church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
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
SHEPHERD OF HERMAS: REFUTING THE HERETICS Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from the “Shepherd of Hermas”, an early Christian writing that was highly esteemed and quite popular among Christians of the first few centuries. It was such an influential document that there were many Church writers/fathers that even considered it to be canonical.
ARIUS: A UNITARIAN MUSLIM? Paid Members Public
Muslims scour early church history to find a particular group of Christians whose beliefs were similar enough to Islam, in order to prove the Quran’s assertion that Jesus’ followers were all Muslims (Cf. Q. 3:52; 5:111). Some of these Muhammadans think they have found such individuals, namely,
EBIONITES TO THE RESCUE? Paid Members Public
Muhammadans are notorious in appealing to heretical Christian groups, which began to flourish from the second century AD onwards, for the purpose of confirming the Quran’s assertion that Jesus’ original followers were all Muslims. Conveniently, these polemicists fail to note that these groups actually prove that Muhammad is a
MORE ANCIENT WITNESSES TO CHRIST’S DEITY Paid Members Public
In this short post I will share two 2nd-3rd century testimonies to the absolute, essential Deity of Christ and his personal distinction from God the Father. All emphasis shall be mine. Mathetes Epistle to Diognetus Chapter 7. The manifestation of Christ For, as I said, this was no mere earthly
Matthew 28:19: A Text Critical Investigation Paid Members Public
TThe post here is taken from the following article by Tim Hegg: Matthew 28:19. by Tim Hegg In some recent Christological discussions, the tripartite designation included in the standard texts of Matthew 28:19 has often been suspect. The problem is that it sounds far too trinitarian to have