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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
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
EARLY CHURCH’S VIEW OF THE SABBATH DAY Paid Members Public
The current post has been adapted and modified from the following article: What the Early Church Believed: Sabbath or Sunday?. All emphasis shall be mine. The following quotations show that the first Christians understood that Sunday became the Lord’s Day as a result of Christ’s resurrection, and therefore
TWO CREATION ACCOUNTS IN GENESIS 1 & 2? Paid Members Public
The following is taken from the late biblical scholar and linguist Dr. Gleason L. Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, published by Zondervan Publications, Grand Rapids, MI 1982, pp. 57-59. Do the names for God in Genesis 1 and 2 show a difference in the authorship of the two chapters?
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 3 Paid Members Public
We now come to the final section of this lengthy paper: PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 2. St. Prudentius (d. after 405) Our next witness is from Spain. In a section of his poem Cathemerinon, St. Prudentius tells the story of Gen. 3. In regard to verses 14-
DAVID’S MULTI-PERSONAL LORD PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I proceed from where I left off: DAVID’S MULTI-PERSONAL LORD PT. 1. THE PRE-CREATIONAL BEGETTING OF DAVID’S LORD Another interesting point about Psalm 110 is the fact that mention is made of the begetting of David’s Lord, a begetting which occurred before creation: “The Lord