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Official creed of Latter-day Saiimts (LDS) Mormons Mormons Pick one: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (RLDS) Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA . . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Articles of Faith We believe in God, the ... We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law. We believe in being honest, ... Some are called to particular responsibility as ordained ministers (priesthood) in the church. The church provides for a wide range of priesthood ministries through calling and ordination of men and women. FREE CHOICE: All people have freedom to choose. Our choices bring real consequences - good and evil - to our lives, to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Mormons.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus Click to View Mormons deny the virgin birth. God is considered the literal biological Father of Jesus in the same way that Mary is the literal biological mother of Jesus! The most blasphemous, damnable Mormon ... "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense. The body in which He performed His mission in the flesh was sired by that same Holy Being we worship as God, our Eternal Father. Jesus was not the son of Joseph, nor was He begotten by the Holy Ghost" (The ... and beget a Son, although she was espoused to another; for the law which He gave to govern men and women, was not intended to govern Himself, or to prescribe rules for his own conduct" (The Seer, Orson Pratt, pg. 158). "The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Historical inaccuracy of the Book of Mormon The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View Historical inaccuracy of the Book of Mormon Click to View A. Mormon archaeological argument that proves the historical accuracy of B of M The Book of Mormon claims to be a history of ancient peoples inhabiting Central America until 421 A. D. No one in 1830 (when the Book of Mormon was published) had any idea of the existence of the great cities and ancient civilizations which once inhabited Central America Archaeologists and other researchers after 1830 confirmed that such ancient civilizations and ... He would describe the ancient inhabitants of this continent, their dress, mode of traveling, and the animals upon which they rode; their cities, their buildings with every particular; their mode of warfare; and also their religious worship. This he would do with as much ease, seemingly, as if he had spent his whole life with them.'" Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith The Prophet and His Progenitors For Many ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-Archaeology.htm

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Jewish Messianic Expectation at the time of Christ Jewish Messianic Expectation at the time of Jesus Christ See also: Messianic Expectation in Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Jewish Coins Jewish Messianic Expectation at the time of Jesus Christ 1. Jewish Messianic expectation from scripture: "Messianic window" prophecy 2. Non-Biblical Jewish messianic eschatology: "days of the Messiah" 3. The ... The Jews at the time of Jesus Christ misunderstood much of what the Messianic prophecy was really predicting. They never dreamed the land promise was heaven, the restored temple was the body of Christ, the restored kingdom was the church and that the messiah was the liberator over the devil not Rome. 3. Josephus notes the ... Priest = Star: The Magi and Apostle John referred to Jesus as THE STAR: "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him."" (Matthew 2:2) h. "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root (branch) and the descendant of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Jewish-Messiah-Jesus-coming-Days-Coins-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Seder-Olam-Talmud-Revelation-Gog-magog-dragon-war-1000-years-Hell-judgment-resurrection.htm

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Interactive Study: Determine for yourself if you worship in Spirit ... Are You Worshipping God In Spirit And In Truth? Determine it for yourself! This course "Are You Worshipping God In Spirit And In Truth" is written with the hope of helping us to worship God in the way acceptable to Him. Jesus says in John 4:24, "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." Click to View Lesson #1: The Purpose Of Our Worship Click to View Lesson #2: Worshipping God In Spirit Click to View Lesson #3: Worship Is Not For Our Entertainment Click to View Lesson #4: Worshipping God In Truth Click to View Lesson #5: Acceptable And Unacceptable Worship Click to View Lesson #6: Vain Worship Click to View Lesson #7: We Must Give Our Best To God Click to View Lesson #8: We Must Only Worship God Click to View Lesson #9: Role Of Women In The Church Click to View Lesson #10: Attendance Of Worship Click to View Lesson #11: Our Dress In Worship Click to View Lesson #12: Prayer Click to View Lesson #13: Our Giving Click to View Lesson #14: The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-interactive.htm

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Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... An International Association Click to View Sunday worship because of Sunday Resurrection! Click to View SATURDAY Resurrection UNBIBLICAL! Click to View Sabbath Keepers refuted website Fundamental Beliefs PREAMBLE The following are statements regarding the fundamental beliefs of the United Church of God, an International Association. This is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the beliefs of the Church. Questions about doctrine and belief will be ... We believe in one God, the Father, eternally existing, who is a Spirit, a personal Being of supreme intelligence, knowledge, love, justice, power and authority. He, through Jesus Christ, is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. He is the ... We believe in observing the New Testament Passover on the night of the 14th of Abib, the anniversary of the death of our Savior. We believe in the commanded observance of the seven annual Holy Days given to ancient Israel by God and kept by Jesus Christ, the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm

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Will any religion get me to heaven as long as I am Sincere? Apparently many sincere people are trusting in their sincerity for salvation. But is sincerity enough? Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14: 6. Now what could this possibly mean if sincerity alone is sufficient? If there is no other way to salvation than through Christ, as he clearly stated here, then sincerity alone will not do, will it? One of the classical examples of a man who was unquestionably sincere, and yet lost, out of Christ, and even an arch enemy of the early church, is that of Saul of Tarsus. Saul had even participated in the murder of the first Christian martyr, Stephen (Acts 7: 58). He "made havoc of the church ... and haling (dragging) men and women committed them to prison" Acts 8: 3. It is even reported further that "Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desiring of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-sincerity-alone.htm

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Did you choose your church this way??? Did you choose your church this way??? In the next fifteen years it is estimated that 25,000,000 American will choose a church. How shall they make their choice? Wouldn't it be wonderful it each one would begin with an open Bible in his hand? Let him read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, thus coming to believe deeply and earnestly that Jesus of Nazareth is truly the Christ, the son of God. And then let him read on into the book of Acts. There he will find the dynamic preaching of the good news about Christ. He will find that Peter, on ... Would it not be wonderful if the millions of Americans who will choose a church in the next fifteen years would choose a church in this ancient, God-given way of becoming a Christian? There is no way but God's way to be saved (Matthew 7:21). Would it not be wonderful also if these millions would worship in the same simple way that the early Christians did? It was a genuine way that the early Christians were taught to worship: simple, yet profound. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-choose-church.htm

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A Review of the creed of The Evangelical Christian Church in ... Our ministers and clergy are at liberty to hold other personal opinions and Christian doctrinal beliefs, or important matters pertaining to dress code, hair length, observations of days, and informal or formal worship etc., outside of the Articles of Faith without the restraints of ecclesiastical powers. The ... There was no attempt to do away with any other church or form a new division within the Protestant Movement, but CECC is bringing together all those who want and need a direct relationship with Jesus Christ without the limitations of a church hierarchy or a bureaucratic system which was once the characteristic of the medieval system. We have no creed but ... Marriage is a lifelong covenant relationship between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. It is a lifetime relationship before God. We believe in the covenant faithfulness of each man and women in marriage. Common-law living Living together as a couple unmarried is a lie against God, and brings no ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-Canadian-Evangelical-Christian-Churches-CECC.htm

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Lies of the devil... "Doctrine Doesn't Matter!" Church History: A Biblical View The history of the church that Jesus Christ established, and the offshoots of that original organization, with particular attention to how these offshoots compare to the biblical description of that original church. Apostolic Age: (30-100 AD) Ante Nicene Age: (100-325 AD) Nicene Age: (325-600 AD) The middle or Dark Ages: (600-1500 AD) The reformation age: (1500-1600 AD) The modern Age: (1600-2000 AD) Click to View Self test: Self Study Course Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View Are You Worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth, OR IN VAIN? Click to View Lesson #1: The Purpose Of Our Worship Click to View Lesson #2: ... Click to View Lesson #6: Vain Worship Click to View Lesson #7: We Must Give Our Best To God Click to View Lesson #8: We Must Only Worship God Click to View Lesson #9: Role Of Women In The Church Click to View Lesson #10: Attendance Of Worship Click to View Lesson #11: Our Dress In Worship Click to View Lesson #12: Prayer ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tares.htm

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Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee ... INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. - Origin of the Society CHAPTER II. - Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Society CHAPTER III. - Qualifications for Membership, and Rules and Regulations CHAPTER. IV. - Characteristics and Doctrines of Jesus Christ CHAPTER V. - Character of the Primitive Christian Church CHAPTER VI. - Fall of the Primitive Christian Church CHAPTER VII. - Rise of the "Two Witnesses" CHAPTER VIII.- Character of the Church of Christ's Second Appearing CHAPTER IX. - Mode of Worship CHAPTER X. - Doctrines of the Church of Christ's Second Appearing PART I. - Mosaic Sabbaths, Higher and Lower Law PART II. - ... Speaking of these, Philo says: "In many parts of the earth, such a people exist; for it is fitting that both Greek and Barbarian share in the absolute good." Pliny the Elder says: "The Essenes were a sort of people who lived without women and money." 4. As the lowest types of humanity are those who seek happiness the most exclusively in the indulgence of the baser and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church Click to View 20th Century Tongues... Faith or Fake? Click to View Why I Left The Pentecostal Church Click to View The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit Click to View The Promise Of The Holy Spirit Click to View Speaking In Tongues Click to View Work ... I was taught that only those who were "chosen" or "called" could ever enter into the "faithful" ministry of our Lord. I never challenged his thinking or his preaching. What he said was like a direct command from Jesus Christ himself. With this in mind .. ... D. Pentecostalism believes and teaches that women may participate in leading in prayer .. teaching .... and preaching in public ... doing the work of an evangelist and teacher. 1. The Holy Spirit contrasted the duties of men from that of women in ... E. "Pentecostalism" teaches that instruments of music are used to "glorify" God in worship. 1. True worship is according to "Spirit and Truth" (John 4:24) .. the word of God ... not Moses ... not our feelings ... not what we believe to be right ... ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church Unity Church Unity Beliefs Deity: Unity has abandoned the popular image that God is an elderly, superhuman male with a white flowing beard who lives in a remote place "up there". We do not believe that God is fickle, answering some prayers and ignoring others. We do not look ... God is present throughout creation: in humans, plants, animals, the earth itself, etc. [And, all things are present in God, hence panENtheism... WM] Jesus Christ: Unity rejects the traditional Christian view that Jesus is a deity to be worshipped; we point out that at no time did Jesus tell his disciples to worship him. Rather, we look upon Jesus as a great healer, miracle worker, and mystic who had a direct access to God. We believe ... Satan and God are often portrayed as fighting over individuals' souls. This dual divinity has obvious links to Zoroastrianism which was incorporated into ancient Jewish legends which, in turn, were later codified as parts of the book of Genesis. Other aspects of Satan were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

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Biblical Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans! All such attempts may be regarded today as having floundered. [but Jehovah's Witnesses continue to do so in utter deception] It is another question, of course, whether or not the church, in developing the doctrine of the Trinity, had recourse to ... This does not mean very much, however, for generally speaking the New Testament is less intent upon setting forth certain doctrines than it is upon proclaiming the kingdom of God, a kingdom that dawns in and with the person of Jesus Christ. At the same ... There seems to be no precursor of this idea in any significant usage of the numerical concept in the OT, nor may it reasonably be connected with the occurrence of triads of deities in ancient Near Eastern paganism." (New International Dictionary of ... made recently to apply the more extreme theories of comparative religion [pagan similarities] to the doctrine of the Trinity, and to account for it by an imaginary law of nature compelling men to group the objects of their worship in threes. ... ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... originated with Sun worship and Mithraism, these same books also say that the Sabbath was of pagan origin from Babylon! Click to View The truth is, both the Sabbath and Christians worshipping of the first day (Sunday) are of divine origin. The Sabbath was abolished, not changed to Sunday! Actual Sabbatarian false argument: "Christians copied the "Sunday keeping" practices of the pagan religion of Mithraism": "Another influence in the early Christian Church was Mithraism- an ancient Oriental cult of the sun. ... The Twelve Disciples Derived From Zodiac: p25 The 27 books of the New Testament Canon is invalid: p37 The name Mary is of pagan origin: p41 The virgin birth is of pagan origin: p44,47,60 The early life of Jesus is totally unknown: p49 Jesus ... is of pagan origin: p132 Baptism and the Lord's Supper are both of pagan origin: p134, p146,147 Phrase "Soldiers of Christ" is of pagan origin: p135 Jesus as "the Shepherd" is of pagan origin: p136 Lords Supper is of pagan origin" p146,147 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity "The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "Historian Arthur Weigall notes: "Jesus Christ never mentioned such a phenomenon, and nowhere in the New Testament does the word 'Trinity' appear. The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord."-The Paganism in Our ... The origin of the seven-day week which was used by the Jews and certain other peoples, but not till, later by the Greeks or Romans, is to be sought in some primitive worship of the moon (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p209,210-211) Weigall Trashes the whole ... The ceremony of eating an incarnate god's body and drinking his blood is, of course, of very ancient, and originally cannibalistic, inception, and there are several sources from which the Christian rite may be derived if, as most critics think; it was not instituted as an actual ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) Within this belief is the concept that we as believers are to be spiritual priests who offer up spiritual sacrifices to God. One of the primary sacrifices is the "fruit of our lips" or our audible worship given to God (Hebrews 13:15). Davidic worship is demonstrative worship that is characterized by the biblical ... Every believer must find himself or herself in right relationship to God and to a specific local church in order to find a place of ministry and fruitfulness. It is essential that rather than criticizing the Church, we do everything we can to make the Church of Jesus Christ glorious. The Church is God's instrument to extend His purposes in the earth ... One of the things that God is doing is turning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers (Malachi 4:6). God is in the process of healing marriages, strengthening parents and teaching men and women more about their God given roles. He is doing this because He wants to use a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries ... Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This the Church teaches is the revelation regarding 'God's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God came upon earth to deliver to the world: and which she proposes to man as the foundation of her whole dogmatic system. In Scripture there is as ... Attempts have been made recently to apply the more extreme theories of comparative religion [pagan similarities] to the doctrine of the Trinity, and to account for it by an imaginary law of nature compelling men to group the objects of their worship in threes. ... It seems needless to give more than a ... Among the Apostolic Fathers, Clement of Rome, for instance, writing to the Church of Corinth in the final decade of the 1st century, bears witness to God the Father, to the Son, to the Spirit, and mentions all three together ... Yet, neither Clement nor Ignatius nor any other writer of this most ancient ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Official creed of the Salvation Army We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship. We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead-the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and co-equal in power and glory. We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human natures are united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and ... We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked. In 1890 AD, William Booth, church minister and founder ... put him on firm ground only to see him relapse and again relapse until you have no strength left to pull him out once more, there will still remain a residuum of men and women who have, whether from heredity or custom, or hopeless demoralisation, become reprobates." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Salv-Army.htm

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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? "Does everyone have to obey the Catholic Church? Yes, because she alone has the authority of Jesus to rule and to teach. To disobey the Catholic Church knowingly is just as much a sin as to disobey Jesus or His Apostles." (A Catechism for Adults, p. 54). Christ did not give His church the right to make laws. He gave the apostles and prophets the authority to reveal His laws, e.g., ... She had both before the New Testament was born: she secured her being, her teaching, her authority directly from Jesus Christ." (The Faith of Millions, p. 146). "In other words, the church in her worship and religious and moral observances, was a going concern before a word of the New Testament was ... Again, we affirm there is no need to have a church succession back to the original church. We need only to plant the seed of the kingdom once again. Wheat seed found in the ancient pyramids of Egypt though thousands of years old, when planted, germinated and bore the same wheat grown in that ancient time. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 250 AD: Cyprian ... me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men." Also the Lord in the Gospel, similarly rebuking and reproving, utters and says, "Ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." Mindful of which precept, the blessed Apostle Paul himself also warns and instructs, saying, "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to His doctrine, he is proud, knowing nothing: from such withdraw thyself." ... "8. Deservedly thus do heresies and schisms arise day by day, more frequently and more fruitfully grow up, and with serpents' locks shoot forth and cast out against the Church of God with greater force the poison of their venom; whilst, by ... whether, according to the most ancient custom and ecclesiastical tradition, it would suffice, after that baptism which they have received outside the Church indeed, but still in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord" (Cyprian, Treatise on Rebaptism, 1). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyprian.htm

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Encyclopedia Americana XXVII, p. 294L., is deceptive because it projects the false impression that early Christian teaching" was not Trinitarian. "For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine, the Son of God, and that as the risen, glorified ... However both taught trinity, the uncreated deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. The current theocratic organization of Jehovah's Witnesses as taught in the 20th century was not present in the Bible either, since there was no organization larger than local independent and autonomous churches. What Influenced It? India. Triune Hindu godhead, c. 7th century C.E. Throughout the ancient world, as far back as Babylonia, the worship of pagan gods grouped in threes, or triads, was common. (The Encyclopedia Americana, quoted in, ... At the same time, the Christian church insists that God is One in "sub- stance" (Latin substantia, existence or inner essence), and thus combines in it "mystery" (a formula or conception which really transcends human ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.htm

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Josh McDowell's Powerful Evidience for Resurrection Here are some of the facts relevant to the resurrection: Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish prophet who claimed to be the Christ prophesied in the Jewish Scriptures, was arrested, was judged a political criminal, and was crucified. Three days after His death and burial, some women who went to His tomb found the body gone. In subsequent weeks, His disciples claimed that God had raised Him from the dead and that He appeared to them various times before ascending into heaven. ... And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . . E. M. Blaiklock Professor of Classics Auckland University BACKGROUND The New Testament witnesses were ... only have given it an elegiac voice, but could by no possibility have changed their sorrow into enthusiasm, have elevated their reverence into worship." THE BODY STOLEN? Then consider the theory that the body was stolen by the disciples while the guards slept. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-resurrection-evidence-Josh-McDowell.htm

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Official creed of the Evangelical church Preamble Article VI.I. Authority of Scripture Article VI.II. Local Congregations Article VI.III. Presbytery Article VI.IV. Church Council Article VI.V. Missions Article VI.VI. Ministerial Calling Article VI.VII. Confessional Standards and Revision ... Such Christians are nevertheless welcome to fellowship together with us. Our basis for fellowship is a biblical confession of the lordship of Jesus Christ, and the absence of a scandalous lifestyle. This statement of faith does represent the doctrinal ... the worship of God ( Ephesians 4:11-16). We deny that equality in Christ (Colossians 3:10,11) requires the elimination of God-assigned roles and stations (Colossians 3:12-22, Philippians 2:3). C. Family Government We believe that God has ordained the husband to be the head of his wife, and that he is answerable to God for the spiritual state of everyone in his household (Ephesians 5:23). We deny that the hierarchy established by God in the family diminishes in any way the worth of women in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm

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Early Christian faith on Trinity, deity of Christ, personality ... Therefore also he is ancient" (The Shepherd 12). 140 AD Aristides 140 AD Aristides "[Christians] are they who, above every people of the Earth, have found the truth, for they acknowledge God, the creator and maker of all things, in the ... AD Justin Martyr "Jesus Christ is the only proper Son who has been begotten by God, being His Word and first-begotten, and power; and, becoming man according to His will, He taught us these things for the conversion and restoration of the human race" (First Apology 23). 150 AD Justin Martyr "But both Him, and the Son (who came forth from Him and taught us these things, and the host of the other good angels who follow and are made like to Him), and the prophetic Spirit, we worship and adore." ... Now, the scriptures would not have testified these things of Him, if, like others, He had been a mere man. (Irenaeus Against Heresies, chapter xix.2) 180 AD Irenaeus "For the Church, although dispersed throughout the whole world even to the ends of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-trinity.htm

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Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ... Neo-Montanism [1901-present] Recent Pentecostal History and Roots Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism revived See: Montanism: 2nd century heresy The Early Roots: 1830's Edward Irving In the western world Pentecostalism generally traces its roots back to the ... Edward Irving is to be considered among the first true Neo-Montanists due to his beliefs in: In the restoration of the charismatic gifts, including prophecy His unwillingness to submit to recognized Church authority regarding his beliefs His approval of women in ministry (coincidentally, women were the first to prophesy in his movement) His belief in the also immediate return of Christ, i.e. a strong eschatological emphasis. Modern Roots: The 1901 ... beliefs that distinguish the Oneness Pentecostal movement: Modalism - Jesus is the only person of God; Doctrine of "trinity" considered to be demonic; Speaking in tongues is an essential sign of salvation; Denial of the existence of Christ prior to the incarnation. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neo-montanism.htm

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Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ... ... Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par. 653.Encyclical, Annum Ingressi Sumus) "He scatters and gathers not who gathers not with the Church and with Jesus Christ, and all who fight not jointly with Him and with the Church are in very truth contending against God." (Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical, Sapientiae Christianae) Pope St. Pius X: A.D. 1903 - 1914) ... For if, as they continually state, they long to be united with Us and ours, why do they not hasten to enter the Church, 'the Mother and mistress of all Christ's faithful?' Let them hear Lactantius crying out: 'The Catholic Church is alone in keeping the true worship. This is the fount of truth, this is the house of Faith, ... of three new dioceses on Taiwan, L'Osseratore Romano, June 29, 1961.) Pope John Paul I: "According to the words of St. Augustine, who takes up an image dear to the ancient Fathers, the ship of the Church must not fear, because it is guided by Christ and by His Vicar. 'Although the ship is tossed about, it is still a ship. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-one-true-church.htm

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Official creed and Baptismal vows of Seventh-day Adventist church God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite and beyond human comprehension, yet known through His self-revelation. He is forever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation. Support ... Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged. Forever truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the ... He draws and convicts human beings; and those who respond He renews and transforms into the image of God. Sent by the Father and the Son to be always with His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it to bear witness to ... It is a work of investigative judgment which is part of the ultimate disposition of all sin, typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the Day of Atonement. In that typical service the sanctuary was cleansed with the blood of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-SDA.htm

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Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient 200AD heresy of Montanism ... Montanism 140 AD 2nd century heresy of tongue speaker Ancient Pentecostal History and Roots Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism revived See: Neo-Montanism: 19th century heresy ... In 1906 AD, Satan was behind the "Ahuza Street Mission" rebirth of gibberish under the hand of one man and two women. 3. Historic accounts of Montanus: a. "And so the Montanists came to be criticized also for expanding the realm of revelation beyond the apostolic age. The Pseudo -Tertullian charges, "They say that the Paraclete said more in Montanus than Christ revealed in the Gospel, and they say ... or to diminish. 4 But being recently in Ancyra in Galatia, I found the church there greatly agitated by this novelty, not prophecy, as they call it, but rather false prophecy, as will be shown. ... Or has any of them been seized and crucified for the Name? Truly not. Or has one of these women ever been scourged in the synagogues of the Jews, or stoned? No; never anywhere. 13 But by another kind ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-montanism.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity The Trinity is made known by the Gospel" (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) "The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the OT. ...In many places of the OT, however, expressions are used in which some of the Fathers of the Church saw ... They offered no trinitarian doctrine and saw no trinitarian problem. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, introduction, p.xv, p43, p59-61) The Apostolic Fathers: The Apostolic Fathers wrote between A.D. 90 and 140. Their discussion of the person of Jesus Christ simply repeated ... Yet, neither Clement nor Ignatius nor any other writer of this most ancient period raises the question that would turn out to be decisive: precisely how are Son and Spirit related to the Godhead? ... Nevertheless, if, as Justin notes (I Apol. 13), Christians worship Christ in the second place and the Spirit in the third place, there is still no inconsistency; for Word and Spirit are not to be separated from the unique Godhead of the Father. But why not? ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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100 Sabbath keeper stumper questions. ceremonial law only for the Jews? 6. Why is there no example of exclusively Christians coming together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer meeting after the resurrection of Christ? 7. Why is there no command in the New Testament for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy? 8. While Paul taught in the synagogues up to 84 times, why does the Bible never say he kept the sabbath? 9. If Paul's action of preaching to non-believers 84 times in the ... The title character of this book is said to be the most righteous and religious man that ever lived (next to Jesus), but with that being the case, how come his story is completely void of any reference to the Sabbath or any other law/restriction given by Moses? 13. If ... 13:34. Where were the Jews told to love their neighbor as Yahweh loved them? 49. If Christians worshipping on Sunday is equal to Sun Worship, then is Adventists worshipping on Saturday equal to Saturn worship? 50. If Sabbatarians will boldly quote "scholars" who are really ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-questions.htm

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Encyclopædia Britannica Some believe that it was an astute stroke of policy, designed to win the support of the Christians, or a wise act of statesmanship aimed at buttressing the decaying fabric of the empire with the strength of the Christian church. Neither view is ... against paganism, agitated the piety of ancient Christendom in the deepest way. It also provided the strongest impetus for a speculative theology-an impetus that inspired Western metaphysics throughout the centuries. In the first two centuries a series of different answers to this question stood in juxtaposition; at first none of them was thought through speculatively. The diversity in interpretation of the Trinity was conditioned especially through the understanding of the figure of Jesus Christ. ... According to its opponents, especially Athanasius, Arius' teaching reduced the son to a demigod, reintroduced polytheism (since worship of the Son was not abandoned), and undermined the Christian concept of redemption since only he who was truly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm

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Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!! FACT: Catholics pray repetitive words with Rosary Beads that were first invented in 1090 AD, by "Peter the Hermit" and made popular by St. Dominic in 1208 AD. Catholics believe that Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1208 AD, at the church of Prouille ... Jesus was born and that Jesus had no brothers and sisters. The Pope teaches that Mary is the mediator between God and man. Catholics also engage in more praising of Mary than Jesus Christ himself and actually pray to her to have their prayers answered. ... When a woman praised Jesus' mother to his face, did Jesus commend encourage this woman to continue praising Mary? Answer: Luke 11:27-28 o YES NO o "While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ... So while Catholics pray to Mary, they fail to comprehend that only deity is to be prayed to, and this is the underlying reason why non-Catholics correctly lay the charge they worship Mary AND ALL THE SAINT, they pray to. The Bible clearly teaches ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-overview-false-teaching.htm

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804 BC: "Trust Nebo Alone" and praise statue of Adad-Nirari III ... the temple of Nebo in Nimrud, the ancient city of Calah mentioned in Genesis 10:11-12. There were actually a total of four statues of Nebo, but only two were inscribed with poem of praise to Nebo. Calah (Genesis 10:11-12) is one of four major cities founded by Nimrod (Nimrud). This PRAISE inscription on the statues of Nebo, is SHOCKINGLY SIMILAR to how the Bible describes the one true God, YHWH and Jesus Christ. Nebuchadnezzar was named after Nebo, and would have been familiar with the praise men were giving Nebo. Daniel applies this same identical praise found on this Nebo statue, to YHWH in Dan 2:20-23. Idol worship of stones and trees is "stupid, foolish, delusional" Israel committed adultery with stones and trees God divorced ... "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."" (Acts 4:12) What you read in the book, you find in the ground! Find me a church to attend in my home town this ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-Adad-Nirari-III-Trust-Nebo-Nebu-alone-Isaiah46-1-stones-trees-stupid-foolish-delusional-statue-Calah-Nimrod-804bc.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... ... ASCENSION DAY: Thursday, 40 days after Easter: Lord's ascension g. WHITSUNDAY or PENTECOST: Sunday, 50 days after Easter: birthday of church h. TRINITY SUNDAY: Sunday after Pentecost: dedicated to the "Trinity7 Click to View III. Origin of ... In AD 354, Philocalus wrote a Christian martyrology that dates the nativity of Jesus Christ on December 25, and cites an earlier work as backup. From this we can deduce that Christmas was celebrated on the present date as early as AD 335 in Rome. It may ... One of be most well known festivals of ancient Rome was the saturnalia, a winter festival celebrated from December 17-24. Because it was a time of wild merry making and domestic celebra6ons, businesses, schools, and law Courts were closed so that ... Paul identified this as a liberty, a practice that is allowed but not required (1 Corinthians 8:8-9). But this did not mean they could engage in idolatrous worship (1 Corinthians 10:14). To do so would be to fellowship demons and sin (1 Corinthians ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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The significance of the first day of the week (Sunday) for Christians Jn 20:19 Jn 20:26 Acts 2:1 (We do not claim that these were worship services, just the early starting point of Sunday gatherings) The only time Christians are recorded to have assembled together was on a Sunday in Acts 20:7, never does it say the disciples assembled on the Sabbath. The only day ever mentioned when Christians broke bread was on Sunday: Acts 20:7 Christians are commanded every Sunday to give into a common treasury of the church: 1 Cor 16:1-2 Jesus was declared the Son of God on Sunday: Rom 1:4 Ps 2:7 "Today I have ... While the Sabbath was significant to the Jews, there is no New Testament significance of the Sabbath in connection with anything of Christ, Christianity, the church or heaven! A. Before Pentecost Christians met on Sunday: 1. The ... Resurrection Sunday: Mk 16:9 Mary Mt 28:5-9 Other women Lk 24:34 Peter (by way of inference) Lk 24:13-15 Two on Emmaus road Lk 24:33,36 + Jn 20:19 The apostles b. One Sunday later: Jn 20:26 The apostles 5. The sign that Jesus was ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-significance-for-christians.htm

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Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge Hindooism, and is discernible in Persian, Egyptian, Roman, Japanese, Indian and the most ancient Grecian mythologies." (Religious Dictionary, Lyman Abbott, p944, as quoted in by anti-Trinitarians) Example of selective quoting (Blue is Jw quote from booklet, Should you believe the Trinity?) "It is certain, however, that from the apostolic times they paid worship to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, addressed to them their prayers, and included them in their ... ("What Christianity Means to me, A spiritual autobiography by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p16) "The notion that Jesus organized a Christian church to take the place of the decaying Jewish church has very little evidence to support it." ... "That he prescribed baptism and ... autobiography by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p26,27) My realization of the fact that Jesus Christ does not promise remission of penalty but does promise remission of sin revolutionized my theology because it revolutionized my religious experience. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Abbott.htm

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"Cast Out For The Cross Of Christ" by Albion F. Ballenger, 1909 ... To the timid soul, whose love of peace and unity leads him to fear the consequences that may follow an investigation of the subject, let me say there is something more blessed than church conformity, and that is the stately, triumphant, onward march of truth; something more to be desired than stagnant peace, and ... E. G. White (Test. 33, pp.234-236), as presenting the writer's convictions on this important subject. "Peter exhorts his brethren to 'grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.' When the people of God are growing in grace they will be constantly obtaining a clearer understanding of his Word. ... When no new questions are started by investigation, when no difference of opinion arises which will set men to searching the Bible for themselves, to make sure that they have the truth there will be many now, as in ancient times who will hold to tradition and worship they know not what. "I have been shown that many who profess to have a knowledge of present ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-1909-ballenger-cast-out-for-the-cross.htm

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5 Barriers to church growth If he pushes too hard he gets fired or quits in discouragement do not appreciate the luxury of having a full time man: "Only be around for 3 years" Preacher is not family, he is a temporary ornament Soldiers of Christ arise and put your armor on? We have ... priority list." Acts 6 there was unrest in the church because the women were being overlooked. Today, we have overlooked the great potential that women possess in evangelism. Woman teachers? CHART: Woman's Restrictions women are not to teach or exercise authority over a man, 1 Ti 2:12. women are to teach other women the gospel in Tit 2:4. NT examples of women actively involved in every aspect of gospel: significance of Jesus entrusting a woman, Mary, first preaching of ... Some teenage idol? Harry Chapen Cat's Cradle "When I grow up I'm going to be like you, dad!" DANGER; We become like that which we worship: Great if God bad if Bart Simpson When Talitha was 4, "Daddy don't put your feet on the coffee table...you'll teach the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-barriers-growth.htm

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Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) ... We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Personality-The third Person of the Trinity-who is now, throughout this age of Grace, here present in the true Church, having been sent for the express purpose of revealing Christ Jesus to the members of the Church, that they may be comforted, instructed, and built up in their most holy faith, and to the world that sinners may be ... We believe that since in His death the Lord Jesus Christ satisfied all the demands of God's law, redeeming mankind by shedding His blood and assuming our curse, men and women can have a just standing before God. That is, they can become true Christians. The single basis for this standing is the death of Jesus ... satisfying to their spiritual need, and, in consequence, many independent groups of earnest Christians are being gathered together for fellowship and worship; WE DO THEREFORE declare anew our Faith and Doctrine herein contained, and, looking to Him for strength, resolve to go forward in the work whereunto He ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

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The early use of "nomina sacra" indicates a canon was recognized ... worship. This may have happened in the second century, and at latest in the third century. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 376, 2002) Barton has observed that when nomina sacra (sacred names that are abbreviated or contracted in the ancient biblical manuscripts) appear in ancient manuscripts, those manuscripts were considered sacred. The nomina sacra included important names such as Jesus, Father, Son, Christ, Holy Spirit, Savior, and such like. The fact that early Christian scribes contracted special words from both the Old Testament and the New Testament suggests that they viewed both collections as sacred in the same sense." (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Lee Martin McDonald, Identifying Scripture and Canon in the Early Church: The Criteria Question, p 421, 2002) "The use of nomina sacra was not limited to the writings which we ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-nomina-sacra.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... 5. For example, Harold Camping teaches that exactly 40 years after May 14, 1948, that the "church age" came to an end and ordered everyone to leave their churches in 1988. He then went on to ... to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. " (Acts 26:6-9) b. "For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel." (Acts 28:20) A. Reverting back to Mosaic Judaism: "severed from Christ" 1. Premillennialists, at their foundation are condemned, because they teach that God wants the Jews to again practice full Mosaic Old Testament Temple worship, complete with animal sacrifices. a. "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. ... Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.' "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Old men and old women will again sit in the streets ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed in expedient, optional tradition The time of the Sunday worship service can become such a widely practiced standard that when someone visiting from out of town asks what time is you worship service is, you can merely reply: "the scriptural time", and they know exactly ... This is a grave error because the witness of history is such that each region had their own distinct set of the traditions, just as we see in the churches today! These kinds of optional expedients were practiced by Christ, the apostles, the Fathers and every church today. What is ... Most expedient traditions are merely good optional choices, but we must always separate what God requires from the freedom God gives us to chose expedients. C. Jesus showed that expedient tradition is not law: Mark 7:3,5 "For the Pharisees ... For us, if it is not in the Bible, we don't do it! Tertullian said: "And how long shall we draw the saw to and fro through this line, when we have an ancient practice, which by anticipation has made for us the state, i.e., of the question? ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-3-expedient.htm

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Judean Governors, Procurtors and Prefects time of Jesus, first ... independence from under the control of the Greek/Seleucid empire came to an end with the Romans and Herod the Great. 6. Herod the Great brought about huge changes in Jewish culture and worship: a. Herod would build the Jews a temple in 18 months completed in 18 BC. b. ... This rebellion resulted in the Romans coming down with a heavy hand and they easily crushed the rebellion and forever destroyed the temple in 70 AD. b. A new temple had been raised from the dust, just as Jesus said: His body, THE CHURCH. c. Jesus said the kingdom of God and the temple is not physical but within each of us! On Pentecost 33 AD, God set up his divine Kingdom which we know today as the Church of Christ which will never come to an end: ... Three ancient authentic sources (7th century, one 8th) that show that the significant portion of the Jewish community initially viewed Muhammad as the messiah, just as they did Bar Kokhba in 135 AD. The Jews only realized Bar Kokhba was false after he was defeated and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Coins-Judean-Governors-Satraps-Procurators-Prefects-Jesus-Herod-Antipas-Philip-Archelaus-Pilate-Agrippa-Felix-Festus-587BC-66AD.htm

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Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? Click to View Click to View Mechanical instruments of prayer: Buddhist Prayer Wheel: Pictured left are two Buddhist prayer wheels. You put prayers inside and spin them. The prayer wheel is used by spinning the "wheel" around in a clockwise direction while saying your specific ... In the New Testament, which is our guide today, the apostle, Paul, says that faith comes by hearing the word of God and that whatsoever is not of faith is sin. This is another way of saying that if you cannot find command or example for an act of worship in the will of Christ (the New Testament), you should not do that act. (Study Romans 10:17 ... All efforts were, at this time, directed toward the delivery to the Jewish nation of the news that the Messiah had come, had died, and had been resurrected according to the ancient prophecy. It was, at this time, probable that the worship of the early Christians was little different than before their conversions; most of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-instrumental-music.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... of Catholics to Saturday worship because Catholics mistakenly call Sunday the Sabbath. The Adventist correctly points out that the 7th day Sabbath is Saturday, but completely overlooks the fact that the Sabbath law itself was abolished. Thus Adventist false doctrine merely converts the Catholic from one false doctrine to another. In like manner, the church between 225 - 300 AD defeated the Gnostic false doctrine with the false doctrine of Transubstantiation. E. Transubstantiation is a close cousin to Gnosticism: While the Gnostics claimed the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ on the cross was different than what it appeared to be, so too the church began to claim that the ... An important aspect of the development of Christian doctrine was the putting of Christian beliefs, which grew out of a primarily Hebraic-Jewish context, into the language of Greek philosophy.2 This process may be illustrated in the development of the Christological controversies of the ancient period. A ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... Discussing how doctrine varies from church to church Zell says: "The Bible says once someone accepts Christ, he can never lose his salvation. ... The Bible says it is possible to fall away from grace." "The Bible says deviant sex is a perversion. ... The Bible says deviant sex is morally acceptable." "The Bible says Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. ... The Bible says Jesus Christ is a created being." "The Bible says . . . Wait a minute!" "How can so many contradictory statements be based on the teachings of one book? How can intelligent and sensible people read basically the same Old and New Testament text, yet arrive at such opposite conclusions? Is there any other book, ancient or modern, which has prompted such a ... And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." What Christian in his or her right mind would want to be involved with something that received such harsh treatment from our Lord Himself! (Scripture and Tradition, Raymond L. Zell, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity ... The shift is from function to ontology, from the "economic trinity" (Father, Son, and Spirit in relation to us) to the "immanent" or "essential Trinity" (Father, Son, and Spirit in relation to each other). It was prompted chiefly by belief in the divinity of Christ and later in the divinity of the Holy Spirit, but even earlier by the consistent worship of God in a trinitarian pattern and the practice of baptism into the threefold name of ... The Tri-unity represents the effort to think out the Trinity, and so to afford it a reasonable basis. The first Christians had with St. Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; and the theologians of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in logical terms of reason. In the effort they were led, inevitably, to effect an alliance between the gospel of their salvation and the speculative philosophy, and more especially the Platonism, in which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church ... never gave up pagan sun worship: "In other words, Constantine was not aware of any mutual exclusiveness between Christianity and his faith in the Unconquered Sun. The transition from solar monotheism (the most popular form of contemporary paganism) to Christianity was not difficult. In Old Testament prophecy Christ was entitled `the sun of righteousness'." (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, p 125-6) But if you read the full quote below, Chadwick is only commenting what he thought was going on in the mind of Constantine in at the time of his conversion in 311-312 AD. So Chadwick's personal view of Constantine at the time of his conversion in 311 AD is clear: Constantine knew the one true God was Jesus Christ, and knew that trust in Jesus ... Late fourth-century writers called it the `labarum'. Its name and shape might suggest an echo of the double-axe (labrys) which was an ancient cult-symbol of Zeus. But that its meaning was universally understood to be Christian is shown by the fact ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm

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What Early Christians believed about PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC ... ... Many of the writers of the letters died martyrs for Christ rather than compromise one iota of God's Truth. For someone today, who has suffered not loss for the cause of Christ, to attempt to impugn the character of these godly men is in itself a wicked act. Every mention of a modern prophetess was met with the same judgement as the modern prophet, they were false prophetesses. Today we have multitudes of women claiming to be prophetesses of the Lord. These same women would be viewed as false prophetesses by the early church ... But all of these, ensnared by frauds of demons, which they ought to have foreseen and guarded against, by their carelessness lost the name and worship of God. For when they are called Phrygians, or Novarians, or Valentinians, or ... Then Martin, the Spirit revealing the truth to him, that he might understand it was the devil, and not God, replied as follows: The Lord Jesus did not predict that he would come clothed in purple, and with a glittering crown upon ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-prophets.htm

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