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

TATIAN ON THE HOLY TRINITY Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the works of Tatian who was a second century AD Assyrian Christian apologist and a disciple of St. Justin Martyr. Tatian taught that God is an immaterial Spirit, and that Christ is the Logos (Word) who always subsisted within God and then

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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William Craig & the Deity of Christ Members Public

The following excerpts are taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024. All emphasis is

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Craig & the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Dr. William Lane Craig’s essay, “Tri-Personal Monotheism”, in One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity, edited by Chad A. McIntosh, and published by Cascade Books, Eugene, OR 2024, pp. 32-37.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Gregory Palamas: One God Is the Trinity Members Public

In this post I will be quoting specific excerpts from St. Gregory Palamas’ work on the Filioque to show that this theologian taught and affirmed that the monarchial Trinity is the one true God. All emphasis will be mine. But, O God of all, Thou who alone art the Bestower

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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St. Patrick on God as Trinity Members Public

I cite what St. Patrick stated in respect to God being the Trinity. All emphasis is mine. 4 This is because there is no other God, nor will there ever be, nor was there ever, except God the Father. He is the one who was not begotten, the one without

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Origen’s Trinitarianism Summarized Members Public

I will be quoting from Origen’s De Principiis, BOOK IV, where he states his Trinitarian views quite explicitly. Origen taught that the Trinity exists above, beyond and before all time, ages and eternity, and that only the nature of the Trinity is uncreated. All emphasis will be mine. Summary

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Gregory Nazianzen: God is the Trinity Members Public

The following excerpts are from St. Gregory Nazianzen’s Orations, specifically Oration 38. The readers will see how this holy servant of Christ emphatically states that by the term God he means the Trinity. All emphasis is mine. VIII. And when Infinity is considered from two points of view, beginning

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TRINITY IN IRENAEUS & TERTULLIAN Members Public

In this post I sum up some of the clearest testimonies to the Trinitarian beliefs of Irenaeus and Tertullian. All emphasis will be mine. IRENAEUS 9… But there is one only God, the Creator— He who is above every Principality, and Power, and Dominion, and Virtue: He is Father, He

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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