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LUTHER ON MARY’S SINLESSNESS Members Public

The following citation is from Luther’s On the Conception of the Mother of God, AD 1527: “The conception, namely the infusion of the soul, is believed to have taken place gently and blessedly, without original sin coming upon her; so that in the infusion of the soul she was

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LUTHER ON MARY BIRTHING JESUS Members Public

The following is excerpted from this post: Luther on Luke 2 – Saint John’s Lutheran Church. Then there are some who express opinions concerning how this birth took place, claiming Mary was delivered of her child while she was praying, in great joy, before she became aware of it, without

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LUTHER ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Members Public

It may surprise Christians to discover that Martin Luther candidly admitted that the Catholic Church traces itself back to the Apostles, that it genuinely has Apostolic Succession, despite having (in Luther’s erroneous view) corrupted itself throughout time. Here is Luther in his own words. All emphasis is mine: Today

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A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 5 Members Public

I come to the finale in this series: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 4. CONTRADICTIONS GALORE As I stated previously, Ibn Raja’s knowledge and mastery of the Islamic sources are simply amazing. This will be further confirmed here by his awareness of all the irreconcilable contradictions within the

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A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 4 Members Public

I share another installment in this series: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 3 . THE CORRUPT QURAN Ibn Raja shows extraordinary knowledge and mastery of what the Islamic sources claim in respect to the composition, variations and corruption of the Quran I excerpt pp. 153-173 of David Bertaina’s translation

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A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 3 Members Public

This is another installment from a series of posts from the Coptic convert Ibn Rajal: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 2. In this section I quote what this blessed monk wrote in respect to the manner in which Muhammad allegedly received inspiration. Ibn Rajal exposes Muhammad as a charlatan

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A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 2 Members Public

I continue the series that I began here: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 1. In this post I will be citing from David Bertaina’s work Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ The Fatimid Egyptian Convert Who Shaped Christian Views of Islam, pp. 139-147. Ibn Raja shows that Muhammad was murderous false

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A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 1 Members Public

Bulus Ibn Raja (nicknamed al-Wadih [“the Clarifier”]) was a Muslim convert to Christianity and became a Coptic monk. Ibn Raja, who born 950s and died after 1009 AD, wrote a scathing book exposing Muhammad and refuting Islam, titled Kitāb al-wāḍiḥ bi-l-ḥaqq (Arabic: كتاب الواضح بالحق), known in Latin as the

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