theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
Jesus’ “Brothers” & Mary’s Virginity Paid Members Public
In this post I will be extracting the statements made by José M. Pedrozo in his article The “Brothers of Jesus and his Mother’s Virginity”, published in The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, Volume 63, Number 1, January 1999, pp. 83-104. Pedroza demonstrates that the view held by Epiphanius
Mary, Ark, Heavenly Queen & Rev. 12 Paid Members Public
The following quotes are taken from Peter S. Williamson’s commentary, Revelation (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture), published by Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, MI 2015. The result of this extraordinary vindication is that great fear falls upon those who witness it, like the fear that fell on the Egyptians (Ps
Epiphanius, Trinity & Mary’s Virginity Paid Members Public
The extracts in this post are taken 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 39, from the section titled “Against Antidicomarians 1 58, but 78 of the series”, pp.
The Bible on Justification Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing some of the verses which describe the various ways believers are justified or made righteous. JUSTIFIED BY GOD “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God! For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed
Leibniz, Logic & the Trinity Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Maria Rosa Antognazza’s Leibniz on the Trinity and the Incarnation: Reason and Revelation in the Seventeenth Century, translated by Gerald Parks, and published by Yale University Press in 2007. All emphasis will be mine. Having overcome the first two objections regarding, respectively, the
Unitarian Logic Gone Wild! Paid Members Public
There is an attempt among certain analytic philosophers and/or apologists to prove that the Father is identical to the one God of holy Scripture. These include unitarians and Arians who deny the Trinity and/or reject the Divinity of Christ altogether. This group even include specific Trinitarians who also
ST. SYMEON ON THE 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
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