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PROTESTANT SCHOLAR ON MARY’S VIRGINITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be referencing the late Protestant scholar J. B. Lightfoot’s monumental work on the early church’s view of the blessed Mother’s virginity. All bold and capital emphasis will be mine. Lightfoot did a careful, painstaking analysis of the early Christians writings, examining the
THE VIRGIN’S WOMB: GOD’S MOST HOLY PLACE Paid Members Public
In this article I will present more evidence in support of Mary’s perpetual virginity by showing how the Lord God made her womb the holy of holies for Christ to dwell in all his fullness. THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES The God-breathed Scriptures affirm that the
NOTES FOR THE ANTHONY ROGERS’ REBUTTAL Paid Members Public
DID MARY HAVE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN? In their zeal against and hatred of Mary’s perpetual virginity, rabid anti-Catholic calvinists such as Anthony Rogers will cite Psalm 69:8 to prove that the blessed Mother of our Lord (Cf. Luke 1:43) had biological children after giving birth to Christ. This
FRANCIS TURRETIN ON THE PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY Paid Members Public
This post is courtesy of Perry Robinson of energetic procession: https://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sometimes-you-feel-like-a-nut-francis-turretin-on-the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary/. The perpetual virginity of Mary often comes up in Protestant and Catholic arguments. When I was Reformed, I didn’t think much of it. I didn’t think it ought to be
ARIUS: A UNITARIAN MUSLIM? Paid Members Public
Muslims scour early church history to find a particular group of Christians whose beliefs were similar enough to Islam, in order to prove the Quran’s assertion that Jesus’ followers were all Muslims (Cf. Q. 3:52; 5:111). Some of these Muhammadans think they have found such individuals, namely,
EARLY CHURCH FATHERS ON THE SON’S IGNORANCE OF THE HOUR Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
ST. GREGORY NAZIANZEN Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen. Oration 30 Fourth Theological Oration The Fourth Theological Oration, Which is the Second Concerning the Son. Oration XXX. The Fourth Theological Oration, Which is the Second Concerning the Son. I. Since I have by the power of the Spirit sufficiently overthrown
“Nor the Son [knows the last day], but the Father only” Paid Members Public
Mark 13:32/Matthew 24:36 : Dr. White’s Exegetical Defense of Arianism, And the Textual Basis for Chalcedonian Christianity Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes Upon receiving a communication and clip of Dr. James White (Alpha & Omega Ministries) from Mr. William Albrëcht, I was surprised to learn that the Assyrian
The Council of Antioch on Christ’s Divinity Paid Members Public
In the year 268 AD, a provincial council was convened at Antioch, Syria where the Apostles of the risen Lord often frequented and where believers were first called Christians: “Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And