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Biblical studies on the nature, attributes, and identity of God, with emphasis on monotheism and divine revelation.
New English Bible & Christ’s Deity Paid Members Public
The verses cited here in respect to the Deity of Christ are taken from the New English Bible (NEB). “but I will pour a spirit of pity and compassion into the line of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Then They shall look on me, on him whom they have
St. Augustine on 1 Cor. 15:28 & Jesus’ Subjection to God Paid Members Public
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 8.— The Texts of Scripture Explained Respecting the Subjection of the Son to the Father, Which Have Been Misunderstood. Christ Will Not So Give Up the Kingdom to the Father, as
Enoch & Intercession of Saints Paid Members Public
Enoch contains a fascinating depiction of the souls of human who were slaughtered, by the instigation of the rebellious angels that taught mankind to make weapons to kill, crying out to the angels of heaven to bring their petitions to God that he might avenge them: [Chapter 8] 1 And
Augustine, Hypostatic Union & Christ as Lesser than Himself Paid Members Public
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. Augustine will cite texts such as 1 John 5:20, where Jesus is called the true God and eternal life, to prove that Christ is one divine Person who operates in/by/through two natures since he
Paul, Augustine & Jesus’ Knowledge of the Day & Hour Paid Members Public
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. The beloved saint will show that the words of our Lord Jesus in Mark 13:32 do not imply that the Son was ignorant of the Day or Hour, but that he chose to veil that knowledge
St. Augustine on the Divine Monarchy & Blessed Trinity Paid Members Public
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. The blessed saint will cite texts such as 1 Timothy 6:13-16 and apply that to the Trinity. In so doing, he identifies the only God of the passage as the Trinity. Augustine also applies 1 John
St. Cyril on John 14:28 Paid Members Public
I post here the commentary of the blessed St. Cyril of Alexandria on John 14:28 where he plainly states that the Father was greater than the Son only because of the Son’s Incarnation and descent to the earth to humble himself by becoming a slave. The saint refutes
Jesus’ God: A Look into the Early Church Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote from a few fathers and saints of the Church whom all believed that the reason the Son honored the Father as his God is because of the Incarnation, as a result of the eternal Word becoming flesh and taking on a human nature. All