The Nicene Creed And Truth About The Trinity This article covers The Nicene Creed and Truth about the Trinity. “God can in no way be described.” — Plato (Father of the pagan Trinity) In the preface to Edward Gibbon’s History of Christianity, we read: “If Paganism was conquered by Christianity,...
One, Two, Trinity This article covers the doctrine of the Trinity. And then there were three. They were seen in Sacred Tradition first, seen in the teaching authority of the undivided Church next, and seen in the Bible last. Which Church was that? The Roman Catholic Church. The Three Witnesses...
Judaism And Trinity: A Messianic Christian View This article covers the relationship between Judaism And Trinity (A Messianic Christian View). GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU. MARANANTHA! Most modern Jewish people seem to have made their “peace” with Jesus of Nazareth. Some consider Him to be a great Jew, or even...
Jewish Reflections On Trinitarian Thinking Three Is Not Enough: Jewish Reflections on Trinitarian Thinking Scriptural and Early Rabbinic God Language In earlier times, people did not ask questions about God language; they just used it. Talking to God, directly, brought people close to the Lord of creation and history. Addressing...
G-d Is One, Not A Trinity This article argues about the validity of The Trinity saying: G-d is One, Not a Trinity. “Hear O Israel, YHVH is G-d, YHVH is ONE.” (Deut 6:4) I do not subscribe to trinitarian/tri-unitarian doctrines which attempt to define G-d as three Persons in One....
The Athanasian Creed The Athanasian Creed, also known as Pseudo-Athanasian Creed or Quicunque Vult (also Quicumque Vult), is a Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. One of the symbols of the Faith approved by the Church and given a place in her liturgy, is a short, clear exposition of the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation,...
The Enlightenment For Every Dimension “The Enlightenment For Every Dimension” is a comprehensive study of the enlightenment from a Christian point of view. The Truths of Love Nothing in the world you have ever done or can ever do, is more important than reading and understanding these writings of Truth....
What Is Biblical Inspiration? Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that “the human authors and editors of canonical scripture were led or influenced by the Deity with the result that their writings many be designated in some sense the word of God” (B.M. Metzger & M.D. Coogan, “The Oxford...
Christian Religious Texts Christian Religious Texts form the cornerstone of a religion, instilling law, character, and spirituality in its people; some are narratives of historical figures in the faith. A text might be viewed as the unchanging “Word of God;” other texts are revised and expanded by later generations. Texts...
Christian Mysticism Christian mysticism refers to mystical practices and theory within Christianity. Mysticism is not so much a doctrine as a method of thought. It has often been connected to mystical theology, especially in the Catholic Church (including traditions from both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches) and Orthodox Christianity (including traditions from both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental...
Regrets About Science And Technology The general atmosphere and conditions surrounding us promise great happiness so long as science and technology with all their facilities and fruits are devoted to the service of humanity. Today, we are as exposed to great calamities and dangers as we have open to us...
The Gospels: Contradictions and Improbabilities in the Descriptions Each of the four Gospels contains a large number of descriptions of events that may be unique to one single Gospel or common to several if not all of them. When they are unique to one Gospel, they sometimes raise serious problems....
The General Genealogies Of Jesus This article covers The General Genealogies of Jesus. The Gospels contain very few passages which give rise to a confrontation with modern scientific data. Firstly, however, there are many descriptions referring to miracles which hardly lend themselves to scientific comment. The miracles concern people-the healing...
History Of The Gospels – Texts This article covers the History Of The Gospels – Texts. One would be mistaken in thinking that once the Gospels were written they constituted the basic Scriptures of the newly born Christianity and that people referred to them the same way they referred to...
Sources Of The Gospels The latest studies in textual criticism on the sources of the Gospels have clearly shown an even more complicated formation process of the texts. The general outline that has been given here of the Gospels and which emerges from a critical examination of the texts tends...
The Gospel According To John John’s Gospel is radically different from the three others; to such an extent indeed that Father Roguet in his book Initiation to the Gospel (Initiation à l’Evangile), having commented on the other three, immediately evokes a startling image for the fourth. He calls it, the...
The Gospel According To Luke The date of Luke’s Gospel can be estimated according to several factors: Luke used Mark’s and Matthew’s Gospels. For O. Culmann, Luke is a ‘chronicler’, and for Father Kannengiesser he is a ‘true novelist’. In his prologue to Theophilus, Luke warns us that he, in...
The Gospel According To Mark Mark’s Gospel as a whole is officially recognised as being canonic. All the same, the final section of Mark’s Gospel (16,1920) is considered by modem authors to have been tacked on to the basic work: the Ecumenical Translation is quite explicit about this. This is...
The Gospel According To Matthew On the basis of these observations alone, the origins of Matthew’s Gospel may be placed in the tradition of a Judeo-Christian community. Matthew’s is the first of the four Gospels as they appear in the New Testament. This position is perfectly justified by the fact...
The Four Gospels – Sources and History This article covers The Four Gospels – Sources and History. In the writings that come from the early stages of Christianity, the Gospels are not mentioned until long after the works of Paul. It was not until the middle of the Second century...