Author: Richard

  • Nicene Creed

    Richard

    Original Nicene Creed [Click here for a YouTube video on the Original Nicene Creed] We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten from the Father, only-begotten, that is, from the same substance [homoousios] of the Father, God Read more

  • Apostles’ Creed

    Richard

    I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from Read more

  • The Problem of Evil

    Richard

    Perhaps the strongest argument against the existence of God is the problem of evil, popularized by John Mackie in his 1955 article “Evil and Omnipotence.”[i] The logical formulation of the problem of evil states that an all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful God is inconsistent with the presence of evil in the world. The evidential formulation of the Read more

  • Athanasian Creed

    Richard

    Whoever desires to be saved should above all hold to the catholic faith. Anyone who does not keep it whole and unbroken will doubtless perish eternally. Now this is the catholic faith:     That we worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity,     neither blending their persons     nor dividing their essence. Read more

  • Jesus of Nazareth

    Richard

    A surprising number of people are under the impression that a historical person named Jesus of Nazareth did not exist. These impressions are demonstrably false. All serious historians view it as a historical fact that a Jewish man named Jesus of Nazareth did exist in the Herodian Kingdom of Judea in the early 1st century. Read more

  • Miracles

    Richard

    Most of the miracle accounts in the Bible are not theologically necessary. That is, theological propositions rarely (if ever) rely on specific miracle accounts being literally true. Of course, those who believe that the Bible is inerrant will believe that the miracles accounts are literally true, and those who believe that the Bible is infallible will believe that Read more

  • The Resurrection

    Richard

    The resurrection of Jesus Christ is central to Christianity and is a belief that all Christians must hold. This section presents a basic apologetic argument showing that the resurrection of Christ is the most plausible explanation for a variety of historical facts. There are many more detailed academic arguments for the Resurrection, but these are Read more

  • Chalcedonian Definition

    Richard

    Following, then, the holy Fathers, we all unanimously teach that our Lord Jesus Christ is to us One and the same Son, the Self-same Perfect in Godhead, the Self-same Perfect in Manhood; truly God and truly Man; the Self-same of a rational soul and body; co-essential with the Father according to the Godhead, the Self-same Read more