90 New Testament Verses Showing That Faith Without Works Is Dead 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament teaches that salvation is by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. […]
80 New Testament Verses About Overcoming the World, the Flesh, and the Devil 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament teaches that the Christian life involves real spiritual conflict. Believers are called […]
100 New Testament Verses Showing That True Conversion Produces a New Life 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament teaches that conversion is not merely a change of opinion, but a change […]
70 New Testament Verses About Holiness and Sanctification 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament teaches that Christians are not merely forgiven, but also called to holiness and sanctification. To be sanctified […]
80 New Testament Verses About Confession, Forgiveness, and Cleansing 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament teaches not only that Christians must repent and forsake sin, but also that God has provided […]
100 New Testament Verses About Keeping Christ’s Commandments 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament repeatedly teaches that love for Christ is not merely a feeling, an idea, or a verbal profession. […]
100 New Testament Verses About Walking in the Spirit Rather Than the Flesh 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament does not merely warn Christians against sin; it also teaches how victory […]
100 New Testament Verses Against Continuing in Sin 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List One of the most frequently repeated themes in the New Testament is that Christians are not to continue in sin. […]
100 New Testament Verses Showing That Saving Faith Produces Obedience 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology 100 Bible Verses Showing That Genuine Faith Produces Obedience, Good Works, Holiness, and Perseverance in Christ. Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List One of […]
70 New Testament Verses That Say Repentance Is Required 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the 70 Scriptures Repentance is one of the most universally accepted doctrines in historic Christianity. Whether one examines the ancient catechumen process […]
Blaming Jews or the Church? What does God say about your position and identity? A reflection from the Priory of Salem – Institute of Theology In many modern religious and political arguments, people are often pushed into narrow categories. Some say, “the Church is the problem.” Others say, “the Jews are the problem.” Still others […]
The “Lunar Sabbath Reset” Theory Has No Historical Christian Witness By Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD In recent decades, small groups on the internet have begun promoting a theory that the Biblical week resets every lunar month, allegedly producing weeks of irregular lengths and interrupting the continuous seven-day cycle known throughout history. According to […]
Biblical Prayer to “The God of Our Fathers” Covenant Prayer, Heavenly Worship, and the Saints in Biblical Christianity “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may […]
Walking With the Saints The Communion of Saints in the Celtic Orthodox Church “..The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” — Ephesians 1:18 “.. ye are come to the church of […]
One of the most beautiful survivals of ancient Christian prayer is preserved within the classical English liturgical tradition, especially in the Prayer for the Whole State of Christ’s Church: “And we also bless Thy holy Name for all Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth […]
Appendix: “We Have an Altar” — Christ Outside the Camp and the Limits of Ritual Impurity This appendix addresses a narrow but important question: how should Christians understand ancient ritual impurity, especially contact with graves, in light of Christ’s sacrifice, the Melchizedek priesthood, and the New Testament teaching that “we have an altar” outside the […]
Did God Ever Call Unclean Meats “Clean”? Biblical Dietary Laws, Health, and the Last Days Did God ever truly call unclean meats clean? This study hub brings together our Biblical, Orthodox, historical, and health-related teachings on clean and unclean meats, the Levitical dietary laws, Paul’s teaching to the Gentiles, and the continuing importance of holiness, […]
Scientific Reasons Why “Do Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk” Still Teaches Good Theology The commandment, “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk,” appears three times in the Scriptures: Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, and Deuteronomy 14:21. Because it is repeated, we should not treat it lightly. God does not speak […]
Crusader States Legitimism: The Forgotten Christian Connection to the Holy Land In recent decades, many Christians have increasingly distanced themselves from any historic Christian connection to the Holy Land. Often this reaction stems from discomfort with the modern political term “Christian Zionism,” which today is almost universally associated with support for modern Jewish sovereignty in […]
Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy: Praise, Protection, and the Origins of Saintly Petition Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy: Praise, Protection, and the Origins of Saintly Petition Introduction: Recovering the Language of the Early Church The communion of saints stands as one of the most profound and yet often simplified doctrines of the Christian […]
The Stowe Missal and the Question of Direct Saint-Petition A Manuscript-Critical Reassessment Preface: Context and Purpose of This Study This study forms part of a broader investigation titled: ➡️ “Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy: Praise, Protection, and the Origins of Saintly Petition”(see: Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy) The purpose of this article is […]
Celtic Orthodox Rules of the Culdees The Celtic Orthodox Rules of the Culdees preserve one of the most ancient streams of Western Orthodox Christian discipline: prayer, work, fasting, sacred study, charity, obedience, Sabbath reverence, and the ordered life of the Church. These early Culdee Fathers and Celtic Orthodox Church Fathers show that the Celtic Church […]
An Early Culdee Father and the Monastic Life of Menevia Saint David of Wales stands among the earliest and most authoritative figures of the Celtic Orthodox tradition—rightly counted among the Early Culdee Fathers, whose lives preserved the ancient apostolic pattern of prayer, labor, and sacred discipline in the West. Although no separate document titled “The […]
The Celtic Missal (Lorrha–Stowe) Abbot-Bishop Maelruain, Céle Dé (1955–2013) Introduction This page preserves and presents the Celtic Missal as translated and rubricated by +Abbot-Bishop Maelruain, Céle Dé (Kristopher G. Dowling), a faithful laborer in the restoration of Celtic Orthodox liturgical tradition in North America. This work—based on the ancient Lorrha (Stowe) Missal—represents one of the […]
The Historic Celtic Church and Today’s Orthodox Church of the Culdees The Living Celtic Orthodox Tradition: Featured Documentary Watch this short documentary introduction to the Celtic Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church of the Culdees, and the living spiritual tradition of the ancient Celtic Church. It introduces the saints, liturgy, prayer life, household worship, Sabbath reverence, […]