holy-spirit

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

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
trinityholy-spiritorthodoxy

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
trinitysaintscatholicism

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
trinitytheologychurch-history

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
trinitygodtheology

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
trinitychurch-historytheology

The Holy Spirit: Jesus’ Divine Mother? Members Public

In his commentary on Isaiah, St. Jerome quotes a Gospel attributed to certain Jewish sects that identified the Holy Spirit as a female and thought that the Spirit was Jesus’ mother. This Gospel also claims it was the Holy Spirit who spoke to Christ at the latter’s baptism, where

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
holy-spiritjesusbaptism

NICENE CREED 381 AD Members Public

The following is taken from this post: Nicene Creed Greek Text with English translation. All emphasis will be mine. The Greek and Latin texts of the “Nicene” creed are given below with an English translation. Elsewhere on the Early Church Texts website (click here) the Latin and Greek texts below

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
church-historytrinitytheology

CATECHISM, JESUS & THE ANGEL OF GOD Members Public

I post a section from the Catechism of the Catholicism concerning its teaching in respect to the revelation of Christ the Word and the Holy Spirit during the Old Testament period. All emphasis will be mine. Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH” CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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