church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
Tertullian: Jesus as Uncreated Wisdom & Creatio Ex Nihilo Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from Tertullian’s response Against Hermogenes, who taught that matter was uncreated which, by extension, implies that evil always existed since certain Greek philosophers deemed matter to be evil by its very nature. Tertullian brilliantly refutes the erroneous assertion that matter is eternal
Gregory Nyssa, the Wonderworker & the Trinity Paid Members Public
The Cappadocian father Gregory of Nyssa wrote On the Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus (Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus) (bishop and missionary in Pontus, S00687), which is “a biographical panegyric praising the 3rd-century bishop and miracle worker [1, 2, 3].” Nyssa had “delivered [this] as a homily on the saint’s
Ishodad the Assyrian on the Day & Hour Paid Members Public
The following quotations are taken from The commentaries of Ishodad of Merv, bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English, translated by Mrs. Margaret Dunlop (Smith) Gibson, published by Cambridge, University press in 1911. This 9th century Syriac Christian bishop addresses our Lord’s statements in Matthew
Revisiting Justin Once Again! Paid Members Public
The distortion of Justin Martyr’s writings by anti-Trinitarians seems to be never-ending. Instead of allowing this blessed and holy martyr of Christ to articulate his Trinitarian beliefs in his own way, these individuals insist on reading their own views into his statements in order to make him
Justin: Worshiping the Uncreated, Timeless Son Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from The Fathers of the Church Patristic Series: Justin Martyr, The First Apology, The Second Apology, Dialogue with Trypho, Exhortation to the Greeks, Discourse to the Greeks, The Monarchy of the Rule of God, translated by Thomas B. Falls, and published by Catholic
Polycarp & Justin Martyr: Every Creature Shall Worship Jesus as God Paid Members Public
The Scriptures proclaim that God alone is to receive what the Greek calls latreuo, which is a type of worship given to true Deity: “Then Jesus said to him, ‘Go, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only (auto mono latreuseis).”’” Matthew
Justin: The Father’s Glory is the Son’s Glory Paid Members Public
In this post I will be referencing the works of the blessed saint Justin Martyr to prove that he explicitly taught that the Son possessed the identical ineffable glory of the Father since he is none other than the radiant light of God. This is seen from Justin’s claim
The Wonderworker on Christ’s Deity Paid Members Public
I will be citing from Life and Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Michael Slusser, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 1998. All emphasis will be mine. ADDRESS OF THANKSGIVING TO ORIGEN An address of St. Gregory the Wonderworker to Origen, which he spoke