Traceable claims
Sources & Method
A compact trail to the sources used for this site's factual, theological, pastoral, and artwork notes.
We prefer the biblical text itself, official Armenian Church material for Armenian teaching, ancient texts for what ancient authors actually say, museum records for artworks, and academic or institutional sources for disputed history. A source can support a limited claim without endorsing every conclusion on this site.
Scripture text and permissions
- Friendship Press — publisher quotation and digital-use guidance (NRSV/RSV family)
- Bible Gateway — licensed RSV reader
- Bible Gateway — licensed RSV Catholic Edition reader
- YouVersion — RSV “Old Tradition 1952” reader
See Scripture Sources for the house edition, quotation rules, and full copyright notice.
Armenian Apostolic faith and worship
- Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin — overview of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Eastern Diocese — the Armenian Havadamk (Creed)
- Eastern Diocese — sacraments
- Eastern Diocese — the Divine Liturgy
- Eastern Diocese — resurrection, restoration, and victory
- Eastern Diocese — incarnation and the restoration of humanity
- Eastern Diocese — Scripture in Armenian worship
Ancient evidence and historical method
- Tacitus, Annals 15.44 — Dickinson College Commentary
- Pliny, Letters 10.96 — Dickinson College Commentary
- Cambridge University Press — W. L. Craig's argument for the empty tomb's historicity (one side of a continuing scholarly debate)
- Cambridge University Press — canon formation and Athanasius
- Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung — Greek New Testament manuscript counts
- Israel Antiquities Authority — the Dead Sea Scrolls, including the Great Isaiah Scroll (Leon Levy Digital Library)
Artwork records
- Pinacoteca di Brera — Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — Rembrandt, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
- State Hermitage Museum — Rembrandt, The Return of the Prodigal Son
- Museum of National History at Frederiksborg — Carl Bloch paintings
Pastoral safety
- National Domestic Violence Hotline — forgiveness and abuse
- National Domestic Violence Hotline — spiritual abuse
- National Institute of Mental Health — anxiety disorders
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
What a citation does—and does not—mean
A link identifies the evidence behind a particular statement. It does not turn a devotional site into neutral scholarship, and it does not imply that the source organization endorses Thanks to Jesus. The Editorial Policy explains how differing kinds of claims are presented.