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Is there Archeological Support for the Reliability of the Gospels? Paid Members Public
Gregory Boyd January 8, 2008 One of the many tests historians typically submit documents to in accessing their historical reliability concerns the extent to which archeology supports or undermines the historic claims the document makes. So we need to investigate the extent to which archeology confirms, or refutes, aspects of
How Reliable were the Early Church’s Oral Traditions? Paid Members Public
Gregory Boyd November 3, 2021 How reliable were the early church’s oral traditions? In terms of assessing the reliability of the Gospels, this is an extremely important question. First century Jewish culture was what scholars today would call an “orally dominated culture.” While a certain percentage of people could
JUSTIN MARTYR ON THE JEWISH CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIPTURES Paid Members Public
2nd century Church apologist and holy martyr Justin Martyr states that the Jews of his day not only rejected the Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Septuagint [LXX]), but that they also removed clear prophecies of Jesus’ Deity, crucifixion and resurrection from their own copies of the
Al Wala’ wa’l Bara’: Islam’s Doctrine of Hate Paid Members Public
Can Muslims take Jews and Christians as their friends? Do the so-called authentic texts of Islam permit Muhammad’s followers to befriend and love individuals from another religion? Or are Muslims expressly forbidden by their god from taking non-believers as friends, comrades, protectors etc.? Love and Hate for Allah’s
The Council of Antioch on Christ’s Divinity Paid Members Public
In the year 268 AD, a provincial council was convened at Antioch, Syria where the Apostles of the risen Lord often frequented and where believers were first called Christians: “Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And
63 Church Father Quotes on the Angel of the Lord Paid Members Public
This is a repost of the following article: https://refutinghereticsblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/fathers-and-the-angel/ By: The Trinitarian Ode CHURCH FATHER QUOTES ON THE MESSENGER/ANGEL OF YAHWEH Justin Martyr (110-165 A.D.) Justin Martyr’s Dialogue w/ Trypho Ch. 34 “..although the words of the Psalm expressly proclaim
AUGUSTINE ON JESUS BEING THE ANGEL OF YHVH Paid Members Public
Here is a quote from Augustine’s Tractates on John where he clearly affirmed that Jesus is the Angel of God who appeared throughout the Hebrew Bible as both God and God’s Angel/Messenger: 7. Lastly, what did those men who saw this miracle think? The men, says he,
EARLY CHURCH ON JEWISH CHRISTIANS AND LAW OBSERVANCE Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite from some of the church fathers and apologists of the first four hundred years in relation to their view of Torah keeping, especially in regards to Jewish Christians who continued to observe the Mosaic Law. All emphasis mine. IGNATIUS Chapter 8. Caution against false