Second: The true church and delivery (tradition)
In a public debate with Jehovah’s Witnesses (1), I asked them something similar to what I am asking now, and they asked me: Don’t you rely on […]
Youssef Al-Dimashqi, the saint and martyr among the priests
He is Father Youssef bin Girgis Musa bin Muhanna Al-Haddad (1), known, for short, as Father Youssef Muhanna Al-Haddad. He is of Beirut origin.
Chapter Seven: Saint Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers
The Church is of course “apostolic,” but it is also patristic. It is essentially the “Church of the Fathers.” These two “characteristics” cannot be separated, and because it is “patristic,” it is truly “apostolic.” The witness of the Fathers is more than a historical feature, more than a voice from the past.
Chapter Three: The catholicity of the Church
The Church is the work of Christ on earth and is the image of His presence and dwelling in the world. When the Holy Spirit descended on the Church on the Day of Pentecost, which was represented by the Twelve and those gathered with them, He entered the world to dwell among us and to make His work more effective in us than before.
How do we call the priest our Father when the Bible says: “Call no one to have a father on earth...” (Matthew 23:9)?
Many Protestant commentators say that Christ forbade calling anyone on earth father, so they chose other titles such as: “Respected,”