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Studies defending the deity, personhood, and work of the Holy Spirit using Scripture and exegesis.
Enoch & the Deity of Christ Paid 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
More on Augustine & the Filioque Paid 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
The Christology of Pseudo-Clement Paid 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.
Eusebius on Nicaea Paid 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
Eusebius, The Divine Holy Spirit & Filioque Paid 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
Eusebius: The Ever-Living Divine Holy Spirit Paid 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.
Origen on the Father as the Source of the Son’s Goodness Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from Origen’s De Principiis to show how this brilliant theologian interpreted the words of our Lord to the rich young ruler that God alone is good (cf. Mark 10:17-18; Matthew 19:16-17; Luke 18:18-19). Origen explained this in respect to
Eusebius of Emesa on the Trinity Paid Members Public
The quotations found in this post are taken from Robert E. Winn’s Eusebius of Emesa: Church and Theology in the Mid-Fourth Century, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 2011. Eusebius was the bishop of Emesa and a student of Eusebius of Caesarea. This is significant since