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APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION & TRADITION Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite from a Church father and two early Christian writers, all of whom affirm that it is the sacred unwritten tradition found in the churches that go back the Apostles which preserve the correct meaning and application of the Scriptures and the Faith. All emphasis
IGNATIUS’ SHORTER & LONGER EPISTLE TO POLYCARP Paid Members Public
The translation used here is taken from: To Polycarp – Roberts-Donaldson English Translation (Shorter and Longer Recensions). It contains the shorter (Syriac) and longer recensions of St. Ignatius’ letter to St. Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna. The post quotes the shorter recension first. All emphasis will be mine. Shorter and Longer
IGNATIUS’ SHORTER & LONGER LETTERS TO ROME Paid Members Public
The following is taken from: Romans – Roberts-Donaldson English Translation (Shorter and Longer Recensions). It contains the shorter (Syriac) and longer recensions of St. Ignatius’ letter to the Romans. The post quotes the shorter recension first. All emphasis will be mine. Shorter and Longer Versions Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus,
IGNATIUS’ SHORTER & LONGER LETTERS TO EPHESUS Paid Members Public
The translation employed here is taken from Ephesians – Roberts-Donaldson English Translation (Shorter and Longer Recensions) It contains the shorter (Syriac) and longer recensions of St. Ignatius’ letter to the Romans. The post quotes the shorter recension first. All emphasis will be mine. Shorter and Longer Versions Ignatius, who is also
IGNATIUS’ SHORTER AND LONGER LETTERS TO THE TRALLANS Paid Members Public
The following translation is taken from: Trallians – Roberts-Donaldson English Translation (Shorter and Longer Recensions). It contains the shorter (Syriac) and longer recensions of St. Ignatius’ letter to the Trallans. The post quotes the shorter recension first. All emphasis will be mine. Shorter and Longer Versions Ignatius, who is also called
𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒? Paid Members Public
These quotes are from Capturing Christianity’s response video to James White’s casting doubt on the existence of this holy Martyr and disciples of the beloved Apostles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tg4V70LcDo&t=30s. Charles Gore (1900) “[W]e cannot but congratulate ourselves that now for
ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE, TRINITY & THE TORAH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from the Orthodox Study Bible (OSB), published by Thomas Nelson, 2008. The quotations will be in regards to the position that OSB takes in respect to the Trinity being mentioned all throughout the first five books of Moses, which are commonly referred to
ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE & PSALM 110 Paid Members Public
Here is the English rendering of Psalm 110 from the Orthodox Study Bible (OSB), which is Ps. 109 in the Greek versions commonly referred to as the Septuagint, along with the accompanying footnotes: The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies the