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A Protestant Defends the “Apocrypha” Paid Members Public
I quote from Protestant authority William Heaford Daubney’s The Use of the Apocrypha In the Christian Church, published by C. J. Clay & Sons, Cambridge University Press, 1900, pp. 106-110. Daubney refutes some of the alleged contradictions which leveled by Protestants against the canonicity of the “Apocrypha,” such as
Chrysostom, God & the Jews Paid Members Public
I quote here the entirety St. John Chrysostom’s, Against the Jews. Homily 1, which is a homily written to Christians who were still fascinated by the Jews and their religious practices, thinking that these rites were still somehow pleasing to God. In this highly emotionally charged letter, Chrysostom severely
Augustine, Jews, Philosophers & God Paid Members Public
Here is what the great saint wrote in respect to whether the Jews worshiped God or not, and also in regards to the Greek philosophers like Plato agreeing with Christianity if they were alive to have seen it spread: iv, 6. Those who think it a vain or even a
Athanasius & the Arian Creeds Paid Members Public
This lengthy extract is from Athanasius’ De Synodis. It chronicles the beliefs of Arius and those who believed like him, and further details some of the many councils and creeds which followed after Nicaea in order to either overturn it or revise it. What makes these creedal formulations rather peculiar,
EO, ISLAM, & ECUMENISM Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Angeliki Ziaka’s article “103. Orthodoxy and Islam – major Concerns for Orthodox Engagement,” pp. 676-686, in the Orthodox Handbook on Ecumenism: Resources for Theological Education, published by Regnum Studies in Global Christianity, 2013, being an imprint of Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. This handbook was
Justin Martyr, Greek Philosophers & Christ Paid Members Public
St. Justin Martyr believed and taught that prehuman Logos or Word of God had made himself know even to the Greek philosophers, which is why they were aware and spoke of the Logos. He believed that Christ, who is the uncreated Logos, did this in order to prepare them for
CALVIN’S SCHIZOPHRENIC, DUPLICITOUS GOD Paid Members Public
John Calvin saw a tension between his belief in God having freely, sovereignly decreed to save only the elect whom he would effectual bring to saving faith in Christ with those statements in Scripture that affirm God desiring, wanting, willing and calling all mankind to salvation in Christ. In order
Russian Patriarch Kirill on Islam, Judaism & Buddhsim Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims’ Board: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said in response: “Your words have come from the heart, and I could feel that. And as for interfaith relations of our Church, one