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Justin Martyr, Messianic Prophecies & Acts of Pilate Paid Members Public
The excerpts cited here are taken from St. Justin Martyr’s First Apology. Justin appeals to Old Testament prophecies and to written records by Pilate, which were still in existence, to convince the Roman authorities of the divine origin and historicity of the Christian faith. Justin’s knowledge of Messianic
St. John & Polycarp vs. Cerinthus & Marcion the firstborn of Satan Paid Members Public
St. Irenaeus mentions what the Apostle John exclaimed when he ran into the gnostic heretic Cerinthus. He also recalls what his Bishop St. Polycarp, the beloved and holy martyr and disciple of the holy Apostles, said to the heretic Marcion when he saw him in person. All emphasis will be
Late 2nd Century Testimony to Christ’s Deity Paid Members Public
The Christian additions to the Siblyline Oracles are dated from the late 2nd century AD, and serve as further witness to the widespread belief in the Deity of Christ. All emphasis will be mine. Sibylline Oracles (Orac.+Sibyl.) Book VIII. § 8.320 And brimstone flow. But for all mortals thenShall
Mormon Prophet Says the Christian God is the Devil! Paid Members Public
The quotation from the Mormon false prophet Brigham Young is taken from:Testimony of the Spirit—Revelation Given According to Requirements- Spiritual Warfare and Conquest, Etc. The subheading reads: Observations by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Bowery, Wednesday Afternoon, October 7, 1857. Young was speaking of the persecution which
Oldest Extant Invocation to Mary Paid Members Public
The information posted here is uploaded from the following article: The original papyrus fragment. In 1917, a stunning treasure came to the John Rylands Library in Manchester, England. It was a piece of papyrus, Egyptian in origin. On this fragment, in Greek, is inscribed a hymn to Mary, called in
Jesus: The Uncreated God Paid Members Public
The lengthy excerpt which I present here is taken from Michael F. Bird’s Jesus Among the Gods: Early Christology in the Greco-Roman World, published by Baylor University Press, Waco, TX in 2022], I. Jesus and Ancient Divinity, 2. The Search for Divine Ontology, pp. 59-70. All emphasis will be
Athanasius Confirms Ignatius’ Christology Paid Members Public
St. Athanasius, the great Trinitarian defender and saint of the Church, in refuting the Arian heretics mentions another great saint who became a holy martyr of Christ, St. Ignatius. Athanasius confirms that Ignatius did indeed write at least one letter, that of the Ephesians, where this eyewitness of the holy
Dan: The Tribe of Antichrist Paid Members Public
There were some early Christian writers and saints who actually believed that the Antichrist was a Danite, meaning that he would arise from the tribe of Dan. Some even thought that there would be third temple built, in which the Antichrist would enter and take his seat as God. In