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Epiphanius Against the Worship of Mary in Panarion 79 – A Response to William Albrecht
In our recent debate on the Bodily Assumption of Mary, William made an anachronistic claim regarding Epiphanius’ objection to the veneration of Mary. More specifically, he offers an anachronistic recategorization of the veneration of Mary that is not supported by the text of Epiphanius’ Panarion 79: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esiU1Ls7ZCk?si=lNYKj6RvnilF4qns&clip=UgkxkL2KGGoeocbEnv2r-XUVOgSRyr08cgEK&clipt=EI7T-QEY_-H8AQ] A side-by-side comparison of the English…
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Correcting Sam Shamoun and William Albrecht Regarding the Bodily Assumption of Mary – Part 1
Dan Chapa and I (TurretinFan) recently debated Sam Shamoun and William Albrecht on the topic of the Bodily Assumption of Mary. You can watch that four-hour event at Standing for Truth (link to the video). Nevertheless, I noticed that Sam posted to his own blog a number of things, in blog order (i.e. reverse chronological),…
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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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The Tetragrammaton in the Early Church Fathers (with bonus material)
In the patristic period (AD 70, upon the destruction of Jerusalem, to AD 749, the death of John Damascene), three fathers, in five places, provided a Greek transliteration of the tetragrammaton. The term “tetragrammaton,” however appears to have been used even before Christ by Philo, in his “Life of Moses.” Philo seems to indicate that…
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Epiphanius of Salamis – Evidence of the Bodily Assumption in the Panarion
Panarion, Anacephalaeosis VII, Chapter 78, Against Antidicomarians (p. 635): 23,8 And there have been many such things to mislead the deluded, though the saints are not responsible for anyone’s stumbling; the human mind finds no rest, but is perverted to evils. (9) The holy virgin may have died and been buried—her falling asleep was with honor,…
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Epiphanius on the Title "Queen of Heaven"
Speaking of women who offered cakes of bread to Mary (the Kollyridians), Epiphanius (310/320-403) wrote: Let no one eat of the error which has arisen on St. Mary’s account. Even though ‘The tree is lovely’ it is not for food; and even though Mary is all fair, and is holy and held in honor, she…