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4 Competing Views of Church Organization The true position: True Christians follow the organization of exactly what God already revealed in the Bible. If God wanted a Patriarchal system, it would be revealed in the Bible and Set up on the Day of Pentecost. If God wanted Rome to be the all time world headquarters of the church, the first century Christians knew nothing about it and God failed to mention such in the Bible. True Christians do Bible things in Bible ways, call Bible things by Bible names and view the Bible as a complete inspired ... The Catholic position: Peter was designated by Christ be the "universal bishop" and God intended for the Bishops of Rome to be the chair of his power in succession. This of course, is contrary to the Bible and all recorded history. Such a view is as purely mythical as the Muslim view that Jesus was a Muslim and Abraham sacrificed Ishmael instead of Isaac. The Greek Orthodox position: Orthodox believers object to Rome's claim of universal authority because it is contrary to the recorded ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-perspective.htm

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Sola Scriptura was not impeded by a 10% of people could read ... "Sola Scriptura is impossible since only 10% of people could read in 100 AD" False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove oral extra-scriptural church tradition are refuted. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible since only 10% of people could read in 100 AD" Even a Protestant author admits sola Scriptura was impossible in the first century! "Literacy in the Roman empire, by very rough estimate, did not exceed 10 percent on average." (Wayne Meeks, The Moral World of the First Christians, 1986). Click to View ... Reciting scripture from memory is not oral tradition but sola Scriptura! Even if it was true that only 10% were literate, sitting and listening to scripture being read in the synagogue is not oral tradition, but sola Scriptura! "For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath." Acts ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-illiteracy-rate.htm

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Lesson 15: Weekly Observance Of The Lord's Supper Do we really care to regularly remember the death of our Lord? People seem to be turned off by the death of Jesus and the shedding of His blood. They don't care to remember it. But it is His blood that cleanses us from our sins. As Revelation 1:5 says, "To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood." They had rather remember Him as a babe in a manger than a crucified saviour. Many people seem to be ashamed of the death of Jesus. Jesus says in Mark 8:38, "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His glory of His Father with His holy angels." This memorial of our Lord is called "the Lord's Supper" in 1 Corinthians 11:20 and "the Lord's table" in 1 Corinthians 10:21. In 1 Corinthians 10:16 it is referred as "the breaking of bread" and "communion". But the church in the first century met every first day of the week to observe the Lord's Supper. We are told in Acts ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-15-communion-weekly.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... ... To neuter the miraculous out of the Comforter promise and morph it into some non-miraculous indwelling is an egregious contradiction of the context. What we see in John 14,15,16 is the miraculous, what we do not see is the non-miraculous personal indwelling. The fact that Jesus says that the Holy Spirit "will be in you [miraculously]" (John 14:17) merely echoes numerous Old Testament examples of the supernatural indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 5. The Apostles, Philip and his four daughters, Cornelius and the tongue speakers in Corinth all had: a. The personal miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit b. The baptism of the Holy Spirit miraculously (Acts 1:5; 11:15-16) c. The comforter/Helper miraculously d. The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 10:44-45) which simply cannot be anything BUT miraculous. 6. Stop overcomplicated a simple thing. The first century church was a miraculously "Spirit filled church". Every single Christian from AD 33 to 100 either personally possessed or had ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! Was the New Testament influenced by the pagan religions of the first century A.D.? Even though I surveyed this matter in a 1992 book,[1] the issues are so important -- especially for Christian college students who often do not know where to look for answers -- that there is considerable merit in addressing this ... One must avoid any suggestion that there was one common mystery religion. While a tendency toward eclecticism or synthesis developed after A.D. 300, each of the mystery cults was a separate and distinct religion during the century that saw the birth of the Christian church. Moreover, each mystery cult assumed different forms in different cultural settings and ... This lack of any emphasis on correct belief marked an important difference between the mysteries and Christianity. The Christian faith was exclusivistic in the sense that it recognized only one legitimate path to God and salvation, Jesus Christ. The mysteries were inclusivistic in the sense that nothing prevented a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-few-bibles-until-printing-press ... "Sola Scriptura is impossible because there were so few Bibles in circulation until the printing press was invented in the 16th century." False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove oral extra-scriptural church tradition are refuted. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible because there were so few Bibles in circulation until the printing press was invented in the 16th century." Even a Protestant author admits sola Scriptura was impossible in the first century! "Literacy in the Roman empire, by very rough ... Reciting scripture from memory is not oral tradition but sola Scriptura! Even if it was true that that the Bible was only in the synagogues, sitting and listening to scripture being read in the synagogue is not oral tradition, but sola Scriptura! "For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-few-bibles-until-printing-press-1436ad.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... 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. This cult came to Rome in the first century A.D. and became popular in the second and third centuries. The central feature of this cult was the worship of ... Notice #28 says Sunday is of pagan origin and #29 says the Sabbath 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 born in a stable and wrapped in swaddling clothing is of pagan origin: p52 Miracles of Jesus are of pagan origin: p58 Jesus' 40 day temptation ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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beliefs Living Hope Christian Assembly on 1045 Garth St. Hamilton ... The church of the Bible featured a plurality of equal elders, none of which were higher or lower in rank or authority than the other. B. False doctrines taught and practice by Living Hope Christian Assembly Hamilton 1. The head Pastor and leaders are directly inspired by God as prophets and claim direct illumination from the Holy Spirit. While this clearly happened in the first century, it does not happen today. Bible prophets wrote Bible books, made major predictions that came true for the entire world to see. 1 Cor 13:8-12. 2. Slain in the Spirit is a non-biblical practice where a leader causes a person to fall backwards and lay paralyzed on the floor. No one in the Bible was ever thrown backwards by the power of God. There are examples of being thrown forward to the ground by the Holy Spirit, but these were the enemies of God at the arrest of Jesus as a condemnation warning, not a blessing. Slain in the spirit is practiced my many non-Christian pagan occultic Eastern and African ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/creed-about-statement-of-faith-beliefs-Living-Hope-Christian-Assembly-1045-Garth-St-Hamilton-Ontario.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 Of The Holy Spirit Click to View Tongues have ceased! Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View "WHY I LEFT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH" (2 Tim 3:14) ... I never challenged his thinking or his preaching. What he said was like a direct command from Jesus Christ himself. With this in mind .. at the age of 12 .. I was told I was being called into the ministry and preached my first sermon shortly thereafter. I spent a total of 18 years preaching as a "Pentecostal" preacher. I taught the "Jesus Only" doctrine known as the "Apostolic Faith" (United Pentecostal Church). To this day, my family fully believes that if one is not of the "Lord's true church" that being, saved in baptism in Jesus Name, and filled with the "Holy ghost" with the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Jocz, Jacob: The Jewish People and Jesus Christ Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive Quote: World Religion: Jewish Rabbi JW's project the false impression that Jews are more easily converted to the Watchtower view of Jesus than the Trinitarian view because of the deity of Jesus. Jocz, Jacob: The Jewish People and Jesus Christ What Anti-Trinitarians quote: "It is at this point that the gulf between the Church and the Synagogue opens before us in all its depth and significance. . . . The teaching of the divinity of Jesus Christ is an unpardonable offence in the eyes of Judaism." (The Jewish People and Jesus Christ, 1979, Jacob ... All anti-Trinitarians accept the Lordship of Christ... regardless if they water down the meaning of that Lordship! The fact remains that the title theos, is clearly applied to Christ proving that Jehovah's Witnesses make a deceptive argument as Lohse states: "Speaking first of the person of Jesus Christ ... In other passages of the New Testament the predicate "God" is without a doubt applied to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Jocz.htm

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Romans 8 Study The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... Notice Paul contrasted enemies and imposters who did not have the spirit miraculously, with Christians who did. b. False apostles made promises and prophecies BUT HAD NO POWER. They were without the spirit. c. Promises and prophecies made in the first century church were assured to be true because men were present who "had the spirit" (ie. supernatural power) and this differentiated the entire assembly from the false prophets without power. Man with Spirit Man without the Spirit Guarded gospel by HS ... How is personal indwelling a pledge (tangible, visible proof to us) that we have an inheritance? C. Assurance of resurrection without miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit: 1. How do we today know the Bible is a confirmed book since gifts have ceased? a. We know Jesus and Bible writers had the witness of Spirit 2. How could the Samaritans know they were saved before they got gifts? a. Philip had gifts that confirmed the gospel to them. 3. How could John say we could be sure of our ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Romans-8-Study.htm

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100 BC: two Greek inscription tombstones of Jewish women Heraclaea ... A Greek Funerary Prayer of vengeance for Heraclaea and Marthina Discovered on Rheneia Island near Delos Greece Introduction: 1. Hebrew as a language was extinct at the time of Jesus both inside Judea and the Diaspora Jews living outside the promised land. Geographic area Language of commerce Default daily use language Inside Judea Greek Aramaic Outside Judea Greek Greek a. Aramaic was the default language as seen in Jesus' cry in Aramaic: "My God, why have you forgotten me" on the cross. b. Aramaic was the default language of the first century Jews as seen in the Aramaic Lots found at Masada. 2. In 1901 AD, two tombstones were published that were ... Nothing is known about who these women are although suggestions have been made they were wives or daughters of the synagogue official on the Island of nearby Delos. b. The tombstone inscription is an angry commentary from the relatives. 4. The wording of the inscription follows the unique wording in the Septuagint in several places, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-tombstones-Greek-Jewish-Heraclaea-Marthina-murdered-poisoned-prayer-vengeance-Lev23-29LXX-Rheneia-Island-Delos-Greece-100BC

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Tomb of Jesus with Rolling stone And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away." (Matthew 27:57-60) b. Jesus was laid on a stone slab and would have remained there for a year at which point his bones would have been placed in an ossuary. c. However, Jesus "didn't undergo decay" as the prophecy said, because he rose from the dead on the third day! 2. The Famous Garden Tomb is not the tomb of Jesus: a. It is an Iron Age tomb, dating from the time of David-Josiah. b. It is part of a series of tombs under the authority of Ecole Biblique which continues to the property of the garden tomb. c. These tombs differ from first century tombs because they have no bone repositories or loculi 3. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher marks the actual location of the tomb of Jesus, cut out by Joseph of Arimathea: a. In building the "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" in 325 AD, Eusebius ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-tombs-burials-Jewish-rolling-stone-Jesus-Christ-resurrection-3-days-Koch-Loculi-ossuary.htm

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Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... Article #1: correctly states the nature of God where Jesus is not a creature and the Holy Spirit is a person. They are Trinitarian and this is correct. Article #2: correctly states the nature of Christ being both uncreated God and man and the virgin birth and the second coming. Article #3: teaches false doctrine about the work of the Holy Spirit. It says, "The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to indwell, guide, teach and empower the believer, and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment" (Christian Missionary Alliance Statement of Faith, Article 3). The error is in applying these functions to believers today, when the original context of the functions was a supernatural empowering to the apostles and other first century Christians who were empowered through the laying on of the apostles hands, with supernatural power. When the Christian Missionary Alliance church applies this to believers today, it is equal to claiming direct inspiration. It also destructive ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries ... When the fact of revelation, understood in its full sense as the speech of God to man, is no longer admitted, the rejection of the doctrine follows as a necessary consequence. For this reason it has no place in the Liberal Protestantism of today. The writers of this school contend that the doctrine of the Trinity, as professed by the Church, is not contained in the New Testament, but that it was first formulated in the second century and received final approbation in the fourth, as the result of the Arian and Macedonian controversies ... In ... In fact none of the apostles believed in the second coming during Jesus ministry!" Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication the Jews understood that the Messiah would raise from the dead after being killed! What else The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, says that Jehovah's Witnesses deceptively wouldn't tell you! Attempts have been made recently to apply the more extreme theories of comparative religion [pagan similarities] to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary Deceptive quote & False Dilemma: Trinitarian Fails to supply critical information which misleads the reader & Give false impression that if intimate details of trinity are not in the Bible that Jesus is a creature. Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary Click to View How it is quoted in "Should you believe in the trinity?": "The word Trinity is not found in the Bible . . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century. (New Bible Dictionary)" (Identical quote also found in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, by Hodder and Stoughton) What they skipped over: "The word Trinity is not ... to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the deity of Christ, and the necessity to defend it, that first compelled the Church to face the duty of formulating a full doctrine of the Trinity for its rule of faith." (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) In ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... After Moses time, the Tabernacle and temple were maintained without the need or aid of miraculous powers, skills or wisdom The Bible Written by direct inspiration Revelation completed. Word copied, transmitted and distributed by natural means, unaided by God. The Church began by miracle on Pentecost Men have started new local churches since the first century without the need or aid of Supernatural gifts. They ceased in the first century! 3. There are only 9 gifts: "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are ... Acts 14:3 "Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands." d. 2 Cor 12:12 "The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles. " e. Jn 20:30,31 "Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-intro.htm

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) Leaves the false impression that ISBE reject trinity, that Jesus is a creature and that Trinity had no foundation in scripture, but is of pagan origin. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) What Anti-Trinitarians quote: "In the earliest thinking of the Church the tendency when speaking of God the Father is to conceive of Him first, not as the Father of Jesus Christ, but as the source of all being. Hence God the Father is, as it were, God par excellence. To Him belong such descriptions as unoriginate, immortal, immutable, ineffable, invisible, and ingenerate. It is He who has made all things, including the very stuff of creation, out of nothing. . . . This might seem to suggest that the Father alone is properly God and the Son and Spirit are only secondarily so. Many early statements appear to support this." (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ISBE) What they fail to tell the same article also says: "Introduction. Though "trinity" is a second-century term found ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-ISBE.htm

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Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... ... Why? Nowhere does Paul so much as hint that supernatural gifts were given to the church because Christians were unable to love each other! In the miraculous age of the first century, Paul wanted them to have love and gifts (12:31; 14:1). "When the perfect comes" refers to Christ. (He is perfect & coming again) "Perfect" is neuter gender; "Christ" is always masculine gender. Does not say, "when He who is perfect comes" but "when THAT" Perfect refers to a thing, not a person and certainly not Christ. Jesus is a person, not a thing! The Greek forbids this interpretation. "Perfect" refers to the second coming or our perfection in heaven. Neither heaven nor eternity is mentioned anywhere in this context. We have already proven that gifts must cease before the second coming and that faith and hope must abide LONGER than the gifts. Such facts Pentecostals cannot account for without employing an unbiblical definition of faith and hope that extends them both into all eternity. If Paul is saying ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

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Official creed of Latter-day Saiimts (LDS) Mormons 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 Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression. We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinancesof the Gospel. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on ... The "cause of Zion" expresses our commitment to pursuing God's kingdom through the establishment of Christ-centered communities in families, congregations, neighborhoods, cities, and throughout the world. PEACE: Because of our commitment to Christ and our belief in the power of community and the worth of all ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Mormons.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 certain thought forms already present in the philosophical and religious ... Speaking first of the person of Jesus Christ ... In other passages of the New Testament the predicate "God" is without a doubt applied to Christ (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p37-39) [NOTE: Lohse says, and correctly so, is that early Christians would frame Christian doctrine in terms understand within the current culture for illustrative purposes. Of course JW's do the same thing today, when they explain man's soul when he dies being stored on a floppy disk in God's computer room! In 3000 AD, it would be just as ridiculous to dig up Watchtower Magazines from this century and conclude JW's (should they survive past 2014 AD) borrowed ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... ... Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid. (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, Chapter VIII.-Let Nothing Be Done Without the Bishop.) Having said this, the Ignatian letters do represent real history for the dates they were actually written. Forgeries yes, but even the forgeries prove that there was no one bishop over the church universal. The first 8 letters of Ignatius do provide insights into what a the 4th-5th century author wished Ignatius had said in support of the authors current setting. The 7 letters of Ignatius being written probably around ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... This proves it was a symbol. The very record of historically, (Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Cyprian and Hippolytus) which the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches love to quote as authority, proves that before 200 AD, the church viewed the bread and juice as symbols. Conversely, the earliest historical hint of transubstantiation was in the 4th century. Obviously Jesus words, "this is my body" should be taken symbolically because it falls within a long list of symbolic statements Christ said: "I am the bread," (John 6:41), "I am the vine," (John 15:5), "I am ... Augustine as late at 400 AD, quotes Cyprian as saying that the juice is offered in remembrance as a type and foreshadow of the blood of Christ: ""Observe" he (Cyprian) says, in presenting the cup, to maintain the custom handed down to us from the Lord, and to do nothing that our Lord has not first done for us: so that the cup which is offered in remembrance of Him should be mixed with wine. For, as Christ says, 'I am the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Refers to the "ism" {belief} of "mono" {one} "arch" {ruler} in various modes or manifestations. Patripassianism After its claim that the Person of the Father (Patri-) suffered (-passion) on the cross when Jesus died. Click to View Introductory overview of Modalism Modalism is an ancient heresy on the nature of God dating back to the 3rd century. Today, the United Pentecostal Church (UPC) is the sole proponent of this heresy. The United Pentecostal Church has a reputation of forcing its members into blindly towing the "party line" under the threat of disfellowship, do not allow ... Kind of like a split personality in one body. Hence when Jesus was praying, it was the human spirit praying to the Divine spirit IN THE SAME BODY! He was basically praying to himself! Two of the most heretical aspects of Modalism is first, that Jesus Christ had no pre-existence before his incarnation. They take the identical "logos-theology" view that the Christadelphians teach! And second, that the divine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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Eupolemus 158 BC chronology He is confidently identified as the Eupolemus who was a member of the priestly family Accos and sent as an ambassador to Rome by Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 8:17; 2 Macc 4:11; Josephus JW 12.10.6 §415-16)." (ABD, Eupolemus) b. "Eupolemus (Εὐπόλεμος, Eupolemos). One of the two deputies (along with Jason) sent by Judas Maccabeus circa 161 bc to establish an alliance with the Romans (1 Macc 8:17; 2 Macc 4:11). He is further identified as son of John, of the family of Accos. The Jewish historian Eupolemus is probably the same person. His work On the Kings in Judaea was quoted in Alexander Polyhistor's first century bc work On the Jews, which in turn was cited by ... Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Eupolemus-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-creation-5307BC-age-earth-158BC.htm

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God never named the church ... Has it ever occurred to us, that if we chose to universally use the terms "Church of Christ" or "Church of God" on the all the signs of meeting houses worldwide, we would be VIOLATING THE PATTERN of scripture? In the first century, local churches were given a variety of "descriptors" (or "names", for those who must think that way). "The church of God in Corinth" (1 Cor. 1:2); "the churches of Galatia" (Gal 1:2), and "the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi." If God wanted all the ... We need also remember that global uniformity of "the name on the sign" is proof that some kind of central world government for the church exists. Such global uniformity almost always indicates denominationalism. The Bible pattern of variation in local churches is a trademark of the first century church. May we always conform to the Bible pattern, and not by a practice that has become habit by churches of the Lord's people, much less criticize local churches that practice variation in the "descriptor on ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-not-named.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based ... To show the folly of this literal interpretation of poetic language, if Jesus is Wisdom, then who is Prudence? "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion." Prov 8:12 Clark Carlton, and Orthodox defender, highlights that many of the recorded "church fathers" had initially interpreted the wrong view of Prov 8:22. This illustrates how the wrong view of Proverbs 8:22f was adopted and later used against those who invented it to prove Jesus was a creature. Clark Carlton explains how Justin's wrong view was used against the church: "Arius was a presbyter of the Church of Alexandria in the early fourth century. The controversy began with his interpretation of Proverbs 8:22ff., where Solomon speaks of Wisdom: The Lord created Me at the beginning of His work, the first of His acts of old (RSV). Everyone, both Orthodox and Arian, understood Wisdom to be Christ. The question was, what does this verse mean. Arius' answer was that the Logos is a creature, albeit the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-fathers-mistakes.htm

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Overlooking the Women in the Church Many a wife has complained about her husband, "He takes care of himself first, and I am at the bottom of his priority list." When a husband overlooks the needs of his wife, there is unrest in the home. In Acts 6 there was unrest in the church because the women were being overlooked. Today, many have overlooked the great potential that women possess in the service to God. The NT is filled with examples of women being actively involved in many aspects of the gospel. Have you considered the significance of the fact that Jesus entrusted a woman, Mary, with the very first preaching of the gospel of His resurrection Jn 20:17,18? When she reported the news ... The Christian women of the first century were involved in a wide variety of works ranging from financial support to standing beside apostle Paul in his soul-winning efforts to break new soil for the kingdom. All these ladies were actively involved in preaching the gospel! There can be no doubt that many of the women of the first century were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-women-overlk.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Hippolytus ... Yet the Quartodecimans wanted to "do it the way the Bible says" and maintain the 1700 year old Jewish tradition of calculating Passover on Nissan 14. But the Jewish calculation meant that Passover (Easter) fell on different days of the week and the church at Rome didn't like this and wanted Easter to always fall on a Sunday. So, contrary to scripture and tradition, they eventually outlawed Quartodeciman view with the Nicene creed. Hippolytus implies that the Quartodecimans keep all other "apostolic tradition", except for rejecting how to properly calculate Easter. Now the "Easter controversy" is an example of how man-made doctrine began to infiltrate the church which no one in the first century practiced. Yearly Easter celebrations are found neither in scripture or the apostolic fathers. What we do find in the apostolic fathers, was that every Sunday was a celebration of the resurrection of Christ. "We keep the eighth day [Sunday] with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hippolytus.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 teachings and experiences of Edward Irving, a ... The following year on October 30th 1831 her sister, Mrs. Cardale also began to speak in tongues and to prophesy. Edward Irving formed his own church called the Catholic Apostolic Church and he soon ordained its first twelve apostles on November 7th, 1832. "He also expounded a detailed teaching on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and gave the whole of his ... The Church of God in Christ (black Pentecostal's) formed 1907 The Assemblies of God (white Pentecostal's) formed 1914 The United Pentecostal Church (both black and white members) formed 1914 (The following are the key doctrinal beliefs that distinguish the Oneness Pentecostal movement: Modalism - Jesus is the only person ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neo-montanism.htm

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Apostle Paul never kept the sabbath, certainly not 84 times as ... Proof Apostle Paul did not keep the Sabbath these 84 times: A. The Bible no where says that Paul or ANY Christian kept the Sabbath according to the commandment after the resurrection. What we do have are frequent examples of Paul preaching to non-Christian Jews in THEIR synagogue on THEIR Sabbath day, that they are lost without Jesus! Should this surprise us? Do Sabbatarians Pastors "keep Sunday" if they preach in a Christian church on the first day of the week? B. These passages speak of Paul preaching to the non-Christian Jews in their synagogues. None of these passages, or any other in the New Testament, ever speak of Christians worshipping on the Sabbath day. If Paul preaching to Jews on the Sabbath day proves he kept the Sabbath, then it also proves Paul kept synagogue worship as well! C. If Paul "kept the Sabbath" because he preached Christ to non-Christian Jews on THEIR Sabbath day in THEIR synagogue: then Paul also kept all the other ceremonial laws that the non-Christian Jews ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-paul-kept.htm

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Overlooking the Women in the Church Many a wife has complained about her husband, "He takes care of himself first, and I am at the bottom of his priority list." When a husband overlooks the needs of his wife, there is unrest in the home. In Acts 6 there was unrest in the church because the women were being overlooked. Today, many have overlooked the great potential that women possess in the service to God. The NT is filled with examples of women being actively involved in many aspects of the gospel. Have you considered the significance of the fact that Jesus entrusted a woman, Mary, with the very first preaching of the gospel of His resurrection Jn 20:17,18? When she reported the news ... The Christian women of the first century were involved in a wide variety of works ranging from financial support to standing beside apostle Paul in his soul-winning efforts to break new soil for the kingdom. All these ladies were actively involved in preaching the gospel! There can be no doubt that many of the women of the first century were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-women-overlk.htm

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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed Arianism did not exist before the 4th century, but was a development of doctrine, just like Creedal Trinity Arianism, a Christian heresy first proposed early in the 4th century by the Alexandrian presbyter Arius. It affirmed that Christ is not truly divine but a created being. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Arianism, Vol. I, p.509) "Arianism: Up to this point the Trinitarian debate had taken place entirely in the West. We now move to the East, where the debate became a great controversy. It lasted sixty years, involved the entire eastern church, the western church in part, and occupied the attention of eleven emperors. The long discussion began with Arius, a presbyter in the church in Alexandria. He was a disciple of Lucian, who in turn was a student of Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch from 260 to 272. Paul was an Adoptionist (Dynamic Monarchian). He taught that the Logos or Reason of God dwelt in the man Jesus. This Logos had also been in Moses and in the prophets; in Jesus, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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Holy Spirit Comforter passages of John 14-15-16 ... The false doctrine of the "measures of the Holy Spirit" is also the foundation upon which the false personal non-miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit rests. ii. This notion of limiting the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" to the apostles ONLY was a false theology developed last century to refute modern day Pentecostals and Charismatics who claim to have miraculous power of the Holy Spirit like the first century church. It was never successful in countering charismatics, but it distorted the theology of the brethren in its wake and mislead hundreds of thousands into error. b. It is widely known as the "Measures of the Holy Spirit" theology popularized into countless handout and overhead charts to create a nice neat sermon for Sunday morning since the mid 1800's: i. Jesus had the Holy Spirit without measure based upon John 3:34 of the KJV ii. the Apostles had the Baptismal measure iii. the Corinthians had the spiritual gifts miraculous measure iv. and finally, the non-miraculous personal ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Comforter-helper-advocate-passages-of-John14-15-16.htm

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SIGNS: Wars, Famines & Earthquakes The signs of Mt 24:4-12 foretell the destruction of the Jewish temple in 70 AD, not the second coming or the end of the world. Introduction to Matthew 24:4-12 1. The Text: "And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many. ... people's love will grow cold. " (Matthew 24:4-12) 2. The signs like war, earthquakes, famines, false Christs, persecution and betrayal were given to warn the first century Christians when to flee Jerusalem in 70 AD and have nothing to do with the second coming, the end of the world, and much less the rapture which was invented in ... A. "Long to see one of the days": desire to see Jesus personally as they had for 3 years solid Jesus said the disciples would not see Him personally: Lk 17:22 The destruction of Jerusalem would happen 40 years after Jesus ascended back to heaven. B. Josephus, the Jewish Historian Said: "The land was over run with magicians, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-mt24-earthquakes.htm

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Official creed of the Evangelical church This statement of faith does represent the doctrinal understanding of the leadership of Evangelical , and it is our intention that the teaching and preaching at EEF reflect this understanding. Procedural standards for our church government can be found in our Constitution. Article I. - Creedal Statements (The Reformed Evangelical Confession) A. The Apostles' Creed (2nd century) I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the virgin, Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, ... I believe our first parents, though created in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, sinned against God, by eating the forbidden fruit; and that their fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery; I believe God determined, out of His mere good pleasure, to deliver His elect out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer; ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted Christians in the fourth century. My research shows otherwise. If you read my essay HOW DID SUNDAYKEEPING BEGIN? which summarizes my dissertation, you will notice that I place the origin of Sundaykeeping by the time of the Emperor Hadrian, in A. D. 135." Today, Adventist's have contradicted their inspired founder E.G. White who claimed the pope changed the sabbbath. argument (corrected the inspired prophet) Listen to what Seventh-day Adventists now teach in their public "Revelation Seminars": "Sundaykeeping was introduced into the Christian Church rather innocently, and its first advocates never dreamed that it would take the place of the seventh-day Sabbath of God. ... It is, however, important to add that in the controversy with Gnosticism catholic Christianity refused to abandon its continuity with the Old Testament. Marcion's distinction between the evil God of the Jews, who gave the Sabbath commandment, and the Christian God revealed in Jesus was repudiated by the church." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Moses/Constantine the Great Shadows, Types ... Constantine preached sermons regularly in public: Eusebius Life Const. 4.29 11. Both took steps to correctly understand the true nature of God Paganism vs. Monotheism Constantine facilitated the Nicene council which defined Jesus as uncreated God as opposed to a creature. 12. Both were among the most righteous and morally pure leaders in history Humble, pure, faithful Constantine was a great restorer among a pagan population like Josiah. 13. Both established the first physical places for worship First Tabernacle First Church buildings in Jerusalem, Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem: Eusebius Life Const. 3.41 14. Both established true ... See: The New Moses: A Matthean Typology, D.C. Allison, 1993 AD. a. The Midrashic hermeneutic was used by all those who wrote scripture, first century Jews and Byzantine Christians which led them to see parallels and echoes between different characters and historical events. b. While it may be surprising to modern Christians that Eusebius viewed Moses as a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Moses-Constantine-the-Great-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD313.htm

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Can Ordinary People Understand The Bible? After the church had been established, this expectation and requirement for uniform understanding of the doctrine of Christ was voiced by the apostle, Paul, as he addressed the Christians of the church at Corinth: I Corinthians "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you." Jesus' prayer and Paul's admonition to the Corinthians are neatly summed in Ephesians 4:2-6: "With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." In practice, there were few misunderstandings of God's teachings by the early Christians; the churches of the first century were united in spirit and in teaching, just as Jesus ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-understand-common-man.htm

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Lesson 19: Singing In Worship (Part 4) Even in the 13th century Thomas Aquinas, a noted Catholic scholar, wrote against its use. This showed that even by the 13th century the instrument had not gained full acceptance. Men wanted to have it their way with no regard to what God had specified. This was a departure from the faith and practice of what God has authorized. Those who have respect for the word of God should wonder why the use of mechanical instruments of music was totally unknown in the worship of the church for the first six hundred years after the New Testament was written. The word "A Capella" means singing without instrumental accompaniment. It actually means, "as done in the ... Christ's will, the New Testament, is now in effect. We are no longer under the Old Testament because in Colossians 2:14 concerning the Old Testament we read that Jesus, "has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." In Romans 7:6 we read, "But now we have been delivered from the law." And then in Galatians 3:24-25, "Therefore ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-19-singing.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity The premise of the entire book is that if something was taught before it was written in the Bible, it is of pagan origin. Problem is, Weigall claims to have found 27 major Bible doctrines to exist in Pagan religions before it was first recorded in the Bible. Such a conclusion is ... "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 ... p152,158 Jesus "Begotten of God" is of pagan origin: p169 Incarnate Logos of Jn 1:1 is of pagan origin, The "pre-existent angel" is a 4th century concept: p172,173-175 The Trinity is of pagan origin: p182 The "Lord's Day" (Sunday) is of Pagan Origin: p209,210-211 Jewish Sabbath and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Recensional history of the Six Bible Manuscripts of the Old Testament Recensional history of the Six Bible Manuscripts of the Old Testament Mosaic | Naiothic | Samaritan Pentateuch | Quattuordecim | Septuagint | Masoretic "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) Steve Rudd 1017 Six Manuscripts of the Old Testament Name Date Authors Place Content Language Mosaic (ST) 1446 BC Moses Sinai Book ... I. Recensional history of the Septuagint: Transmission-history of the Septuagint: Translation begins in Egypt around 280 BC (Old Greek) Proto-Lucian recension of the "Old Greek" in the second or first century b.c. to conform to a Palestinian Hebrew text. (this Hebrew text is not the Masoretic Text of the 10th century AD, but may be an ... Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-Manuscript-Recessional-Transmission-history-Old-Testament-Mosaic-Naiothic-Samaritan-Pentateuch-Quattuordecim-Septuagint-Masoretic.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? ... yet they held their separate meetings, in which they were instructed by the apostles and presbyters (or elders), offered up their united prayers, celebrated the sacred supper, the memorial of Jesus Christ, and the salvation he procured . . . . The Christians of this century assembled for the worship of God and for their advancement in piety on the first day of the week, the day on which Christ reassumed life; for that this day was set apart for religious worship by the apostles themselves, and that after the example of the Church at Jerusalem, it was generally observed we have unexceptional testimony." For the first three centuries, then, the church observed the Lord's Supper each first day of the week. Testimony to this fact comes from Justin Martyr, one of the earliest church fathers. To those who were sick and unable to attend the assembly, the communion was carried to their homes. It was not till the fourth century that the church became careless and began to lose her first love. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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The Jerusalem Water Aqueduct from the Solomon's Pools: ... The channel is still visible at many points and it dropped only 30 m in its 21.5 km course from Solomon's Pools south of Bethlehem to the Temple." (The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 3, Page 251) 6. Wilson's Arch was an aqueduct: a. "As was correctly recognized almost from the moment of its discovery, Wilson's Arch supported a bridge that led from the Temple Mount west across the central valley (identified by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus as the Tyropoeon Valley, or, in an ... However later manmade traditions and rules were added to the law of Moses that were incorporated into temple worship. God doesn't care if the water is from a spring or from pots carried on people's heads. If He did care, God would have told us in the Bible and He didn't! When Jesus was falsely accused of uncleanness by the Pharisees for eating with unwashed hands, Jesus condemned them: "The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-threshing-floor-aqueduct.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches A translation was adopted by the Synod of 1975, and some editorial revisions were approved by the Synod of 1988. The English translation follows the first German edition of the catechism except in two instances explained in footnotes to questions 57 and 80. The result of those inclusions is that ... Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA . . THE BELGIC CONFESSION The Heidelberg Catechism The Canons of Dort Top of page The oldest of the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, following the seventeenth-century Latin designation "Confessio Belgica." "Belgica" referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both north and south, which ... We distinguish between these holy books and the apocryphal ones, which are the third and fourth books of Esdras; the books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Jesus Sirach, Baruch; what was added to the Story of Esther; the Song of the Three Children in the Furnace; the Story of Susannah; the Story of Bell ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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Neither the Pope or Constantine changed the Sabbath from Saturday ... ... Q. Which is the Sabbath day? A. Saturday is the Sabbath day. Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." Answer: A. Catholics make all kinds of false claims! There are lots of things the Catholics claim ... B. The Catholic Pope could not have changed the Sabbath: The first universal Pope did not exist until 606 AD! (over 500 years too late) History records that Christians were meeting Sundays from the first century AD! C. Sabbatarians have absolutely no actual proof of ANYONE changing anything!!! If Sabbatarians had any actual historical ... Sabbatarians have also said that Constantine changed the Sabbath to Sunday: Constantine's decree: "On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed." (Constantine, March 7, 321. Codex Justinianus lib. 3, tit. 12, 3; trans. in Philip Schaff, History of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pope-changed.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... Undoubtedly some of the most harsh language in all Scripture directed toward this aspect of tradition can be found coming from the mouth of Jesus Christ Himself in Matthew 15:3-9. He calls the Pharisees "hypocrites" for nullifying the commandments of God through their phony traditions, and then goes on to castigate them by quoting Isaiah's prophecy, "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 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, Orthodox churchman, 1995, p 8) Colossians 2:8 1 Corinthians 11:2 2 Thessalonians 2:15 2 Thessalonians 3:6 2 Timothy 2:2 Christians actually agree that we must maintain the oral tradition of the apostles. We are not opposed to apostolic tradition of the first century church. But ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Apostate church organization: From 606 AD to the present time ... ... You have 15 monarchs and it is merely a difference of management style. King Arthur was still the sole monarch and commander of the Knights of the Round Table, but his management style of first among equals, may in fact be inspired by the Eastern churches. The 14 Autocephalous churches tend to organize from the bottom up, whereas Rome tends ... In the 6th century, when the Constantinople (Orthodox) and Roman Catholic churches went their separate paths of organization. They evolved differently. The Orthodox has retained the 6th century a 5 tiered, multi level organization. The Roman Catholic church has only three levels: Pope, Bishops, Priests, and has actually simplified its organization since the 6th century. Rome took powers away from the Metropolitans and gave them to the Pope. The distinct powers of the offices of Bishops and Archbishops, was united and down graded. Now the titles are merely indicate how large the city they live in is. Bishops are from smaller cities, Archbishops are ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-606AD-today.htm

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Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ... ... The same propension to monarchical unity, which created out of the episcopate a centre, first for each congregation, then for each diocese, pressed on towards a visible centre for the whole church. Primacy and episcopacy grew together. In the present period we already find the faint beginnings of the papacy" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church) "The third stage, the rise of archbishops, was effected by obvious causes, but required a considerable time for its completion. Since the gospel was first preached in the large cities, these became centres of evangelization for the ... Hence, a kind of jurisdiction over the surrounding territory became attached to the bishops of large cities, and the rank of archbishop more or less definitely established." (Henry C. Sheldon, History of the Christian Church, Vol 1, p 148) "Metropolitans and Patriarchs. The bishop of the capital city of a province (the metropolis) or of another principal city began in the third century to assume a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-250-451AD.htm

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Harnack, Adolf: Outlines of the History of Dogma and pre-existence of Jesus, the Resurrection of the body, the possibility of miracles, the existence of demons, exorcism and Jesus as the promised Messiah." Read more from a critical review of Adolf Harnack. Click to View Outlines of the History of Dogma quoted in, "Should you believe the Trinity?", Watchtower publication. Watchtower Deception exposed: How the Watchtower quoted the source What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you: Read a critical review of Adolf Harnack By the end of the third century C.E., "Christianity" and the new Platonic philosophies became inseparably united. As, church doctrine became "firmly rooted in the soil of Hellenism [pagan Greek thought]. ... polytheism, two or three who are to be adored, while really only one differs from the creatures, an indefinable being who only becomes God in becoming man, and who is neither God nor man." (Outlines of the History of Dogma, Adolf Harnack, p251) First and above all, we must mention Philo. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Harnack.htm

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