Library Author: <span>Jose Miguel Arraiz</span>

Author: <span>Jose Miguel Arraiz</span>

303 articles
Salvation by Faith Alone, the Primitive Church, and the Fathers of the Church
January 1, 2025 60 min
Salvation by Faith Alone, the Primitive Church, and the Fathers of the Church

Did the Church Fathers believe in the doctrine of salvation by Faith Alone? During the period when I felt drawn to Protestantism,...

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God Wills That All Men Be Saved
January 1, 2025 15 min
God Wills That All Men Be Saved

If you ask a Calvinist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Puritan, or any Reformed evangelical Christian whether God wills that all men be saved, as...

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Grace and Freedom
January 1, 2025 34 min
Grace and Freedom

In the sixteenth century a monk by the name of Martin Luther separated from the Church and initiated the Protestant Reformation. The...

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The Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity in the Primitive Church
January 1, 2025 47 min
The Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity in the Primitive Church

We cannot conclude our discussion of Trinitarian doctrine without studying the development of this doctrine from the origins of the Church through...

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The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity in the Bible
January 1, 2025 52 min
The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity in the Bible

One of the most profound and important truths of the Christian faith is contained in the dogma of the Most Holy Trinity....

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Canon XXVIII of the Council of Chalcedon and the Petrine Primacy
January 1, 2025 20 min
Canon XXVIII of the Council of Chalcedon and the Petrine Primacy

As Protestantism has separated itself from the Catholic Church, it has found it necessary to find historical reasons to justify that separation....

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Matthew 16:18, the Primacy of Peter, and the Church Fathers
January 1, 2025 116 min
Matthew 16:18, the Primacy of Peter, and the Church Fathers

Errors are hard to kill — almost as hard as Bruce Willis in any of the Die Hard sequels. One of those...

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The Primacy of Peter in the Primitive Church
January 1, 2025 15 min
The Primacy of Peter in the Primitive Church

We studied earlier the essence of the papacy, and said that although the style of its exercise has varied throughout history, this...

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Where Did Jesus Call Peter «Pope»?
January 1, 2025 29 min
Where Did Jesus Call Peter «Pope»?

Reflections on the Most Common Protestant Questions about the Petrine Ministry One of the doctrines most firmly rejected by our Protestant brethren...

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Outside the Church There Is No Salvation: A Brief History of the Development of the Dogma
January 1, 2025 38 min
Outside the Church There Is No Salvation: A Brief History of the Development of the Dogma

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus is one of the dogmas that tends to present the greatest difficulties of understanding for both Catholics and...

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The Monarchical Episcopate
January 1, 2025 30 min
The Monarchical Episcopate

Protestantism’s rejection of the monarchical episcopate — which is nothing other than the hierarchical constitution of the Church in bishops, presbyters, and...

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Apostolic Succession in the Bible
January 1, 2025 13 min
Apostolic Succession in the Bible

What Is Apostolic Succession? To preserve the indefectibility of the Church, Jesus Christ our Lord chose twelve from among his disciples and...

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