church-history
Historical studies on the development of Christian doctrine, early church writings, councils, and controversies.
Ignatius of Antioch’s Proclamation of the Essential Deity of Christ Paid Members Public
Ignatius was a disciple of the Apostles and the Bishop of the churches in Antioch, Syria, where believers were first called Christians (cf. Acts 11:26). On his way to being martyred at Rome, this beloved Bishop of the Lord Jesus wrote seven letters to various churches (c. 107-112
Did the Ante-Nicene Fathers Worship the Holy Spirit as God Almighty? Paid Members Public
Being A Response to the Misinformation of Muhammadan Polemicists It is becoming quite popular among Islamic dawagandists to claim that the Christians of the first four centuries did not worship the Holy Spirit as God, since this was something only agreed upon in the year 381 AD at the council
Tertullian and the Doctrine of the Trinity Paid Members Public
Refuting the Misrepresentation of this Church Writer’s Views As I noted in a previous post (/2018/11/02/were-the-early-church-fathers-trinitarians/), Muslims have started a recent trend where they now seek to prove that the ante-Nicene fathers, i.e., the Christian apologists and theologians that
Were the Early Church Fathers Trinitarians? Paid Members Public
It’s become a trend among certain Muslim polemicists to goldmine citations from notable Christian historians in order to mislead people into thinking that the early church fathers, particular the Ante-Nicene writers such as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian etc., were not Trinitarians and did not hold to the ontological
The Early Church’s Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible’s Use of Plural Pronouns for God Paid Members Public
There are four places in the inspired OT writings where the one true God employs plural pronouns to describe himself: “Then God said, ‘Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the
The World English Bible Paid Members Public
The World English Bible (WEB) is a translation which primarily uses the Majority Text (MT), otherwise known as the Byzantine text, in its translation of the New Testament (NT). As the name itself suggests, the MT is based on the majority of the extant Greek manuscripts of the individual books
An Articulation of Sola Scriptura Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Some Objections Considered I continue from where I previously left off: An Articulation of Sola Scriptura Pt. 1. We next address four main objections often leveled against the sole, sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures. It is claimed that if 2 Timothy 3:14-17 proves the doctrine of Sola Scriptura,
An Articulation of Sola Scriptura Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The Biblical Basis for the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures Sola Scriptura is the belief that the Holy Scriptures are the sole, sufficient, infallible rule of faith. The importance of affirming and defending this doctrine stems partly from the need to know God personally for salvation and to know his