church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
Patriarch Timothy I on Muhammad Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from The apology of Timothy the Patriarch before the Caliph Mahdi, translated by Alphonse Mingana, published by Manchester University Press, England, 1928, pp. 196-198. Timothy I (AD 780-823) was the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East who made an apology for the Christian
Nyssa on the Angel of God Paid Members Public
I quote what the great St. Gregory of Nyssa wrote in respect to the divine Angel that appeared to Moses being the prehuman Son of God in his work titled Against Eunomius, Book XI. Gregory refutes the assertion that God spoke through a created angel whim he used as his
Chrysostom, Samaritans and God Paid Members Public
I quote from St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homily 33 John 4:23-27., where he affirmed that the Samaritans were indeed worshiping God, albeit in an imperfect manner. All emphasis will be mine. John 4:21-22 Jesus says unto her, Woman, believe Me, the hour
Gregory of Nyssa, the Jews and God Paid Members Public
Here’s what this great saint of the Church wrote about the Jews worshiping the one true God: But with regard to service and worship, and the other things which they so nicely calculate about, and bring into prominence, we say this; that the Holy Spirit is exalted above all
Chrysostom and the Angel of the Lord Paid Members Public
Here is what this great saint had to say in his exegesis of Acts 7:30, in respect to the Angel that appeared to Moses: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of
EO Saint Calls Krishna, Buddha & Abu Bakr Holy Men! Paid Members Public
In his writing titled The Agony of the Church, the EO Saint Rev. Nicholai Velimirovic, D.D, called the first Muslim caliph Abu Bakr, the Hindu god Khrisna, Buddha, Confucius, Zoroaster, and Lao Tze saints or holy men! He even included some pagan figures/gods in his list! First of
Palamas and Islam Revisited Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from Gregory Palamas: The Hesychast Controversy and the Debate with Islam, Translated Texts for Byzantinists, Volume 8, translated with an introduction and notes by Norman Russell, published by Liverpool University Press, 2020. Palamis assumes that both Christians and the Turkish Muslims have the
St. Jerome on Illustrious Men Paid Members Public
I quote a part of St. Jerome’s De Viris Illustribus (Illustrious Men), in which he writes in respect to some of the most influential Christians that ever lived, starting with specific Apostles of our Lord. The details he gives about their lives, works and even deaths are truly remarkable