If you ask me, why I am a Catholic Christian, my answer would be like the one of Saint Augustine’s: “I won’t be a Christian if not for the Catholic Church”.
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 Caeseara against the heretic Marcellus. The aim of citing…
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. For he did not say, “In…
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 also many other things, come now,…
In this post, I will be citing specific Jewish sources confirming the personal prehuman existence of the Messiah. ENOCH “And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness Which was inexhaustible: And around it were many fountains of wisdom: And all the thirsty drank of them, And were filled with wisdom, And their dwellings…
Eusebius of Emesa’s Trinitarian Theology 📖 A concise introduction to how this fourth-century bishop articulated the relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
For the sake of My name I delay My anger, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.
The quotations cited here are taken from the online translation of the Zohar: Full Zohar Online. The Zohar states that there will be two Messiahs, one from the line of David and the other from Joseph’s line. The Davidic Messiah is symbolized by a lion whereas the Messiah from Joseph is represented by an ox. These…
“Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11
I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Whence you ought to know that the bishop is in the Church, and the Church in the bishop; and if any one be not with the bishop, that he is not in the Church
“The elders who lead well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor at preaching the word and teaching.
“When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys…
Luther’s inconsistency about the use of Deuterocanon books.
By Father Chris Kappes “Blessed rather are those who hear the Word of God and keep it” (Luke 11:28) in light of Luke 1:29: “And when she heard the word, she was troubled” Introduction A classic place to start for puzzles concerning Mary is the seemingly disparaging and classically contested passage of what I will…
“And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ And when he had said this, he fell asleep.’” Acts 7:59-60
The holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God… I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’
For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” (Acts 11:25-26).
…that the Spirit of prophecy admits another God besides the Maker of all things,
Justin: Moses, then, the blessed and faithful servant of God, declares that He who appeared to Abraham under the oak in Mamre IS GOD
He is the Son of God, and since we call Him the Son, we have understood that He PROCEEDED BEFORE ALL CREATURES FROM THE FATHER
St. Athanasius, the great Trinitarian defender and saint of the Church, in refuting the Arian heretics mentions another great saint who became a holy martyr of Christ, St. Ignatius. Athanasius confirms that Ignatius did indeed write at least one letter, that of the Ephesians, where this eyewitness of the holy Apostles magnifies Christ as the…
Then the Lord rained upon and upon brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Irenaeus was the bishop of the church in Lyon, France, and was a disciple of the bishop and martyr Polycarp, who was a disciple of the Apostles, especially John. The bishop of France was himself martyred for his faith in the Lord Jesus. Here are a few snippets from his writings where he bears witness…
In this post I will be citing a few sources regarding the status of St. Hippolytus, whether he was a bishop of Rome or of some other See, and if at Rome then whether he indeed was in actuality an antipope who set himself in opposition to the Roman bishop. All emphasis will be mine.…
I upload the following post by Thomas V. Mirus: The First Antipope. The first four of the six popes covered in this installment found themselves in conflict with a priest named Hippolytus, the most brilliant intellectual of the Roman Church at the time. Hippolytus would become the first antipope in the history of the Church, plaguing three…
In this post, I will be citing references from Jewish sources for the specific purpose of providing documentation that the Messianic interpretation of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is anchored in early Jewish tradition itself. This will be done to refute the assertion of certain liberal critics, Jewish anti-missionary polemicists, and Muhammadan polemicists like Shabir Ally that the…
The purpose of this short post is to demonstrate how both ancient and post-Christian versions and commentaries from both Jews and Christians interpreted Isaiah 42:1. All emphasis will be mine. LXX “Jacob is my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit…
In this post I will list some of the many rabbinic sources which describe the Servant of Isaiah 42 as the King Messiah and/or apply it to the time of Messiah’s coming. All emphasis will be mine. הָא עַבְדִי מְשִׁיחָא אֶקְרְבִינֵהּ בְּחִירִי דְאִתְרְעֵי בֵּיהּ מֵימְרִי אֶתֵּן רוּחָא דְקוּדְשִׁי עֲלוֹהִי דִינִין לְעַמְמִין יְגַלֵי: Behold, my servant, the…
The quotations from St. Augustine are taken from On the Trinity, Book 1. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 8.— The Texts of Scripture Explained Respecting the Subjection of the Son to the Father, Which Have Been Misunderstood. Christ Will Not So Give Up the Kingdom to the Father, as to Take It Away from Himself. The…
The verses cited here in respect to the Deity of Christ are taken from the New English Bible (NEB). “but I will pour a spirit of pity and compassion into the line of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Then They shall look on me, on him whom they have pierced, and shall wail over him…
But from this occasion of Christ being proved from the sacred authority of the divine writings not man only, but God also.
“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: This is what the first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says:” Revelation 2:8
The one baptizing names over the one being baptized the name of “the Lord Jesus Christ,” later expanded to the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Go ye and make disciples of all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Go ye and make Disciples of all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
In this post I will be citing from St. Augustine’s Tractates on the Gospel of John where he discusses our Lord’s statement to the Father being the only true God, and where he also explains our Lord’s words in v. 5 as referring to God having predestined the glorification and exaltation of Christ’s humanity from before…
Paedocommunion 🍷 Paedocommunion is the practice of giving the Eucharist to baptized children before they reach the age of reason. What Paedocommunion Is The term comes from the Greek paido (child) and communio (communion). It refers to the reception of the Holy Eucharist by children, typically those under seven years old or before First Holy…
Arians like JWS Admit that the Reason why God in the OT referred to Himself in the plural is because He was speaking with his Divine Son! Astonishingly, there are certain anti-Trinitarian groups, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which readily admit that the reason why God refers to himself in the plural in the following…
Answering anti-Trinitarians objections
Answering anti-Trinitarians objections.
Forty years before the coming of the Messiah, son of David, whose name is Menakim, son of Ammiel, Necamiah, son of Cusiel, a man from Ephraim, son of Joseph, will come.
Just as THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, is humble, so is His Shechinah humble.
The following citation comes from St. Augustine’s On the Trinity, Book 1.. The blessed Augustine quotes Philippians 3:3 to prove that the Holy Spirit is given latreuo, which is the worship given to God alone. 13. Similar evidence has been collected also concerning the Holy Spirit, of which those who have discussed the subject before ourselves have most fully…
An analysis of how the NT expands upon an OT monotheistic text In order to include Jesus within God’s unique identity
Question: The Bible, specifically Paul, says there is only one God and that is the Father (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; 1 Timothy 2:5). Since Trinitarians believe that Jesus is not the Father, this means that Jesus is not God. Answer: Paul is no more denying the fact that the Lord Jesus is God…
“Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.” Psalm 93:2
There are four places in the inspired OT writings where the one true God employs plural pronouns to describe himself: “Then God said, ‘Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,…
The thread running through nearly every conversion story is the same: authority, the Eucharist, and Church history. When pastors begin to read the early Church Fathers with honest hearts, they consistently find themselves walking toward Rome.
Where it is stated (of the Messianic King in Ps. 72:5): LET THEM FEAR YOU AS LONG AS THE SUN ENDURES AND AS LONG AS THE MOON, A GENERATION AND GENERATIONS.
Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such a thing? In the beginning, the intention of Ha-Kadosh Barukh Hu was to divert Israel to the desert for six months, from Nisan to Tishrei. But when He contemplated the suffering of the Messiah during all those years, immediately, suddenly, He will…
In the year 268 AD, a provincial council was convened at Antioch, Syria where the Apostles of the risen Lord often frequented and where believers were first called Christians: “Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a…
The following is adapted from this post: Creed of the Antioch Council of 325. All emphasis will be mine. 8. Ἔστιν οὖν ἡ πίστις, ἣ προετέθη ὑπ’ ἀνδρῶν, πνευματικῶν καὶ οὺς αὖθις οὐ δίκαιον νομίφειν κατὰ σάρκα τῆν ἢ νοεῖν, ἀλλὰ ἐν πνεύματι ταῖς τῶν θεοπνεύστων βιβλίων ἁγίαις γραφαῖς συνησκῆσθαι, ἥδε· πιστεύειν εἰς ἕνα θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα,…
In this article I will present more evidence in support of Mary’s perpetual virginity by showing how the Lord God made her womb the holy of holies for Christ to dwell in all his fullness. THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES The God-breathed Scriptures affirm that the high priest alone was authorized to…
Jesus forgives sins, only God forgives sins, that means Jesus is God!
In this post I am going to employ the interpretive method, which unitarians apply to Scripture to undermine Christ’s Deity, against them. I will show how their approach in attacking Christ’s divinity can be used to prove that the Father cannot be the true God, since only the Son is. UNITARIAN PROOFTEXTS Anti-Trinitarians often…
In this post I will present evidence from the epistle of Jude showing that this inspired author believed that Jesus is YHWH God Almighty who became flesh. THE GOD OF THE SHEMA The inspired letter begins with Jude describing himself as the servant/slave of the risen Jesus and then goes on to identify Christ…
ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and who deny our ONLY Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (ton MONON despoten kai kyrion hemon ‘Iesoun Christon).” Jude 1:4
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ (heis Kyrios ‘Iesous Christos), by whom everything exists, and by whom we ourselves are alive.” 1 Corinthians 8:6
“Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who ALONE stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth BY MYSELF;” Isaiah 44:24
“Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one!” Deuteronomy 6:4
The Pope’s authority over other bishops is real, direct, and juridical, not merely honorary, because it belongs to the very constitution of the Church willed by Christ. At the same time, it is ordered to communion and the safeguarding of the faith, not to arbitrary domination. 1) The foundation: why the Pope can discipline bishops…
The tactic that schismatics started using was, (Pope of Rome, Roman Catholic etc.), and that’s misleading!
Prophet or tool of the devil?
In this post I will be referencing the late Protestant scholar J. B. Lightfoot’s monumental work on the early church’s view of the blessed Mother’s virginity. All bold and capital emphasis will be mine. Lightfoot did a careful, painstaking analysis of the early Christians writings, examining the extant sources from the first century and up…
At the Council of Ephesus (431 AD), the blessed St. Cyril of Alexandria uttered a litany of praise to the blessed Mother of our God Incarnate in honor of her being the holy and pure God-bearer. Here’s what this holy servant of Christ wrote: “Mary, Mother of God, we salute you. Precious vessel, worthy of…
The statements cited here are taken from For the Life of the World: Toward A Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church, published by Holy Cross Orthodox Press in 2020. The document can be accessed at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America website: Social Ethos Document. Here is the PDF Version. The readers will see that…
The Catholic Church says in ccc841 that Muslims (profess) to worship the God of Abraham and together with us worship one God, creator and merciful judge etc. The Catholic Church doesn’t say things like the east are saying. Orthodox say that us and Muslims worship the same God.
The Catholic Church says in ccc841 that Muslims (profess) to worship the God of Abraham and together with us worship one God, creator and merciful judge etc. The Catholic Church doesn’t say things like the east are saying. Orthodox say that us and Muslims worship the same God.
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old (miqqedem), From everlasting (olam).” Micah 5:2
“The blessed Peter, the chosen, the preeminent, the first among the disciples, for whom alone with himself the Savior paid the tribute [Matt. 17:27], quickly g.asped and understood their meaning. And what does he say? ‘Behold, we have left all and have followed you’ [Matt. 19:27; Mark 10:28]” [A.D. 200]).
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After the martyrdom of Paul and of Peter, Linus was the first to obtain the episcopate of the church at Rome. Paul mentions him, when writing to Timothy from Rome
How, then, can it be asserted that there once was a time when He was not the Son?
Origen affirms that Jesus Christ is the uncreated firstborn Son of God
The following excerpts are from Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John.
In this post, I will be citing the exegesis of Protestant expositors in regards to the language employed by Luke in recording the annunciation of, and subsequent reactions to, Jesus’ virginal conception. It has long been noted that Luke describes this miraculous event in a way that is strikingly reminiscent to the manner the Hebrew…
The information posted here is uploaded from the following article: The original papyrus fragment. In 1917, a stunning treasure came to the John Rylands Library in Manchester, England. It was a piece of papyrus, Egyptian in origin. On this fragment, in Greek, is inscribed a hymn to Mary, called in Latin Sub Tuum Praesidium,…
The very last writing of St. Augustine was the Opus Imperfectum contra Julianum, literally, the “Unfinished Work Against Julian.” The name itself tells the whole story. What was it? Augustine wrote this work in the closing years of a life occupied with three great controversies, Manichaeism, Donatism, and Pelagianism the last of which ended with…
A Response to Ibn Anwar’s Anti-Trinitarian “Examination of Mark 12:29-34” One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; 30 AND YOU…
In this relatively short, post I will show from the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ own perverted Bible translation that the one true Creator God is Triune. I will be using the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition). According to the Hebrew Bible, Jehovah created and gives life to all creation all by himself, without…
Arian polemicist Greg Stafford has made it a chief aim of his mission to do all he can to pervert the explicit biblical witness to the Son’s uncreated, eternal nature and existence. Yet in his misguided zeal he often makes claims that end up refuting him since his points actually prove that Christ is not…
The Greek word for “sent” in Romans 10:15 is apostalosin — and for St. Paul, unless one is sent with apostolic authority, one has no authority in the Church.
In this post I will cite the works of three intellectual and spiritual giants of the Faith to show how they interpreted Genesis 1:26-27, particularly verse, where God uses plural pronouns when speaking of making man in the image and likeness of God. The readers will see that these magnificent men of the Church took…
The teaching of the ancient Churches that Mary was made perfectly holy and kept absolutely pure is based on the necessary conclusion of what the Scriptures teach in respect to the holiness and purity of God. For instance, the Holy Bible is explicitly clear that nothing unclean and impure can dwell with God: “If I…
Since Jesus is God Incarnate! The inspired Scriptures teach that Yahweh alone is able to save people from their sins. The sacred writings further attest that Yahweh does so for his own name’s sake, and not for the sake of another, “You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen…
The first and most well-known command reads, “I am the LORD your God who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. You must not have any other god but me.” (Exodus 20:2-3)
Sunday 03 May 2026 Why May is Called the Month of Mary 👑 May is dedicated to Mary because of her unique place in God’s plan and the Church’s ancient practice of honoring her with particular devotion during the spring season. The Historical RootsThe formal dedication of May to Mary emerged gradually over centuries, though…
In this post I will quote what the official documents of the Catholic Church teach in respect to the world’s religions and how salvation is to be obtained. I begin with what Catechism of the Catholic Church says: The Church and non-Christians 839 “Those who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of…
Who, being in very nature God (hos en morphe theou hyperchon)
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, in 2024, Part 3: The Name of Jesus: Jesus’ Divine Names, 24. Jesus as “God” in the Rest of the New…
In this post I will be quoting from St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation of the Word. This great Trinitarian defender and Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt appealed to Messianic prophecies to prove that Jesus is the Christ and the Lord God whom the prophets foretold would come in the flesh and die for the sins of the…
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