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Peter, Pope Agatho & Constantinople III Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing extracts from the letters sent by Pope Agatho during the third Council of Constantinople (680-681 AD), which was convened to settle the matter of there being two wills in Christ our Lord. Pope Agatho not only speaks of Peter’s primacy as the
ST. SYMEON ON THE BLESSED TRINITY Paid Members Public
The extracts cited here have been taken from maximologia.org: St Symeon the New Theologian, Theological Discourse 1. St. Symeon the New Theologian (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was one of the four saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church
Chrysostom, Baptism & the Gospel Paid Members Public
In this article I will be sharing St. John Chrysostom’s exposition on 1 Corinthians 1:13-17, a text which heretics abuse to disprove the necessity and centrality of water baptism for salvation. All emphasis will be mine. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Is Christ divided. What he says comes to
Chrysostom, 1 Cor. 8:6 & the Trinity Paid Members Public
I quote from the homilies of St. John Chrysostom, considered to be one of the greatest theologians and biblical exegetes of the Faith, in respect to 1 Corinthians 8:4-6. All emphasis will be mine. 1 Corinthians 8:4 4. Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we
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 79, 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