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DID TERTULLIAN DENY THE ETERNAL NATURE OF CHRIST? Members Public

MORE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES’ MISINFORMATION EXPOSED The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of the Jehovah’s Witnesses produced a booklet titled Should You Believe In the Trinity where they sought to prove that not only is the Trinity not a biblical doctrine, but that it wasn’t even taught by

Sam Shamoun
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NOTES FOR PERPETUAL VIRGINITY DEBATE Members Public

Compiled by William Albrecht HEOS HOU An argument we hear brought up a lot is the argument that Matthew 1:25 proves that LATER on Mary and Joseph must have had sexual relations. Matthew 1:25 reads Matthew 1:25 And he knew her not until she brought forth her

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Sam Shamoun
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JOHN OF DAMASCUS ON THE HOLY TRINITY AND HYPOSTATIC UNION Members Public

In this post I will be quoting snippets from John the Damascene’s monumental tome titled, Exposition of the Faith, in regards to his articulation of the Trinity, the Son’s eternal generation, and two natures of Christ. As the readers will readily discern, John’s insights, depth of knowledge,

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Sam Shamoun
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CHURCH FATHERS ON THE WOMEN OF REV. 12 Members Public

Courtery of William Albrecht. St. Epiphanius of Salamis (300s) Panarion: “But elsewhere, in the Apocalypse of John, we read that the dragon hurled himself at the woman who had given birth to a male child; but the wings of an eagle were given to the woman, and she flew into

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THE FATHERS ON MARY BEING FULL OF GRACE Members Public

The Greek Fathers Here are a number of ancient experts and what they say it means; each of them is a Greek-speaker from a culture basically identical to that of St. Luke; there are a couple repeats from the previous thread, but from them I give new material, too; the

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Sam Shamoun
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THE FATHERS ON MARY BEING FULL OF GRACE Members Public

The Greek Fathers Here are a number of ancient experts and what they say it means; each of them is a Greek-speaker from a culture basically identical to that of St. Luke; there are a couple repeats from the previous thread, but from them I give new material, too; the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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“The Greek ‘heos hou’ in Matthew 1:25 disproves Mary’s Perpetual Virginity”? Members Public

Taken from: https://dapacemdomineonline.wordpress.com/2020/03/28/protestant-claim-the-greek-heos-hou-in-matthew-125-disproves-marys-perpetual-virginity/. The Protestant Claim Paraphrased: In Matthew 1:25, the Greek heos hou for “until” proves that Mary lost her virginity sometime after she gave birth to Jesus. Source: Who is My Mother? The Role and Status of the Mother of

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THE GOD WHO INHERITS? ANTI-TRINITARIANS REFUTED Members Public

The God-breathed Scriptures testify that Jesus is the Heir whom the Father has appointed to create sustain and possess all creation: “Now the landowner had one son whom he loved dearly. He sent him last, thinking, They will respect my son. But those tenant farmers said to each other, ‘This

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