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Studies defending the deity, personhood, and work of the Holy Spirit using Scripture and exegesis.

Zohar: The Holy Spirit of Messiah Members Public

The Jewish book of mysticism called the Zohar interprets Gen. 1:26 as the words that the Shekinah spoke to God himself: וְלָא עוֹד אֶלָּא דְּעַזָּא וַעֲזָאֵל הֲווּ מְקַטְרְגֵי עֲלֵיהּ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Early Church, John 16:13, Perichoresis & the Filioque Members Public

The Catholic Church teaches that Christians have always believed and affirmed the Filioque, e.g., the Father spiritually breathes/spirates the Holy Spirit through the Son timelessly, eternally. This in turn makes the Holy Spirit the Spirit of both the Father and the Son, which is precisely what the inspired

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Enoch & the Deity of Christ Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from that section of the Book of Enoch called the Watchers. I will be using the following translation: The Book of the Watchers. All emphasis will be mine. My aim in doing so is to show that what Enoch says about God is

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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More on Augustine & the Filioque Members Public

In this post I will quoting from St. Augustine’s On the Holy Trinity, Book 15. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 25.— The Question Why the Holy Spirit is Not Begotten, and How He Proceeds from the Father AND the Son, Will Only Be Understood When We are in

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Christology of Pseudo-Clement Members Public

In this post I will be referencing two pseudonymous works attributed to St. Clement of Rome. Despite the fact that scholars question the authenticity of these writings, they still serve as an early witness, in fact a 2nd–4th century testimony, to the beliefs of the Christians which composed them.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Eusebius on Nicaea Members Public

The letter was written by Eusebius of Caesarea to his congregation, explaining why he and the others fully embraced and consented to the initial creedal formulation of Nicaea. In so doing, Eusebius is shown to be a Trinitarian who did not teach that the Son and the Spirit are creatures

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Eusebius, The Divine Holy Spirit & Filioque Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from Against Marcellus and On Ecclesiastical Theology (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Kelley McCarthy Spoerl & Markus Vinzent, and published by The Catholic University of America Press in 2017. Eusebius is refuting a heretic named Marcellus who denied that the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Eusebius: The Ever-Living Divine Holy Spirit Members Public

The following section is taken by The Son is Truly Son: The Trinitarian and Christological Theology of Eusebius of Caesarea (Studia Traditionis Theologiae: Explorations in Early and Medieval Theology, 46), written by Adam R. Renberg, and published by Brepols Publishers Publication in 2021, pp. 60-68. All emphasis will be mine.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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