church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
The Old Testament of the Early Church Paid Members Public
The following lengthy excerpt is taken from J. N. D. Kelly’s Early Christian Doctrines, published by Adam & Charles Black, London, Fourth Edition 1968, pp. 52-56. All bold emphasis will be mine. CHAPTER III THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 1. The Old Testament For the first hundred years, at least, of
JOSEPH SMITH THE FALSE PROPHET DEBATE Paid Members Public
The following is the material I prepared for my debate with a Mormon. All bold and capital emphasis will be mine. SMITH THE POLYTHEIST The Gods plan the creation of the earth and all life thereon—Their plans for the six days of creation are set forth. And then the
Veneration of Icons: An Unbiblical Tradition or Biblical Truth? Paid Members Public
God’s Word expressly condemns the practice of making idols or images of any creature for the express purpose of worshiping it as a god/goddess: “Now God spoke all these words, saying: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of
The Muhammadan Fraud That Was Ahmed Deedat: Which Bible? Paid Members Public
The late Ahmed Deedat is viewed by Muslims as one of the greatest debaters against Christianity and a supposed Muslim scholar of the Bible. One of his main objections against the authority and authenticity of the Holy Bible had to with varying canons found among Protestant and Roman Catholic editions
St. Paul in Islam Paid Members Public
The following is a response to Nisar Muhammad’s article regarding Paul which can be found here: http://www.answerchristianity.fsnet.co.uk/StPaul.htm. Nisar has falsely claimed that I have been unable to refute his arguments, and consistently boasts about defeating me. He even boasts about being my
PAUL IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES REVISITED Paid Members Public
Make sure to read the document citing some of Islam’s earliest and greatest scholars, all of whom acknowledge that Paul was a truly inspired apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ: The Apostle Paul In Early Islamic Exegesis (/2019/12/16/the-apostle-paul-in-early-islamic-exegesis/) In this post I am going to address
The Church Fathers on Jesus as the God-Man Paid Members Public
According to the God-breathed Scriptures our Lord had asked his Jewish interlocutors how could the Messiah be the Son of David when the latter worshiped him as his very own Lord by revelation from the Holy Spirit: “While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them, ‘What do you think of
The Non-Literal Interpretation of the Eucharist in Early Christian Thought Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from William Webster’s article, “Scripture and Tradition in the Early Church Tradition As Interpretation: The Formal Sufficiency of Scripture” (https://christiantruth.com/articles/articles-roman-catholicism/formalsufficiencyofscripturefinal/). He shows that not all of the early Christians believed that the bread and the wine literally transformed into