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Focused theological studies on the person and nature of Christ, emphasizing His divinity and messianic role.

Hermas’ Trinitarianism Members Public

In this post I revisit the theology of the book known as the Shepherd of Hermas in order to show that this is a very early Christian witness to the Church’s belief in the Trinity and the Son’s essential coequality with the Father. Many scholars date the writing

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Christ: God of God Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts and James

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Christ: Begotten Not Made Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts and James

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Uncreated Word Becomes A Son Members Public

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 262-265. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Christ as Begotten & Divine Hierarchy Members Public

The following is taken David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998. Bercot refutes those who cite early Christian writers to prove that Christ was a created being solely because these authorities often used the Greek terms for create and

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Early Church Christ’s 2nd Coming Members Public

Early Church & Christ’s 2 nd Coming The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 730-731. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Relatives of the Lord Members Public

In this post I will be citing extracts from Eusebius’ monumental work , written in the first quarter of the fourth century AD. I will be focusing primarily on what he says in respect to the relatives of our Lord, where the historian relies heavily on the five-volume work of a

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Son Becomes God’s Sin-Offering Members Public

In two passages, the Apostle Paul depicts Christ’s death in respect to the OT sacrificial system, employing a particular Greek term which the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Bible applies for the offerings made for sins. The texts in question are: “That which the Law, weakened by the flesh,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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