theology

Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.

Catholic Encyclopedia, Jews & Muslims Members Public

This excerpt comes from the Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent, pp. 7-10. Here’s what the website states in respect to this encyclopedia: “This is Volume 8 of the 16-volume Catholic Encyclopedia whose editor-in-chief was Charles G. Herbermann. While teaching at City College in New York, Herbermann was selected to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
catholicismchurch-historyjudaism

Bellarmine on the Jews & Muslims Members Public

St. Robert Bellarmine wrote this about Jews and Muslims in his exposition of Jeremiah’s prophecy in 31:33-34: But if someone contends that these last words too are to be understood of the present time, one can reply that here the Prophet is not speaking of the hidden mysteries

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
jeremiahprophecyjudaism

TALMUD, JEWS, GENTILES & DEATH PENALTY Members Public

I quote from the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 57a to show what it says about the punishments that are to be inflicted upon Gentiles and Jews who either commit murder or robbery. These references are interesting since they reveal that there is a difference in respect to a Gentile who murders

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
judaismtorahgenesis

Luther, Muslims, Jews and God Members Public

I quote from Martin Luther’s The Large Catechism | Book of Concord, Part II, Article III, to show what this “reformer” taught in respect to Jews and Muslims worshiping the one true God. All emphasis will be mine. 61  This, now, is the article which must ever be and remain

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
christianitychurch-historytheology

Patriarch Timothy I on Muhammad Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from The apology of Timothy the Patriarch before the Caliph Mahdi, translated by Alphonse Mingana, published by Manchester University Press, England, 1928, pp. 196-198. Timothy I (AD 780-823) was the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East who made an apology for the Christian

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islamchristianitychurch-history

Nyssa on the Angel of God Members Public

I quote what the great St. Gregory of Nyssa wrote in respect to the divine Angel that appeared to Moses being the prehuman Son of God in his work titled Against Eunomius, Book XI. Gregory refutes the assertion that God spoke through a created angel whim he used as his

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
angelsjesus-christtrinity

Patriarch Bartholomew on Muslims Members Public

I cite what Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stated in respect to Muslims and Islam. All emphasis will be mine. Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Esteemed religious leaders, venerable scholars, beloved brothers and sisters, As the golden sun rises over this ancient city, a place where history paints an intricate

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
orthodoxyislamchristianity

Gregory of Nyssa, the Jews and God Members Public

Here’s what this great saint of the Church wrote about the Jews worshiping the one true God: But with regard to service and worship, and the other things which they so nicely calculate about, and bring into prominence, we say this; that the Holy Spirit is exalted above all

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
church-historysaintsjudaism
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