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Defenses of the identity, deity, teachings, and works of Jesus using Scripture and historical evidence.
Irenaeus, Jesus’ Age & Apostolic Tradition Paid Members Public
I cite a section from St. Irenaeus’ Adversus haereses (“Against Heresies”), where he explicitly states that the elders/bishops personally received and were taught a tradition from the Apostles such as John that our Lord was older than thirty, and was in fact in his forties when his earthly ministry
Avodah Zerah and the Messiah Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing excerpts from a rabbinic writing named Avodah Zerah in respect to the Messiah. According to this source, the Messiah was to show up two thousand years from the giving of the Torah, which would coincide right around the time Jesus appeared. It states
Philo’s Logos Theology Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from Michael F. Bird’s Jesus Among the Gods: Early Christology in the Greco-Roman World, published by Baylor University Press, Waco, TX in 2022], pp. 133-137. This is from section II. Jesus and Intermediary Figures, 4. Jesus and the “In-Betweeners”: Comparing Early
Ps. 16:10: Messiah’s Incorruption Paid Members Public
According to the inspired words of the Apostle Peter as recorded in Acts 2:24-32, Psalm 16:8-11 is a prophecy uttered by David in respect to Christ’s physical, bodily resurrection. Here is the key verse in question, which Peter understood as God’s promise that he
YHWH MAKES THE MOST HIGH HIS REFUGE Paid Members Public
Psalm 91 is a citation applied by Satan to Jesus when he tempted our Lord in the desert: “Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself
Early Church on the Trinity Paid 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. 1273-1282. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers,
Eusebius, Jesus’ Prophecies, Josephus & the Canon Paid Members Public
In this post I will be taking excerpts from Eusebius’ Church History, Book III. In these extracts Eusebius mentions the ministry of the Apostles, their dispersion throughout the world, and some of the books attributed to them and others which were disputed by the early Church, such as 2 Peter.
Jesus’ “Brothers” & Mary’s Virginity Paid Members Public
In this post I will be extracting the statements made by José M. Pedrozo in his article The “Brothers of Jesus and his Mother’s Virginity”, published in The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, Volume 63, Number 1, January 1999, pp. 83-104. Pedroza demonstrates that the view held by