Tag: Faith
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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: The Holy Trinity
Trinitarianism In the beginning, was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God.He was in the beginning with God.All things were made through Him,and without Him, nothing was made that was made.And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,and we beheld His glory,the glory as of the only begotten of the…
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The Church Fathers: The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
Sacramentology And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one ofhis ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had takenfrom man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said: This is nowbone…
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The Church Fathers: The Sacrament of Confirmation
Sacramentology When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God,they sent Peter and John to Samaria. When they arrived, they prayed for the newbelievers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit hadnot yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the…
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The Church Fathers: The Sacrament of Holy Eucharist
Sacramentology While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave itto the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and aftergiving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood…
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The Church Fathers: The Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confession And many of them that believed, came confessing and declaring their deeds.Acts 19, 18 “In church, confess your sins, and do not come to your prayer with a guiltyconscience. Such is the Way of Life…On the Lord’s own day, assemble in commonto break bread and offer thanks; but first confess your sins, so that…
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The Church Fathers: Original Sin
Hamartiology “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?Job 14, 1-4 Behold, I was brought…
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The Church Fathers: Infant Baptism
The Sacrament of Baptism Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of JesusChrist for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the HolySpirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off,whomever the Lord…
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The Church Fathers: The Church Is One & Visible
Ecclesiology There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of yourcalling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all,who is above all and through all and in all.Ephesians 4, 4-5 My Explications of the Patristic Texts Tertullian (A.D. 197)Apology, 39:1 “I shall at…
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