Category: The Church Fathers
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The Church Fathers: Hell
ESCHATOLOGY “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me.For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched,and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”Isaiah 66, 24 “since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,…
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The Church Fathers: Purgatory
ESCHATOLOGY They all therefore praised the ways of the Lord, the just judge who brings to light the things that are hidden. Turning to supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble Judas warned the soldiers to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own…
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The Church Fathers: Salvation ll
PERSEVERANCE IN FAITH Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you,…
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The Church Fathers: Salvation l
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH AND WORKS By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrathand revelation of the just judgment of God, who will repay everyone according to his works: eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works, but wrath…
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The Church Fathers: Justification ll
JUSTIFICATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH AND WORKS For what saith the Scripture that Abraham believed Godand it was counted unto him as righteousness (dikaiosunen).Romans 4, 3 Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified (dikaiousthai) by faithwithout the deeds of the law.Romans 3, 23 Was not Abraham our father justified (edikaiosthe) by workswhen he had…
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The Church Fathers: Justification l
Infused & Intrinsic righteousness Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Fill me with joy and gladness;let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.Hide thy face from my sinsand blot out all my iniquities.Create in me a clean heart, O God,and put a new and right…
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The Church Fathers: The Communion of Saints
THE INTERCESSION & VENERATION OF THE SAINTS And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.Ephesians 1, 22-23 ‘As it is, there are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot…
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The Church Fathers: Queen of Heaven
MARIOLOGY My heart is stirred by a noble themeas I recite my verses for the king;my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.You are the most excellent of menand your lips have been anointed with grace,since God has blessed you forever.Daughters of kings are among your honored women;at your right hand is the royal…
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The Church Fathers: Mediatrix of Grace
MARIOLOGY And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him:They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what isthat to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. His mother saithto the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.John 2, 3-5 My Explications of the Patristic Texts…
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The Church Fathers: The New Eve
MARIOLOGY God said to the serpent:‘I will put enmities between thee and the woman,and thy seed and her seed:she shall crush thy head,and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.’Genesis 3, 15 {DRB} My explications of the Patristic texts Justin Martyr (A.D. 155)Dialogue with Trypho “He became man by the Virgin so that the…
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