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The Woman of Revelation 12 cannot possibly be Mary
People sometimes notice that the woman of Revelation 12 has a child who will rule the nation with a rod of iron, and from that they assume that the woman is Mary, since ruling the nations with a rod of iron is something ascribed to Christ. However, the woman of Revelation 12 cannot possibly be…
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Theophilos of Landra | Theophile of Landra | Theofil of Landra or of Libado (aka Theoteknos of Livias?) on the Assumption of Mary
Some thoughts and comparison between the Arabic homily attributed to “Theophilos of Landra,” seemingly a Coptic author, and the Greek homily attributed to “Theoteknos of Livias.” Title/Citation: HOMILY FOR THE 16TH OF MESORÉ, THEOPHILOS OF LANDRA Ms. Vatican Arabic 698; ff 41v-48v. For the contents of the manuscript (which also includes two other assumption-related works),…
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Autpurt Ambrose (d. 784) on the Ark of Revelation 11:19 and the Woman of Revelation 12:1 and On the Bodily Assumption
Ambrosius Autpertus, in Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediavalis (CCCM) vol. XXVII (Ambrosius Autpertus, part 1), Expositions in Apocalypse, Books I-V From the preface: Again, John tells of having seen a woman clothed with the sun in the sky, and there she gave birth. But the dragon stood before her, to devour her child; however, the child…
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Epiphanius didn't Fall for the Collyridian Teaching of the Bodily Assumption
Assumptionist argument: Epiphanius claims May was bodily assumed, because he compares her to Elijah, based on Panarion 79. This, they assert, shows that Epiphanius changed his mind between Panarion 78 and Panarion 79, even though the two are chapters of the same tome of the same book. We respond (as explained in the video linked…
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Debate Challenge for "Called to Communion" Team
Dr. James White has offered a debate challenge to the Roman communion group at the “Called to Communion” blog (mp3, you can start around 6 minutes, if you just want to hear the challenge in context). I am laying out an open challenge to any of the people at Called to Confusion: 2013 – let’s…