theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Cyril, the Trinity & Christ the Uncreated Imprint of God’s Nature Paid Members Public
The following quotes are taken from Dr. Fred Sander’s post, Cyril of Alexandria on the Trinity in Ephesians. Sanders had AI (Claude) translate section 32 of Cyril ’s Thesaurus, titled title is “Testimonies from the New Testament, with their explanations and syllogisms that the Son is by nature God,
A Defense of Origen Paid Members Public
The following post includes the statements of Rufinus who, along with another Christian named Pamphilus, sought to defend Origen against the charge of heresy in respect to the Trinity. Both men demonstrated that Origen was thoroughly orthodox in respect to the Trinity, and that heretics had corrupted his writings by
Allah: An Anthropomorphic “Deity” Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is short and to the point since it shows that the Islamic deity is nothing other than a finite, temporal humanoid figure who resembles the pagan gods rather than the one true God of the Holy Bible: 34 - Abdullah ibn Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath al-
The Quran: Sunni Islam’s Multiple Gods Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting several posts from IslamQA.org, a prominent, reputable Sunni website, in respect to the Quran being Allah’s speech. These answers prove that Sunni Islam has turned the Quran into a Christ-like figure by claiming it to be uncreated and a divine
Tertullian: Jesus as Uncreated Wisdom & Creatio Ex Nihilo Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: Tertullian: Jesus as Uncreated Wisdom & Creatio Ex Nihilo. Chapter 23. Hermogenes Pursued to Another Passage of Scripture. The Absurdity of His Interpretation Exposed But he draws an argument from the following words, where it is written: And the earth was without
Tertullian: Jesus as Uncreated Wisdom & Creatio Ex Nihilo Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from Tertullian’s response Against Hermogenes, who taught that matter was uncreated which, by extension, implies that evil always existed since certain Greek philosophers deemed matter to be evil by its very nature. Tertullian brilliantly refutes the erroneous assertion that matter is eternal
Christ: The Unique Son Who is God’s Equal Paid Members Public
The Apostle John identifies Jesus as God’s uniquely begotten Son, which indicates that there is no other son who is on the same level with him: “No one has ever seen God. The uniquely existing God, who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.” John 1:
Gregory Nyssa, the Wonderworker & the Trinity Paid Members Public
The Cappadocian father Gregory of Nyssa wrote On the Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus (Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus) (bishop and missionary in Pontus, S00687), which is “a biographical panegyric praising the 3rd-century bishop and miracle worker [1, 2, 3].” Nyssa had “delivered [this] as a homily on the saint’s