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A collection of 16 issues

Athenagoras on the Trinity

The following excerpt is taken from Athenagoras’ A Plea for the Christians. The blessed apologist refutes the charge that Christians are atheists for denying the existence of the pagan pantheon, insisting that Christians love and worship the Trinity. He further proves that even the pagans and philosophers such as Plato

ICONS IN THE EARLY CHURCH

In this post I will cite some 2nd–4th Christian references testifying to the usage and veneration of sacred icons and images such as crosses. All emphasis will be mine. TERTULLIAN Chapter 16 For, like some others, you are under the delusion that our god is an ass’s head.

Staples, Pope John Paul & Islam

The following post is from Catholic apologist Timothy Staples and can be found at the Catholic Answers website: Do Muslims Worship the Same God Catholics Do?. All emphasis will be mine. CCC 841, quoting the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium 16, from Vatican II, declared: The plan of

Chrysostom, Samaritans and God

I quote from St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homily 33 John 4:23-27., where he affirmed that the Samaritans were indeed worshiping God, albeit in an imperfect manner. All emphasis will be mine. John 4:21-22 Jesus says unto her, Woman, believe Me, the hour

Justin Martyr: Jews Worship the Same God

In his dialogue with Trypho the Jew and his companions, the great saint and martyr Justin Martyr acknowledged that both Jews and Christians worship the same exact God. I cite the relevant section of that discussion. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 10. Trypho blames the Christians for this alone—

Augustine, Jews, Philosophers & God

Here is what the great saint wrote in respect to whether the Jews worshiped God or not, and also in regards to the Greek philosophers like Plato agreeing with Christianity if they were alive to have seen it spread: iv, 6. Those who think it a vain or even a

Origen and the Worship of Angels

Origen is often misquoted as denying that Christians were to pray to or invoke angels or the saints in heaven to intercede for believers on earth. They base this on Origen’s response to the Christian critic and pagan Celsus, whom this prolific Christian wrote a thorough refutation to. In

Phil. 2:5-11, God’s Form & Novatian

Paul seems to be quoting either an early Christian hymn, creed and/or poem, which celebrates Christ’s prehuman divine existence, subsequent human incarnation, and post-resurrection exaltation to divine status, thereby resulting in his being worshiped by the entire creation: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset

ANGELS WORSHIP JESUS AS YHWH

The following excerpt is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Chapter 5: Worship of Jesus, Part 1: Crown Him with Many Crowns: Jesus’

An Arian’s Dilemma: Angels Worship YHWH Jesus

According to arian cultist Greg Stafford, Paul quotes Deuteronomy 32:43 in Hebrews 1:6 to highlight the fact of God commanding all his angels to worship Jesus, his Firstborn Son: “… The fact is the author of Hebrews (whom Jehovah’s Witnesses believe to be the apostle Paul), under inspiration,