narrated to us, Ibrahim narrated to us, Ibn Shihab narrated to us, that Anas bin
THE CORRUPT QURAN’S MISSING VERSES PT. 2 Paid Members Public
This post is a continuation of the following one: THE CORRUPT QURAN’S MISSING VERSES PT. 1. The proceeding snippet is taken from another Shia site: Some Ahadith of Omission | The Quran. Some Ahadith of Omission It is not possible to give detail of all the verses, sentences and phrases
REFORMERS ON MK. 16:9-20, JN. 7:53-8:11, ACTS 8:37 & 1 JN. 5:7 Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from specific reformed sources for the express purpose of showing how these reformed authorities accepted the textual veracity of passages found in the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which is the collated Greek text employed by the King James Version translators in producing their
MURATORIAN CANON Paid Members Public
The Muratorian Canon refers to a fragment that mentions a list of the books that the 2nd century churches deemed to be authoritative and canonical. Since it is dated at approximately at 170 AD it becomes a very important witness to the canon accepted by the church at large. All
SHEPHERD OF HERMAS: REFUTING THE HERETICS Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from the “Shepherd of Hermas”, an early Christian writing that was highly esteemed and quite popular among Christians of the first few centuries. It was such an influential document that there were many Church writers/fathers that even considered it to be canonical.
St. Irenaeus of Lyons versus Dr. James White Paid Members Public
The Gnostic System in Dr. White’s Neo-Platonism: An Ignorant Son Who is Third after the Father Who Participates in the One Who is First: Divine Being Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes TurretinFan, an uncontestably loyal friend and defender of Dr. James White, has to his credit of friendship provided
EXTRA-BIBLICAL SUPPORT FOR THE TRINITY Paid Members Public
In this somewhat brief post, I will be citing from a diverse range of Christian writings, dating from as early the first century. Some of these works include snippets from the Apostolic fathers, e.g. the men who knew the Apostles and/or were commissioned by them, as well as
THE IMPERFECTLY PRESERVED QURAN Paid Members Public
In this post I provide evidence from the so-called authentic sunna and Islamic scholarship proving that the Quran has not been perfectly compiled or preserved. WHICH QURAN? According to the so-called authentic Islamic reports there wasn’t one standard way of reciting the Quran, but multiple ways, which