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Studies on worship, devotion, liturgy, and honoring God according to Scripture.

Christ: Israel’s Divine Lord Incarnate Members Public

In this post I will be focusing on the witness of the Synoptic Gospels, particularly that of Luke, in order to show that Jesus is described as Lord in the sense of being YHWH God Almighty who humbled himself to become a human being. I will prove that when the

Sam Shamoun
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John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 2 Members Public

In this post (https://answeringislam.blog/johns-gospel-the-worship-of-jesus-pt-1/) I will demonstrate that John’s Gospel affirms that Jesus is to be worshiped as God in the flesh. I will prove that John depicts Jesus as the human incarnation of the uniquely begotten Son of God who is worthy of the same

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Sam Shamoun
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Honoring Jesus as God Members Public

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, Part 1: Crown Him with Many Crowns: Jesus’ Divine Honors, Chapter 3: Honoring

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John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus Pt. 1 Members Public

The Gospel of John reports an incident where a blind man whom Jesus healed worshiped Christ when asked whether he believed in him:  “Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ The man

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Jesus Worshiped as God in Luke Members Public

In Luke’s Gospel, the disciples worship Jesus after having physically ascended into heaven right before their eyes: “As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, ‘Peace be to you.’ But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen

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Sam Shamoun
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Athenagoras on the Trinity Members Public

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

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ICONS IN THE EARLY CHURCH Members Public

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.

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Staples, Pope John Paul & Islam Members Public

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

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