church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
EARLY CHURCH ON SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Paid Members Public
The following is taken from EWTN’s article which can be accessed here: Sacrament of Penance in the Early Church. Author: Fr. William Most SACRAMENT OF PENANCE IN THE EARLY CHURCH 1. Epistle of Pope St. Clement, probably c 95 AD: 51.3: “For it is good for a person
EARLY CHURCH ON PUBLICLY CONFESSING SINS Paid Members Public
The following has been adapted from the Catholic Answer’s article, which can be accessed here: What the Early Church Believed: Confession. Over time, the forms in which the sacrament of confession has been administered have changed. In the early Church, publicly known sins (such as apostasy) were often confessed
LUTHER’S PRAISE OF MARY Paid Members Public
The following citation is taken from William Cole’s article, “Was Luther a Devotee of Mary?,” found in Marian Studies, Volume XXI, 1970, p. 131: In a Christmas sermon of 1531, Luther speaks of Mary as the “HIGHEST WOMAN AND THE NOBLEST GEM in Christianity after Christ.” He goes on
WHEN PROTESTANTS ARGUE LIKE ARIAN HERETICS PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue where I previously left off: WHEN PROTESTANTS ARGUE LIKE ARIAN HERETICS. THE DAY OF YHWH JESUS Another way that Paul did not to describe Jesus as an archangel, particularly Michael, but as YHWH Almighty Incarnate is by calling the time when Christ returns to resurrect the dead, judge
WHEN PROTESTANTS ARGUE LIKE ARIAN HERETICS Paid Members Public
Anti-Catholic/Orthodox Protestant polemicists will often employ arguments against specific, core Catholic and Orthodox beliefs, which are both inconsistent and dishonest. For instance, in their zeal to deny the blessed Mother’s perpetual virginity certain Protestant apologists will argue that the word adelphe always refers to either a flesh and
AUGUSTINE & JOHN DAMASCENE VS. CALVINISTS PT. 1 Paid Members Public
It is time again to show how the beliefs of some of the early church’s greatest scholars, theologians, apologists, philosophers, martyrs etc., directly conflict with Protestantism in general, and with Calvinism in particular. In this segment, I will show how the views of both Augustine and John the Damascene
EARLY CHURCH ON PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD Paid Members Public
It may come as a surprise for Protestants to learn that prayers and offerings for dead Christians were an early and widespread practice observed by the universal Church. What makes this rather intriguing is that the Christians did not invent this custom, but rather inherited it from the Jews that
CYRIL OF JERUSALEM VERSUS CALVINISTS Paid Members Public
I am beginning a new series where I will be quoting the very church fathers, writers, theologians and/or apologists that Calvinists will often reference in order to mislead folks into thinking that these early Christians held to beliefs similar to their own. I will prove that these Calvinists are