theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
EPHESIANS 1 AND WATER BAPTISM Paid Members Public
This will be a short post where I refute the abuse and misuse of Ephesians 1:13-14 by heretics who seek to deny that water baptism regenerates: “In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in
AUGUSTINE & JOHN DAMASCENE VS. CALVINISTS PT. 1 Paid Members Public
It is time again to show how the beliefs of some of the early church’s greatest scholars, theologians, apologists, philosophers, martyrs etc., directly conflict with Protestantism in general, and with Calvinism in particular. In this segment, I will show how the views of both Augustine and John the Damascene
CYRIL OF JERUSALEM VERSUS CALVINISTS Paid Members Public
I am beginning a new series where I will be quoting the very church fathers, writers, theologians and/or apologists that Calvinists will often reference in order to mislead folks into thinking that these early Christians held to beliefs similar to their own. I will prove that these Calvinists are
NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off: NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1. CHRIST’S EARTHLY GLORY Powers misquotes Philippians 2:5-8 to erroneously suggest that Christ had set aside his glory, thereby showing that he doesn’t understand the text nor does he comprehend that there are
NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1 Paid Members Public
In these posts I will be addressing specific points that Kelly Powers makes against the honor and blessing our risen Lord has bestowed on his pure and beloved Mother. MESITES AND COVENANTS Powers makes the egregious assertion that the Greek term for mediator, mesites, refers to a mediator who makes
HELVIDIUS: AN ARIAN HERETIC Paid Members Public
Courtesy of William Albrecht In this post, we will prove that Helvidius was a disciple of an Arian bishop and therefore a heretic. All emphasis will be mine. Vita AMBROSE This biography of Ambrose was written by one of the deacons who served under him: Paulinus of Milan. Paulinus was
TERTULLIAN AND MARY’S VIRGINITY Paid Members Public
The so-called CONTESTED TERTULLIAN TEXTS Excerpt from: The Definitive Guide to Mary’s Perpetual Virginity in the Holy Bible Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes and William Albrëcht The following set of three texts from Tertullian are said to be strong evidence that he was an early Christian witness against the perpetual
POPE GELASIUS AND THE ASSUMPTION Paid Members Public
By William Albrecht Question: Did Pope St. Gelasius DENY the Bodily Assumption of Mary? Answer: NO! Like St. Epiphanius, and Saint Damascene and others, he CONDEMNED THE HERETICAL TRANSITUS literature. How do we know he AFFIRMED the Assumption? Because in his AUTHENTIC GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, he has the sermon for the