church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
POPE GELASIUS AND THE ASSUMPTION Paid Members Public
By William Albrecht Question: Did Pope St. Gelasius DENY the Bodily Assumption of Mary? Answer: NO! Like St. Epiphanius, and Saint Damascene and others, he CONDEMNED THE HERETICAL TRANSITUS literature. How do we know he AFFIRMED the Assumption? Because in his AUTHENTIC GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, he has the sermon for the
MARY AND JOSEPH “COME TOGETHER” Paid Members Public
COMPILED BY WILLIAM ALBRECHT I simply opened up the largest relevant Greek data base in the world or TLG (Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) to see if there was any meat on the bones of these claims. To make it simple, the best dictionary or lexicon to consult on matters like the
PROTESTANT SCHOLAR ON MARY’S VIRGINITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be referencing the late Protestant scholar J. B. Lightfoot’s monumental work on the early church’s view of the blessed Mother’s virginity. All bold and capital emphasis will be mine. Lightfoot did a careful, painstaking analysis of the early Christians writings, examining the
REFORMERS ON MK. 16:9-20, JN. 7:53-8:11, ACTS 8:37 & 1 JN. 5:7 Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from specific reformed sources for the express purpose of showing how these reformed authorities accepted the textual veracity of passages found in the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which is the collated Greek text employed by the King James Version translators in producing their
MUHAMMAD: ARIUS’ DISCIPLE Paid Members Public
Specific ahadith testify that Muhammad (allegedly) thought of himself as a defender and promulgater of Arianism, meaning the views held by the 4th century AD heretic Arius who taught that Christ as the Logos was the first creature of God, through whom he created the ages and everything else. This
NOTES FOR THE ANTHONY ROGERS’ REBUTTAL Paid Members Public
DID MARY HAVE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN? In their zeal against and hatred of Mary’s perpetual virginity, rabid anti-Catholic calvinists such as Anthony Rogers will cite Psalm 69:8 to prove that the blessed Mother of our Lord (Cf. Luke 1:43) had biological children after giving birth to Christ. This
FRANCIS TURRETIN ON THE PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY Paid Members Public
This post is courtesy of Perry Robinson of energetic procession: https://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sometimes-you-feel-like-a-nut-francis-turretin-on-the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary/. The perpetual virginity of Mary often comes up in Protestant and Catholic arguments. When I was Reformed, I didn’t think much of it. I didn’t think it ought to be
MURATORIAN CANON Paid Members Public
The Muratorian Canon refers to a fragment that mentions a list of the books that the 2nd century churches deemed to be authoritative and canonical. Since it is dated at approximately at 170 AD it becomes a very important witness to the canon accepted by the church at large. All