Friday, March 28, 2025

Ambrose's Comments in On the Institution of Virgins being "unfavorable to Mary's coredemptive role"

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In his On the Institution of Virgins , Ambrose of Milan wrote :   Stabat ante crucem mater, et fugientibus viris, stabat intrepida. Vide...

Samuel Zinner (non-LDS) on 2 Peter 1:19 and "the Prophetic Word"

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    Deserving comment is Philo Mos. 2.14’s description of Moses’ laws (νόμῳ), as “firm,” βέβαια, as is 2.15’s “not even the smallest part,...

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw on Joseph Smith's Claim to be a "rough stone rolling"

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  On Joseph Smith’s claim to be a “rough stone rolling” and how it differs from the Freemasonic usage of the concept:   There is an impo...

Drew Briney on 2 Nephi 2:25 and Mormon 8:38 and the Importance of Correct Punctuation

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On 2 Nephi 2:25 and “Adam fell that men might be:”   This colon is one of very few punctuation marks that dramatically change the meanin...

Excerpt from the Verbal Statement of Bishop Dennison L. Harris (May 15, 1881)

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The following is from the Verbal Statement of Bishop Dennison L. Harris, made by him to President Joseph F. Smith in the presence of Elder F...

Examples of Christadelphian Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:29 and baptism for the dead

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As far as I know, I am the Latter-day Saint apologist who has done the most study into the Christadelphian movement. While reading Peter He...

Francis J. Hall (Anglican) on the Development of Christology

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    Book VI, Chapter 1, §5   Catholic Christians believe that, in arriving at this interpretation, the apostles were led by the Holy S...