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Biblical and theological defenses of the Triune nature of God with rigorous exegesis.

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
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The Allah of the Arabic Bible Members Public

In this short post I will be citing biblical verses where refer to the Father and Son as being God, which the Arabic Bible translates as Allah. “In the sixth month, God (Allahi) sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Athanasius & the Arian Creeds Members Public

This lengthy extract is from Athanasius’ De Synodis. It chronicles the beliefs of Arius and those who believed like him, and further details some of the many councils and creeds which followed after Nicaea in order to either overturn it or revise it. What makes these creedal formulations rather peculiar,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Justin Martyr, Greek Philosophers & Christ Members Public

St. Justin Martyr believed and taught that prehuman Logos or Word of God had made himself know even to the Greek philosophers, which is why they were aware and spoke of the Logos. He believed that Christ, who is the uncreated Logos, did this in order to prepare them for

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Gregory Palamas on the Muslim God Members Public

St. Gregory mentions a dialogue he had with a group of Turkish Muslims. What makes his comments rather amazing is that he affirms that both the Muslims and himself are calling upon one and the same God, even though these Turks are ignorant of the fact that this God whom

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Apocrypha & Messiah’s Deity Pt. 2 Members Public

There are two remarkable statements in the apocryphal writing 2 Esdras, which confirm Jesus’ Divinity and Messianic status. They show that Jesus did indeed make himself out to be God by carrying out the very functions, which even the so-called Apocrypha ascribe to God. Israel Rejects YHWH their God

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Divine Name Christology Members Public

The Hebrew Bible often equates God’s Name with God himself, which is why blaspheming the Name or using it in vain makes a person guilty of a heinous sin punishable by death: “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not leave

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Samuel Clarke’s Trinitarian Subordinationism Members Public

Dr. Samuel Clarke (1675-1729) was a Church of England divine who became the rector of the parish church of St. James, Westminster, a position he held until his death in 1729. Clarke became the focus of intense and heated controversy due to his unorthodox, “heterodox” views of the Trinity,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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