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The Church Fathers and Sola Fide Paid Members Public
I have uploaded this from the following link: https://www.catholicfidelity.com/the-church-fathers-and-sola-fide/. James White gave me the following challenge (on Julie Staples Message Board — November 2002): JW> I have missed where you provide an in-depth response to Ambrosiaster’s teaching of sola fide, or to the repeated references
Topical Reference to the Beliefs of the Church Fathers by Dave Armstrong Part 6 Paid Members Public
I am uploaded this from the following link: https://www.catholicfidelity.com/topical-reference-to-the-beliefs-of-the-church-fathers-by-dave-armstrong-part-6/. Infused Righteousness “This truth, therefore, [he declares], in order that we may not reject the engrafting of the Spirit while pampering the flesh. ‘But thou, being a wild olive-tree,’ he says, ‘hast been grafted into the good
Topical Reference to the Beliefs of the Church Fathers by Dave Armstrong Part 5 Paid Members Public
I uploaded this from the following link: https://www.catholicfidelity.com/topical-reference-to-the-beliefs-of-the-church-fathers-by-dave-armstrong-part-5/. The Indefectibility of the Catholic Church “But [it has, on the other hand, been shown], that the preaching of the Church is everywhere consistent, and continues in an even course, and receives testimony from the prophets, the apostles,
Early Church Fathers on Faith and Works Paid Members Public
I uploaded this from the following link: https://practicalapologetics.blogspot.com/2013/07/early-church-fathers-on-faith-and-works.html. The Early Church Fathers on various topics: This was a 3700 hour project which included going through 22896 pages of the 38 volume set called Ante Nicene, Nicene, Post Nicene Fathers. I compiled 255 pages
Church Fathers vs. the “Reformation Pillar” of “Faith Alone” Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Dave Armstrong’s post: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2018/01/church-fathers-vs-reformation-pillar-faith-alone-sola-fide.html. Protestant Definitions of Justification by Faith Alone Justification, as thus defined, is therefore a declarative act, as distinguished from an efficient act; an act of God external to the sinner, as
DID ANY CHURCH FATHERS TEACH SOLA FIDE Paid Members Public
I uploaded this from the following link: https://www.catholicfidelity.com/church-fathers-on-sola-fide-by-matt1618-part-1/. DID ANY CHURCH FATHERS TEACH SOLA FIDE? RESPONSE TO A CHALLENGE By: Matt1618 I stated in an email to a Protestant that nobody believed in Sola Fide, or Salvation by Faith Alone for 15 centuries. He responded by
ISAIAH 9:1-7: THE GOD-CHILD IS BORN! Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 831-843. All emphasis will be mine. Isaiah 9:1-7 The Deity of Messiah EDWARD E.
ISAIAH 7:1-16: IMMANUEL HAS COME! Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 815-830. All emphasis will be mine. Isaiah 7:1-16 The Virgin Birth in Prophecy 1