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Studies defending the deity, personhood, and work of the Holy Spirit using Scripture and exegesis.
TATIAN ON THE HOLY TRINITY Paid 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
William Craig & the Deity of Christ Paid 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
Craig & the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Paid 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.
Gregory Palamas: One God Is the Trinity Paid 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
St. Patrick on God as Trinity Paid 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
Origen’s Trinitarianism Summarized Paid 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
Gregory Nazianzen: God is the Trinity Paid 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
TRINITY IN IRENAEUS & TERTULLIAN Paid 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