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Hilary and Chrysostom on Justification by Faith Alone

By On February 17, 2011 · 3 Comments

Hilary of Poitiers commenting on Matthew 9:3: “It disturbed the scribes that sin was forgiven by a man (for they considered that Jesus Christ was only a man) and that sin was forgiven by Him whereas the Law was not able to absolve it, since faith alone justifies.”

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Whence Cometh Bishops?

By On February 15, 2011 · 1 Comment

Church history is fascinating.

From what I read, the consensus among modern scholars is that presbyteros and episkopos were interchangeable in the early-to-mid first century. There is much in Protestant Evangelicalism that sees the implications of this and views the episcopacy as a serious departure from the Biblical model of church government.

However, from [...]

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