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DID ANY CHURCH FATHERS TEACH SOLA FIDE 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ISAIAH 9:1-7: THE GOD-CHILD IS BORN! 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

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ISAIAH 7:1-16: IMMANUEL HAS COME! 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

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Sam Shamoun
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AL-QURTUBI’S EXPOSITION ON SELECT PASSAGES Members Public

In this post I will be citing from renowned medieval Muslim scholar and Quranic expositor Al-Qurtubi’s commentary on specific texts which directly relate to Christian-Muslim polemics and debate. All bold and/or capital emphasis will be mine. Al-Qurtubi on Mary’s Status Maryam, Allah has chosen

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He’s an Only Child Members Public

A bogus Greek argument against Mary’s perpetual virginity is making the rounds. By Ronald K. Tacelli, S.J. Recently, in some Internet discussion groups, a few Protestant apologists have been expending quite a bit of energy trying to refute the Catholic doctrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s perpetual

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Sam Shamoun
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DID THE CHURCH FATHERS REALLY TEACH SOLA FIDE? Members Public

Compliments of our brother William Albrecht. Clement of Rome Let us clothe ourselves with concord and humility, ever exercising self-control, standing far off from all whispering and evil-speaking, being justified by our works, and not our words. (90-100AD) Ignatius of Antioch Let your baptism be ever your

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Sam Shamoun
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THE MUSLIM CHALLENGE REFUTED: WHERE DID JESUS SAY HE IS GOD? Members Public

In this post I am going to help Christians address and refute the challenge of Muslims to show a single verse in the Holy Bible where Jesus explicitly stated that he was God or demanded to be worshiped in those exact words. EQUAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To begin with, Muslims

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Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS VS. DUSTIN SMITH DEBATE REVIEW Members Public

In this post I share some of the points which I employed in my debate review of unitarian heretic Dustin Smith and Trinitarian apologist Kelly Powers.   A PLURAL GOD The Hebrew Bible employs plural verbs, adjectives, participles etc., with plural nouns for the one true God, just as the following

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Sam Shamoun
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