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A collection of 7 issues

Origen, Matthew & the Resurrection of Saints

In Matthew’s Gospel, the Evangelist mentions that when Jesus died, the dead bodies of the saint lain prone in the open and then came to live when Christ rose on the third day. These saints that showed themselves in the holy city: “And when Jesus had cried out again

Heõs Hou and the Protestant Polemic

©2003 John Pacheco, The Catholic Legate. All Rights Reserved. by John Pacheco Foreword I am honoured that John Pacheco has asked me to contribute a foreword to his significant new study on the meaning of the Greek phrase heõs hou in Matt 1:25 as it relates to perpetual virginity

Call No Man Father?

Oftentimes, anti-Catholic/Orthodox Protestants will quote the following words of our Lord to condemn the practice of calling the Pope, Bishops, Priests etc. “father”: “And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.” Matthew 23:9 In this post I

Chrysostom & Petrine Primacy

I share some of the many statements from St. John Chrysostom, one of the greatest saints biblical exegetes of the Church, affirming the primacy of Peter. These citations attest that Chrysostom held to Peter being the Rock and Leaders of the universal Church, having been given a preeminence over the

Peter’s Primacy in the Early Church

In this article I will reference statements from some of the greatest theologians, apologists, scholars, bishops and/or sons to show that the unanimous belief of the universal Church was that Peter was the chief and head of all the holy and blessed Apostles. All emphasis will be mine. Epistle

Machen on the Virgin Birth

The following has been uploaded from this site: Dr. J. Gresham Machen – The Virgin Birth. THE BIBLE TO-DAY, 19.3 (December, 1924): 75-79. The Virgin Birth By J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Assistant Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis in Princeton Theological Seminary Part 1 of an address delivered

JOSEPH THE FATHER OF MARY?

The English translations of the Greek version of Matthew 1:16 refer to Joseph as the son of Jacob and the husband of Mary: “And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband (andra) of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.” Matthew 1:16 Legacy Standard