The early Christians consistently recognized Mary as the New Eve, drawing a direct parallel between her obedience and Eve’s ...
Tertullian of Carthage, Melito of Sardis, Eusebius of Caesarea, Epiphanius of Salamis, and many others. These philosophical debates, fundamentally different from the Gospel texts recounting the ...
The First Epistle of John (1 John) is the first of three epistles traditionally attributed to John, the beloved apostle. When ...
Some refer to the Book of Hebrews as the “better book.” It compares the Old Testament ceremonial system and its fulfillment, ...
Tertullian during this period also commented on this difference. [JBC, p. 523] These comments and concerns would have been inappropriate, if the early Christians and Jews shared the same OT canon.
2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person ...
The New Testament canon was almost complete by the late second century. Early church leaders like Irenaeus (AD 180) and Tertullian (AD 200) affirmed the four Gospels, Acts, Paul’s letters, and other ...
Tertullian, one of the early Church fathers of the second century coined the term, “the blood of the martyrs is seed for the church.” No doubt, anytime the church has faced persecution, she has always ...
You are the devil's gateway, you are the unsealer of the forbidden tree, you are the first forsaker of the divine law… Early church father Tertullian (Book 1, Chapter 1) said this about Eve eating of ...