Tag: Christology

Where Did Isaiah Speak About Him? John 12:41 Supplement

Where Did Isaiah Speak About Him? John 12:41 Supplement

A supplement to 'The Glory Isaiah Saw,' engaging the strongest published form of the unitarian reading of John 12:41 — taking up its central question: Where did Isaiah speak about him in Isaiah 6?

The Glory Isaiah Saw

The Glory Isaiah Saw

A Catholic engagement with the published unitarian case for John 12:41. The grammar is granted; the lexical range is granted; and the pre-Nicene chain — Justin, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen — is set out from primary sources. The glory Isaiah saw is the glory of the eternal Son, and the glory the rulers refused.

When the Texts Are Allowed to Speak – Why the Son of Colossians 1:15 Is Not a Creature

When the Texts Are Allowed to Speak – Why the Son of Colossians 1:15 Is Not a Creature

There is a paragraph on page 383 of Greg Stafford's Jehovah's Witnesses Defended that does more work than perhaps any other single sentence in the book. The paragraph is short. It is also the moment where Stafford's argument either holds or breaks.

Dead, Forever Dead — The Jesus the Watchtower Will Not Give You

Dead, Forever Dead — The Jesus the Watchtower Will Not Give You

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the man Jesus who died on Good Friday did not come back — that his body was dissolved into atoms and a spirit creature named Michael was constructed to take his place. This is a primary-source documented study of that doctrine — what the Watchtower actually teaches, why it cannot be reconciled with the apostolic Scriptures, and why the Jesus who rose is the same man who died.

Abraham’s 318 Men: The Cross and the Name of Jesus Hidden in a Number

Abraham’s 318 Men: The Cross and the Name of Jesus Hidden in a Number

The number 318 appears once in the Bible — in the count of Abraham's trained servants in Genesis 14:14. Written in Greek as Tau-Iota-Eta, it encodes the Cross of Christ and the Name of Jesus. And it was present at the Council of Nicaea. A patristic investigation with all primary sources verified.