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I quote from the homilies of St. John Chrysostom, considered to be one of the greatest theologians and biblical exegetes of the Faith, in respect to 1 Corinthians 8:4-6. All emphasis will be mine. 1 Corinthians 8:4 4. Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. Look what a strait he has fallen into! For indeed his mind is to prove both; that one ought to abstain from this kind

In this short post I will show how the inspired Scriptures ascribe the same qualities and titles of YHWH to the Lord Jesus Christ. I will focus specifically on the witness of the prophet Habakkuk: “Are you not from of old (miqqedem), O Yahweh my God, my Holy One? You shall not die. O Yahweh, you have marked them for judgment; O Rock, you have established them for reproof.” Habakkuk 1:12 “God came from Teman; the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the hea

The following excerpts are from Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John. In this section, Origen will argue for the Father being stronger and greater than the Son, and the Spirit owing his existence/essence to the Son, and not just the Father alone. However, Origen makes it clear that he doesn’t mean this in terms of the Son and Spirit being created from nothing or creation, but in respect to the Father being the divine Source of the Son and the Spirit. All emphasis will be

I will be quoting from Origen’s De Principiis, BOOK IV, where he states his Trinitarian views quite explicitly. Origen taught that the Trinity exists above, beyond and before all time, ages and eternity, and that only the nature of the Trinity is uncreated. All emphasis will be mine. Summary (of Doctrine) Regarding the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and the Other Topics Discussed in the Preceding Pages. 28. It is now time, after the rapid consideration which to the bes

The following extracts are taken from Eusebius’ Church History. All emphasis is mine. Book III Chapter 2. The First Successor to St. Peter in Rome. 1. 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, in the salutation at the end of the epistle. Chapter 3. The Epistles of the Apostles. 1. One epistle of Peter, that called the first, is acknowledged as genu

This lengthy extract from St. Optatus is taken from Optatus of Milevis, Against the Donatists (1917) Book 2. pp. 57-119. His statements affirm that the Roman Church is the See of Peter, and the grounds of unity which makes the Church one and universal. He further argues that to deviate or break communion from it is to be cut off from possibly being a church whatsoever. All emphasis will be mine. I. Which and where is the Catholic Church? It is spread all over the world. We ha

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 a creature whom God brought into being. An example of this is what he writes in regards to 1 Corinthians 8:6, which states that the Father is the one God out of or fr

Here is an excerpt from a rabbinic source, which gives us an idea of what the rabbis thought about the sky and space above us, as well as the number of spiritual dimensions that exist. The quotations will also highlight the problem the rabbis had with the book of Ezekiel for seemingly contradicting the Torah. Just as interesting is the fact that the rabbis appeal to the book of Sirach and identify the morning star of Isaiah 14:12 as king Nebuchadnezzar. We even the source of

I will be quoting from the late Dr. Robert A. Morey’s The Trinity: Evidence and Issues, published by World Bible Publishers, Inc., Iowa Falls, IA, in 1996, Part IV: The New Testament Evidence, Chapter 17. God The Son. All emphasis will be mine. The Blood of God Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. (Acts 20:28) It never ceases to amaze us

This excerpt is taken from St. Athanasius who claims that the language adopted by Nicaea to describe the Son’s essential equality with the Father isn’t new but quite ancient, going back to at least 130 years earlier. Athanasius exposed the Arian heretics by appealing to an unbroken chain of Apostolic succession of Bishops to prove that the Church has always taught this truth about the Son. With that said I now the words of this great saint. All emphasis is mine. Ad Afros

This comes from St. Gregory’s Oration 25. All emphasis will be mine. Define our piety by teaching the knowledge of: One God, unbegotten, the Father; and One begotten Lord, his Son, referred to as “God” when he is mentioned separately, but “Lord” when he is named together with the Father—the first on account of the [divine] nature, the second on account of the monarchy; and One Holy Spirit, who proceeds or goes forth from the Father, “God” to those who understand things prop

In the following extract Augustine shows how the Gospels’ reliability rests on the authority of the Catholic Church and to, therefore, attack the Church is to undermine the veracity of the Gospels themselves. Here is what he wrote in refuting of the claims of Manichaeus, the founder of Manicheism. All emphasis is mine. Chapter 5.— Against the Title of the Epistle of Manichæus 6. Let us see then what Manichæus teaches me; and particularly let us examine that treatise which he

The following is taken from St. John Chrysostom’s Homily on St. Ignatius. All emphasis will be mine. 4. And I will speak of a fourth crown, arising for us out of this episcopate. What then is this? The fact that he was entrusted with our own native city. For it is a laborious thing indeed to have the oversight of a hundred men, and of fifty alone. But to have on one's hands so great a city, and a population extending to two hundred thousand, of how great virtue and wisdom d

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 Testament, pp. 444-448. In my estimation this is THE best and most comprehensive exposition and defense of the biblical basis for the Deity of Christ. Every

I will be quoting from the late Dr. Robert A. Morey’s The Trinity: Evidence and Issues, published by World Bible Publishers, Inc., Iowa Falls, IA, in 1996, Part IV: The New Testament Evidence, Chapter 17. God The Son. All emphasis will be mine. The Theophanies We have already seen that in Old Testament times Yahweh came to earth in human form and communed with the Patriarchs and prophets of old. The link between this God-man and the Messiah was given in the name “Wonderfu

We continue from where we previously left off: Revisiting the implications of Psalm 110. Only God could be David’s Lord The only one who could possibly be David’s Lord is Yahweh God himself, just as the following passages affirm: “To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord (Adonenu), how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
 who hast set thy glory above the heavens.” Psalm 8:1 “Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust

On the Messiah's divine identity of the Messiah Pt. 1 I am going to touch on Psalm 110 once again in order to show that the Lord whom Yahweh invites to sit enthroned alongside of him is a divine Person who is one with Yahweh in essence and nature. We will break down the Psalm in two sections, beginning with the first half: “A Psalm of David (ladawid mizmor). The Lord said unto my Lord (ladoni), Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shal

There are particular Jewish writings where Psalm 110:1 is either understood to be David as the second lord, or Abraham. In the case of those arguing for it being David, this would mean that the Psalm was written about and/or to David. Or it may mean that David wrote this Psalm to be sung to him, so that it would be those hymning or reciting the Psalm who would be calling David “my Lord.” In either scenario I share some of these references for the benefit of the readers. All e

Another Arian Bites the Dust According to John’s Gospel, the prophet Isaiah saw Jesus Christ in his prehuman existence as YHWH of Hosts seated on his heavenly throne: “Jesus replied, ‘The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.’ When Jesus had sa

More Woes for Sunnis Sunni Muslims have been taught to greet their co-religionists with the phrase as-salamu alaykum. However, this is not the greeting which is found in the Quran, which employs the word salamun instead: And when those who believe in Our revelations come unto thee, say: Peace be unto you (salamun alaykum)! Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that whoso of you doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward thereof and doeth right, (for him)