church-history

Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.

Early Church on Baptismal Regeneration Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 118-129. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Early Church, Monarchy & Hierarchy Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 255-262. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Early Church, Filioque & Origen Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 561-562. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Christ as Begotten & Divine Hierarchy Members Public

The following is taken David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998. Bercot refutes those who cite early Christian writers to prove that Christ was a created being solely because these authorities often used the Greek terms for create and

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Early Church Christ’s 2nd Coming Members Public

Early Church & Christ’s 2 nd Coming The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 730-731. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Eusebius, Jesus’ Prophecies, Josephus & the Canon Members Public

In this post I will be taking excerpts from Eusebius’ Church History, Book III. In these extracts Eusebius mentions the ministry of the Apostles, their dispersion throughout the world, and some of the books attributed to them and others which were disputed by the early Church, such as 2 Peter.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Relatives of the Lord Members Public

In this post I will be citing extracts from Eusebius’ monumental work , written in the first quarter of the fourth century AD. I will be focusing primarily on what he says in respect to the relatives of our Lord, where the historian relies heavily on the five-volume work of a

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Epiphanius, Trinity & Mary’s Virginity Members Public

The extracts in this post are taken from the English rendering of The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide (Second, revised Edition), translated by Frank Williams [Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013], Volume 39, from the section titled “Against Antidicomarians 1 58, but 78 of the series”, pp.

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Sam Shamoun
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