church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
Edward F. Hills on 1 John 5:7 Paid Members Public
The late Edward F. Hills was a reputable conservative Evangelical Christian textual scholar who wrote a book defending the superiority of the King James Version. The following is an excerpt from that book where Hills makes a case for the authenticity of 1 John 5:7, commonly referred to as
Revisiting Shabir Ally’s Distortion of Justin Martyr Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue with my reply to Shabir Ally’s misleading claims about early church apologist and saint Justin Martyr’s views of the Godhead (/2020/07/23/revisiting-shabir-allys-distortion-of-justin-martyr-pt-1/). Since Shabir Ally employed Cyril C. Richardson’s Early Christian Fathers, I am going to do likewise use Richardson’s translation of
Revisiting Shabir Ally’s Distortion of Justin Martyr Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Shabir Ally has written a short article in an obvious attempt of trying undo the damage resulting from his lackluster performance and defeat at the hands orthodox Christian philosopher Jay Dyer in their debate (Dr Shabir Ally / Jay Dyer Debate: Is Jesus God Incarnate? Answers in Scripture, History & Logic
The Church Fathers on Jesus as the Almighty God Who is Overall Paid Members Public
In this short post, I will be quoting certain early church writers who applied Genesis 19:24, Romans 9:5, Revelation 1:8, and 22:13 to Jesus Christ. All bold and/or italicized emphasis will be mine. 23. The Title Word Is to Be Interpreted by the Same Method
Athanasius’ Biblical Canon Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Athanasius’ 39th festal letter written at 367 AD (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806039.htm). (For 367.) Of the particular books and their number, which are accepted by the Church. From the thirty-ninth Letter of Holy Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Paschal festival; wherein
The Signing of the Cross in Early Christianity Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to cite an early source attesting to the Christian practice of doing the sign of the cross with the hand. I will be quoting from a document called the Odes of Solomon. Scholars date this work as early to the beginning of the second
The Signing of the Cross in Early Christianity Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
In a previous post (/2020/05/26/the-signing-of-the-cross-in-early-christianity/) I showed that the signing of the cross was a very early Christian practice. I provide additional evidence from the early church fathers showing that the practice of making the sign of the cross with the hands was both early and quite
The Biblical Canon of the 5th-6th Centuries Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from William Webster’s article The Canon: Why the Roman Catholic Arguments for the Canon are Spurious (https://christiantruth.com/articles/articles-roman-catholicism/canon/). All bold and underline emphasis mine. Jerome’s views are as follows: These instances have been just touched upon by me (the