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A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
This is another installment from a series of posts from the Coptic convert Ibn Rajal: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 2. In this section I quote what this blessed monk wrote in respect to the manner in which Muhammad allegedly received inspiration. Ibn Rajal exposes Muhammad as a charlatan
A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue the series that I began here: A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 1. In this post I will be citing from David Bertaina’s work Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ The Fatimid Egyptian Convert Who Shaped Christian Views of Islam, pp. 139-147. Ibn Raja shows that Muhammad was murderous false
A Coptic Convert Exposes Muhammad Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Bulus Ibn Raja (nicknamed al-Wadih [“the Clarifier”]) was a Muslim convert to Christianity and became a Coptic monk. Ibn Raja, who born 950s and died after 1009 AD, wrote a scathing book exposing Muhammad and refuting Islam, titled Kitāb al-wāḍiḥ bi-l-ḥaqq (Arabic: كتاب الواضح بالحق), known in Latin as the
FLORENCE AND THE CANON Paid Members Public
According to the online Catholic Encyclopedia, among the reasons why the Council of Florence was convened was to settle the issues of purgatory, the filioque and papal primacy in order to reunite the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churched with Rome: The Ferrara Council opened on 8 January, 1438, under the
GREGORY & CHRIST’S BEGETTING Paid Members Public
I quote the words of Gregory of Nyssa who refutes the claim that Christ is a creature of God due to his being eternally begotten. His insights and application of Romans 9:5 to the Son are simply masterful, and truly illuminated by the sovereign Holy Spirit. All emphasis will
NWT: A PERVERTED TRANSLATION Paid Members Public
In this post I will furnish another example how the New World Translation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is a perversion of God’s Word, a diabolical translation produced for the express purpose of robbing Christ of his Deity and undermining the Trinity. THE HOLY SPIRIT OF JEHOVAH JESUS The
HEBREWS 2:9 & SYRIAC CHRISTOLOGY PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue my discussion of the variants of Hebrews 2:9 and its impact on Christology and soteriology: HEBREWS 2:9 & SYRIAC CHRISTOLOGY. One of the most interesting, in fact remarkable, variants of Hebrews 2:9 is found in the Syriac translation known as the Peshitta. According to this
EPIPHANIUS & SACRED TRADITION Paid Members Public
The following is taken from 4th century Christian apologist and theologian Epiphanius of Salamis, and highlights the importance of sacred tradition in the early Church: 6,4 However, none of the sacred words need an allegorical interpretation of their meaning; they need examination, and the perception to understand the force