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St. Augustine, the Trinity & the Filioque Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from St. Augustine’s Tractates on the Gospel of John wherein he discusses the procession of the Holy Spirit from both the Father and the Son. All emphasis will be mine. Tractate 99 John 16:13 1. What is this that the Lord said of
An EO’s New Testament Translation Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting select references from Eastern Orthodox scholar David Bentley Hart’s The New Testament: A Translation, published by Yale University Press in 2017. As the readers will see, Hart rendering of specific Christological texts is far from Orthodox, and even smacks of outright Arianism.
Epiphanius’ Refutation of the Arians Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from the English rendering of The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide (Second, revised Edition), translated by Frank Williams [Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013], Volume 39, 368-374. Epiphanius refutes the Arian misuse of Acts 2:36 and Mark 13:32/
Gregory Palamas: One God Is the Trinity Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting specific excerpts from St. Gregory Palamas’ work on the Filioque to show that this theologian taught and affirmed that the monarchial Trinity is the one true God. All emphasis will be mine. But, O God of all, Thou who alone art the Bestower
Gregory Nazianzen: God is the Trinity Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are from St. Gregory Nazianzen’s Orations, specifically Oration 38. The readers will see how this holy servant of Christ emphatically states that by the term God he means the Trinity. All emphasis is mine. VIII. And when Infinity is considered from two points of view, beginning
Irenaeus on the Unity of the Faith Paid Members Public
I quote what the holy martyr and saint of the Church Irenaeus said in regards to the universal beliefs of Christians around the world. It is important to keep in mind that Irenaeus wrote around 180 AD, and was the Bishop of Lyons, France, being the disciples of the Bishop
Gregory of Nyssa: Say Not 3 Gods! Paid Members Public
I share here St. Gregory of Nyssa’s letter to Ablabius where he censures those who claim or justify any attempt of describing the Trinity as three Gods, This great saint was also quick to point out that by the term God he simply means the Trinity. All emphasis will
ST. BASIL: JESUS AS GOD’S ANGEL & BEGOTTEN WISDOM Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from The Fathers of the Church Patristic Series: St. Basil the Great Against Eunomus, translated by Mark DelCogliano and Andrew Radde-Gallwitz, published by The Catholic University of America Press, 2014, pp. 146-162. These references from this great saint demonstrate his belief in Jesus being the