One of the most famous inscriptions inside the Cathedral is a poem: "Ye call Me Master and obey me not, Ye call Me Light and see Me not, Ye call Me Way and walk not, Ye call Me Life and desire Me not, Ye call Me wise and follow Me not, Ye call Me fair and love Me not, Ye call Me rich and ask Me not, Ye call Me eternal and seek Me not, [...]
Mr Pandor’s book can be downloaded for free from the I.P.C.I. website. Mr Molana Pandor asked early in the book that we“Please read the entire book, not just mere browsing or else the essence of the books systematic sequence will be lost”[1]. Respectfully, I have endeavoured to do that and my response to Mr Pandor will be systematic and sequential from the first page to the last page of his book. If there are overlapping points I will refer [...]
A brother of the faith brought something to my attention recently, a Unitarian paper arguing for a Unitarian understanding of Psalm 110:1, in which the supposed author also criticized some Trinitarian interpretations of this text, the paper went by the title of Psalm 110:1 and the Status of the Second Lord – Trinitarian Arguments Challenged by Jaco Van Zyl. Unfortunately, like most Unitarian apologists – Van Zyl has definitely not delved deep enough into the [...]
The Apostles' Creed sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles is an early statement of Christian belief. Credo is the Latin word for “I believe.” The Early Church said the Creed together and started with “we believe”. (Credimus) The account of the origin of this creed, the forerunner and principal source of the Apostles' Creed, as having been jointly created by the Apostles under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but with each of the twelve contributing [...]
I want to make the creed more controversial rather than less controversial for the right reasons rather than the wrong reasons. It was said of Irenaeus (2nd Century) the early Church Father that “to him ...what was handed down was not a collection of formal beliefs, but a means of living contact with the sources of life, indeed with the Life himself. He felt to the full what a modern writer called “the thrill of [...]
Paul writes on False Apostles in 2 Corinthians 11:1-4 he writes “I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me. Yes, do put up with me. For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband—to present a pure virgin to Christ. But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted from a complete [...]
Prophecy is history written in advance. Its 100% accuracy rate proves that it comes from God, whose plan for man's salvation was in place since Adam. So when ancient prophets speak, consider their words as about or from the Messiah. Their pain foreshadows His pain; their jubilation foreshadows His victory over death. 1. He Would Exist Before Time Old Testament Prophecy New Testament Fulfillment The Messiah would be: Eternal From eternity and everlasting Psalm 102:25-27 [...]
One hears conflicting estimates of Jesus. Christians believe he is incomparable, without a peer, but they are often quite ignorant of the lives of other great spiritual leaders. On the other hand, some people speak of Jesus, Buddha, Socrates and others without acknowledging any differences. Walter Lippmann, for example, remarks, "There is no doubt that in one form or another, Socrates and Buddha, Jesus and St. Paul, Plotinus and Spinoza, taught that the good life [...]
In "Jude's letter" or the "Epistle of Jude" authored by Jude the Brother of James the Just we find one of the most interesting variant readings in the New Testament text. This type of variant reading is what could be understood as a "elucidating alteration" for clarification of the overall reading of Jude's central message.The variant reading and the manuscripts that support them tell us to chose between the reading Ιησους (Jesus) and Κυριος (Lord). Either way the overall context denotes [...]
Records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Trinity, Deity and eternal pre-existence of Jesus Christ Person & Personality of the Holy Spirit. 74 AD The Letter of Barnabas 74 AD The Letter of Barnabas "And further, my brethren, if the Lord [Jesus] endured to suffer for our soul, he being the Lord of all the world, to whom God said at the foundation of the world, 'Let us make man after our [...]
