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Does Hebrews 5:7 deny the Crucifixion of Jesus?
"In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety," (Hebrews 5:7, NASB). Muslim Argument from Hebrews 5:7 There are a number of Muslims...
Church History Outline
The Christian church began with Jesus. His influence is worldwide. It is Jesus who fulfilled prophecy, calmed storms with a command, raised the dead, died on the cross, and rose from the dead. No other founder of a religion has done that. Beginnings to Constantine...
Roman Catholicism and the art of equivocation
Equivocation is the error in dialogue and in a logical discourse where the meaning of a word changes in a discussion. It is when a person confuses the meaning of a term by changing contexts. An example would be "Evolution states that one species can change into...
God and Evil: A Philosophical Contradiction?
For many, this is a difficult question to answer. Since evil exists in our world, does that mean an omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnibenevolent (all-good) God does not—indeed, can not—exist? This was the argument brought up by the...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 7
BOOK 7 IN WHICH THE REMAINING JUDGMENTS OF THE COUNCIL OF CARTHAGE ARE EXAMINED. CHAPTER 1 1. Let us not be considered troublesome to our readers, if we discuss the same question often and from different points of view. For although the Holy Catholic Church throughout...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 6
BOOK 6 IN WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE COUNCIL, OF CARTHAGE, HELD UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND PRESIDENCY OF CYPRIAN, TO DETERMINE THE QUESTION OF THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS. CHAPTER 1 1. It might perhaps have been sufficient, that after the reasons have been so often repeated,...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 5
BOOK 5 HE EXAMINES THE LAST PART OF THE EPISTLE OF CYPRIAN TO JUBAIANUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS EPISTLE TO QUINTUS, THE LETTER OF THE AFRICAN SYNOD TO THE NUMIDIAN BISHOPS, AND CYPRIAN'S EPISTLE TO POMPEIUS. CHAPTER 1 1. We have the testimony of the blessed Cyprian, that...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 4
BOOK 4 IN WHICH HE TREATS OF WHAT FOLLOWS IN THE SAME EPISTLE OF CYPRIAN TO JUBAIANUS. CHAPTER 1 1. The comparison of the Church with Paradise(1) shows us that men may indeed receive her baptism outside her pale, but that no one outside can either receive or retain...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 3
BOOK 3 AUGUSTIN UNDERTAKES THE REFUTATION OF THE ARGUMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE DERIVED FROM THE EPISTLE OF CYPRIAN TO JUBAIANUS, TO GIVE COLOR TO THE VIEW THAT THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST COULD NOT BE CONFERRED BY HERETICS. CHAPTER 1 1. I think that it may now be considered...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 2
BOOK 2 IN WHICH AUGUSTIN PROVES THAT IT IS TO NO PURPOSE THAT THE DONATISTS BRING FORWARD THE AUTHORITY OF CYPRIAN, BISHOP AND MARTYR, SINCE IT IS REALLY MORE OPPOSED TO THEM THAN TO THE CATHOLICS. FOR THAT HE HELD THAT THE VIEW OF HIS PREDECESSOR AGRIPPINUS, ON THE...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 1
BOOK 1 HE PROVES THAT BAPTISM CAN BE CONFERRED OUTSIDE THE CATHOLIC COMMUNION BY HERETICS OR SCHISMATICS, BUT THAT IT OUGHT NOT TO BE RECEIVED FROM THEM; AND THAT IT IS OF NO AVAIL TO ANY WHILE IN A STATE OF HERESY OR SCHISM. CHAPTER 1 1. In the treatise which we...
The Exaltation of Mary
Following is a list of the titles, attributes, and qualities of the Virgin Mary according to the Roman Catholic Church. Note how many of the statements elevate Mary to a place that is equal to God in many functions, i.e., intercession, atonement, prayer to, etc. The...
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapters 19 to 31
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapters 19 to 31 CHAPTER 19 -- A COMPARISON IS INSTITUTED BETWEEN THE DISOBEDIENT AND SINNING EVE AND THE VIRGIN MARY, HER PATRONESS. VARIOUS AND DISCORDANT HERESIES ARE MENTIONED. That the Lord then was manifestly coming to His own...
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapters 1 to 18
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapters 1 to 18 BOOK 5 PREFACE. IN the four preceding books, my very dear friend, which I put forth to thee, all the heretics have been exposed, and their doctrines brought to light, and these men refuted who have devised...
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 4, Chapters 21 to 41
Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book 4, Chapters 21 to 41 CHAPTER 21 -- ABRAHAM'S FAITH WAS IDENTICAL WITH OURS; THIS FAITH WAS PREFIGURED BY THE WORDS AND ACTIONS OF THE OLD PATRIARCHS. But that our faith was also prefigured in Abraham, and that he was the patriarch of...