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

Eusebius of Emesa on the Trinity Members Public

The quotations found in this post are taken from Robert E. Winn’s Eusebius of Emesa: Church and Theology in the Mid-Fourth Century, published by The Catholic University of America Press in 2011. Eusebius was the bishop of Emesa and a student of Eusebius of Caesarea. This is significant

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Eusebius on the Trinity Part 3 Members Public

We come to the last part of the series: Eusebius on the Trinity Part 2. Chapter 12 (1) And yet the great man who is at once both evangelist and theologian, having mentioned the Word three times in this passage, has not only said that he is Word of God.

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Eusebius on the Trinity Part 2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: Eusebius on the Trinity Part 1. NOW THAT THE testimonies from the divine Scriptures have been presented, in which it was shown that the Son of God was called not only “Word” before his coming in the flesh (as Marcellus thought) but

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Eusebius on the Trinity Part 1 Members Public

In this series of posts I will quoting from Against Marcellus and On Ecclesiastical Theology (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), translated by Kelley McCarthy Spoerl & Markus Vinzent, and published by The Catholic University of America Press in 2017. It is the refutation of Eusebius of Caesarea against the

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Bart Ehrman, Ignatius, the Trinity, & the True Church Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the work The Apostolic Fathers, Volume I: I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache, edited and translated by Bart D. Ehrman, and published in 2003 by Harvard University Press. I will be citing Ehrman’s translation of St. Ignatius’ seven letters in

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Sam Shamoun
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The Trinity in Isaiah 48:16? Members Public

There are some Christians that believe that there is a specific verse in the book of Isaiah, which explicitly points to the Trinity. It is Isaiah 48:16, the context of which I quote so the readers can see why this passage is taken as evidence for the Trinity. Isaiah

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Augustine, Filioque & Economic Processions Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from St. Augustine’s On the Holy Trinity, Book 4. In it, the blessed saint reasons that the Father’s sending of the Son into the world is a sign and reflection of the Father’s having eternally begotten/generated the Son. Augustine takes this

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Eusebius’ Trinitarian Baptismal Formula Members Public

In this post I will be citing from the works of Eusebius of Caesarea to show where this renowned Church historian and apologist quotes the Matthean Trinitarian baptismal formula. All emphasis will be mine. In that He foretold at the outset to His Disciples, that He would make them Fishers

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