prophecy
Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.
IS HASSAN ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS? Paid Members Public
According to the hadith, Muhammad believed that Gabriel and the Holy Spirit inspired Hassan bin Thabit’s poetry: (91) Chapter: Lampooning Al-Mushrikin Narrated `Aisha: Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of Allah’s Messenger to lampoon the pagans (in verse). Allah’s Apostle said, “What about my fore-fathers (ancestry)?’ Hassan
JUSTIN MARTYR ON THE JEWISH CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIPTURES Paid Members Public
2nd century Church apologist and holy martyr Justin Martyr states that the Jews of his day not only rejected the Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Septuagint [LXX]), but that they also removed clear prophecies of Jesus’ Deity, crucifixion and resurrection from their own copies of the
THE EUCHARIST AS THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST PT. 1 Paid Members Public
The Old Testament prophet Malachi announced by the Holy Spirit (cf. 2 Pet. 1:20-21) that a time would come when all throughout the world the Gentiles would offer to God a pure sacrifice: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father,
THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE GOD SEEN BY THE OT PROPHETS Paid Members Public
In this short post I will be citing a portion from Ernest Evans’ English rendering of Tertullian’s refutation Marcion since the translator has an interesting footnote informing whom the early church fathers and writers believed was the God that the Old Testament saints saw. Here is the relevant section
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 3 Paid Members Public
We now come to the final section of this lengthy paper: PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 2. St. Prudentius (d. after 405) Our next witness is from Spain. In a section of his poem Cathemerinon, St. Prudentius tells the story of Gen. 3. In regard to verses 14-15,
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we left off: PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1. St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (d. 397) St. Ambrose of Milan is an excellent witness of the Western Church in matters Mariological. What is his opinion about the First-gospel? Some nine passages have been discovered
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
Rev. Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap The investigation to be undertaken in this paper is purposely restricted to those ancient Christian writers who, at least implicitly, interpreted the First-gospel (Gen. 3, 15) of Our Blessed Lady. Was there a tradition among these early writers to the effect that, in the
PATRISTIC INTERPRETATION OF GEN. 3:15 PT. 1 Paid Members Public
Rev. Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap The investigation to be undertaken in this paper is purposely restricted to those ancient Christian writers who, at least implicitly, interpreted the First-gospel (Gen. 3, 15) of Our Blessed Lady. Was there a tradition among these early writers to the effect that, in the