church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
Rev. Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap The investigation to be undertaken in this paper is purposely restricted to those ancient Christian writers who, at least implicitly, interpreted the First-gospel (Gen. 3, 15) of Our Blessed Lady. Was there a tradition among these early writers to the effect that, in the
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
Rev. Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap The investigation to be undertaken in this paper is purposely restricted to those ancient Christian writers who, at least implicitly, interpreted the First-gospel (Gen. 3, 15) of Our Blessed Lady. Was there a tradition among these early writers to the effect that, in the
PAPAL INTERPRETATION OF GENESIS 3:15 Paid Members Public
Ineffabilis Deus defines the Immaculate Conception and relied heavily on Genesis 3. The Pope gives his definition on Genesis 3:15 in the following words: These ecclesiastical writers in quoting the words by which at the beginning of the world God announced his merciful remedies prepared for the regeneration of
ST. AMBROSE ON THE TIMELESS BEGETTING OF THE SON Paid Members Public
I share this nugget from the church father St. Ambrose who expose the futility of thinking that the Father precedes the Son in time: 59. “I do not say,” answerest thou, “that the Son existed not before time; but when I call Him “Son,” I declare that His Father existed
DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT IT ALONE IS GOD-BREATHED? Paid Members Public
Protestant apologists such as James R. White will often appeal to the following biblical passage to prove that the Holy Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith since they alone are theopneustos (“God-breathed”): “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from
BIBLE COMPARISON LISTS PT. 3 Paid Members Public
In this segment I will be listing the relevant verses related to Christ’s Deity from three specific English versions that are based primarily on what is typically referred to as the Majority or Byzantine text, which form the majority of the Greek witnesses of the NT books. The Textus
DID THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH REMOVE THE “SECOND COMMANDMENT”? Paid Members Public
The Roman Catholic Church has been falsely accused of removing the “second commandment,” which prohibits the fashioning of images or idols of creatures wrongly viewed and worshiped as divine beings. It is stated that the Catholic Church removed this command in order to hide the fact that it is steeped
Tertullian of Carthage on Infant Baptism Paid Members Public
William Albrecht & Sam Shamoun Opponents/rejecters of the early widespread acceptance of infant Baptist in the early church often (mis)cite late second-third century Christian apologist Tertullian in their favor. In this short post, we will quote the relevant section of Tertullian’s writing on this issue to show