So, when did Marian veneration begin? The earliest record we have of something approach Marian veneration is this: Luke 11:27 And it came to...

 Continuing the series (first response)(second response) of responses to an article about allegedly early veneration of Mary (link to origin...

In a previous post ( link ), we demonstrated an error that alleged veneration of Mary in Psalm 45.  The same author ( link to post ) argued ...

I recently came across an argument asserting that there is veneration of Mary in Psalm 45 (Septuagint Psalm 44).  I thought it might be inte...

Roman Catholic Pope Francis weighed in on the debate over the question of whether Mary is a co-redemptrix ( link to Vatican site ): Christ i...

I recently came across the following paragraph that captures an issue that turns out to be significant for exegesis as it relates to Calvini...

These will not make a lot of sense without the context of the debate, and I may pull this post shortly. The main counter-point to consider i...

Romans 9:14-33, gets us into the meat of the tangent Paul is providing. Remember that in Romans 8, we saw Paul set forth the idea of God...

Romans 9:6-13 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they ...

The most surprising differences between the KJV and ESV in Romans 9:1-13 are two places where the ESV is actually longer than the KJV readin...

 Romans 9:1-5  9 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness ...

 The Westminster Confession was adopted without proof texts.  Nevertheless, it was sent back to the Assembly to include proof texts.  Accord...

 Rufinus (d. 411) provided Latin translations of many of Origen's works, including his commentary on Romans (published in two volumes in...