Friday, July 28, 2023

Holly Beers on the Prophecy in Isaiah 66 of Gentiles being Ordained Priests and Levites

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    In one sense Isaiah ends with a strong note of inclusion, evidenced by the vision of restored ones going to the ends of the earth to h...

Decree of the Holy Office, January 24, 1647: Peter and Paul being the Dual Heads of the Church is "heretical"

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  INNOCENT X: September 15, 1644-January 7, 1655   1999: Decree of the Holy Office, January 24, 1647 . . .   Errors on the Dual Head of the ...

Thomas Ford's 1847 Account of Joseph Smith's First Vision

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    The prophet in after-life pretended that an early age he became much concerned about the salvation of his soul. He went to the religio...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Muna Tatari and Klaus von Stosch: Ephrem the Syrian Did not Teach the Immaculate Conception of Mary

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    Ephrem the Syrian in particular makes clear the extent to which Mary’s purity first requires the agency of Jesus Christ. Ephrem has be...

Muna Tatari and Klaus von Stosch: The Earliest Understanding of Mary as the New Eve was not In Favor of the Immaculate Conception

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    Mary as the New Eve   The veneration of Mary as the new Eve begins even in the Protoevangelium of James, though this motif is subs...

Muna Tatari and Klaus von Stosch on Jacob of Serugh and Mary Experiencing Labour Pains

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    It is repeatedly claimed that Jacob of Serugh that he denied the existence of labour pain in the case of Mary. Indeed, Jacob’s sermons...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Refuting Tony Brown on the theology of the Epistle to the Hebrews

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In his book, Sharing the Gospel with a Mormon , Tony Brown wrote the following about Hebrews 10 in defense of his Protestant soteriology: ...