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Arguments Supporting the Beatitude of Jonah?
Arguments Supporting the Beatitude of Jonah?
The best arguments that you are going to find are fourfold:
Silence
He is recognized as God’s Prophet
He wrote the Book of Jonah himself
Tradition
The Bo …
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Has any reputable Christian claimed to have been physically visited by Jesus Christ Himself ...
Has any reputable Christian claimed to have been physically visited by Jesus Christ Himself after Paul's conversion?
Ecclesiastical history has many cases of such claims. The real problem here is how …
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Are there eyewitness accounts of Jesus Christ written during (or closely after) his lifetime?
Are there eyewitness accounts of Jesus Christ written during his lifetime?
The short answer is no.
The entire New Testament was written well after the crucifixion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Even the …
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How many wives did Adam have?
According to Scriptures, the only wife that Adam had was Eve.
Notwithstanding the biblical sources, that Adam had only one wife, there is a legend that Adam had a Wife named Lilith.
Lilith is the …
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Historical evidence of Slaughter of the Innocents besides St. Matthew's Gospel?
What historical evidence is there of the Slaughter of the Innocents?
Apart from the Gospel of St. Matthew, it seems that there is a serious lack of any recognized historical evidence for the slaughte …
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How tall was Jesus?
How tall was Jesus?
The apocrypha do not speak of the height of Jesus, but like the apocrypha the Shroud of Turin is to be considered an extra biblical source of possible information. One is free to b …
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What prophets came from Galilee?
What prophets came from Galilee?
In John 7:52, the Pharisees told Nicodemus, “Search and see that no prophet arises out of
Galilee.” Were they correct that no prophet ever came out of Galilee?
The Pro …
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Who was who at the Crucifixion of Jesus on the Cross?
Who was who during the Crucifixion of Jesus, who is called the Christ?
I will divide this into two sections: Part 1 will focus on witnesses named in the canonical Gospels. Part 2 will focus on the tho …
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Are there any documented cases of Xenoglossy (i.e. "Acts 2:1-13 type" tongues, understood by...
Are there any documented cases of “Acts 2 type” tongue speaking (i.e. understood by a foreigner) in recent history (19th century on)?
I have not heard of this being done in modern times, say from the …
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Are there any extra-biblical writings that document what the early Christians believed about...
Are there any extra-biblical writings that documents what the early Christians believed about the second coming of Christ?
Of course there are!
The following have all written about it:
Didache
The Ep …
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Is there any historical evidence that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit were still in ope...
Is there any historical evidence that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit were still in operation after the Apostolic Age?
The Short answer is yes.
In short no one ever believed they had stopped unti …
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What is the earliest explicit mention of infant baptism?
What is the earliest explicit mention of infant baptism?
It seems that St. Irenaeus (202 AD) is the earliest to reference to the practice of infant baptism. In 185 AD, he wrote the following:
Irenaeu …
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What was the early Church Fathers' understanding of the "baptism with Holy Spirit and fire"?
What was the early Church Fathers' understanding of the “baptism with Holy Spirit and fire”?
The terms ”baptism by fire” and ”baptism of fire” are derived from the Bible, from the New Testament book o …
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