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101: Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ...
... It is the Watchtower "Star Witness" to prove trinity is pagan used several times in this booklet. Click on link for a real eye opener! What, exactly, is the Trinity? How do supporters of it explain it? How Is the Trinity Explained? Click to View The Roman Catholic Church states: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine ... The Encyclopedia of Religion says: "Theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity." The key word here is "explicit". The very next sentence says, "In the immediate post New Testament period of the Apostolic Fathers no attempt was made to work out the God-Christ (Father-Son) ... Origen, who died about 250 C.E., said that "the Father and Son are two substances . . . two things as to their essence," and that "compared with the Father, [the Son] is a very small light." View Origen quotes. Origen was always Trinitarian in his views, although he moved away from orthodox trinity towards heresy later ... ...
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102: Scripture contains a pattern that must to be followed.
The Apostolic fathers viewed Scripture as containing a complete pattern that must to be followed A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book ... into which molten material is poured to create an object. Patternism is the act of following scripture so closely that you view it as a mold or form, that we are to duplicate morally and doctrinally in our lives. Roman Catholics and Othodox leaders are anti-patternist. ... Irenaeus and the orthodox said there was a plan or plot within scripture itself. It is all the more significant that this plot derived from placing the Christian sources of ... He denies this right to the heretics because the scriptures belong to the catholic Christians (ch. 15; 19). He charged Valentinus with tampering with the scriptures "by his ... Literature and Its Implications for Canon Formation, p 467, 2002) By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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103: The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity
The developed trinity or ontological trinity, is the theological explanation as to how a mono-theistic view of God can have three-ness. This ontological trinity ... The Trinity that is found in the Bible vs. the Trinity that is not found in the Bible! For a full discussion click on the following links or see below. Fortman, ... If you do not take the care to mentally identify the Biblical trinity vs. the Catholic trinity in each statement, you will be as hopelessly confused as Jehovah's ... p 458) In the immediate post New Testament period of the Apostolic Fathers no attempt was made to work out the God-Christ (Father-Son) relationship in ontological terms. ... By the close of the fourth century the orthodox teaching was in place: God is one nature, three persons (mia ousia, treis hupostaseis). (The Encyclopedia of ... The Pastoral Question. There are few teachers of Trinitarian theology in Roman Catholic seminaries who have not been badgered at one time or another by the ... ...
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104: Rylands, John: Bulletin of The John Rylands Library
Rylands, John: Bulletin of The John Rylands Library Click to View Bulletin of The John Rylands Library quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception exposed: How the Watchtower ... But let me give another view. Karl Rahner, the eminent Roman Catholic theologian, considers that there are reliable applications of " theos " to Christ in six texts (Romans ix. 5 f. ; John i. 1, 18, xx. 28 ; I John v. 20 ; and Titus ii. 13). Rahner, however, ... Roman Catholic scholar reminds us that, react as we will to the Christological disputations which agitated the church from the Council of Nicaea to that of Chalcedon, the Fathers certainly " intended to preserve the Christ of the Gospels and the Apostolic Age for the faith of posterity ". ... Put more precisely, do we not find the orthodox doctrine of the person of Christ a source of much perplexity to inquiring non-Christians and to many a Christian believer under instruction ? " True God from true God, ... ...
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105: Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon
... Although the titles are not inspired, the fact that all the manuscripts employ the same titles for each book, strongly argues for an early and unified canon of scripture. c. "In view of the unanimity on this point of the tradition of the ... Zahn developed his position, which was supported with formidable scholarship, by an exhaustive study of the early canonical lists, Marcion, and the Apostolic Fathers, especially Clement, Polycarp, and Ignatius. He argued that the references to the ... III. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue: 1. False claims by Catholic and Orthodox church leaders like James Bernstein: "The second big surprise came when I realized that the first complete listing of New Testament books as we have them today did not ... about 5 books, were questioned. Even so, these 5 books were still being used in churches throughout the world from 100 AD. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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106: Official creed of the Orthodox church
Organization and hierarchy of Autocephalous churches in fellowship with the Patriarch of Constantinople. Orthodox Creed Orthodox Catechism Click Your Choice Go To ... of the Holy Fathers. The outlook of our Church was particularly well-defined in a statement issued on December 31, 1931, when the Russian Church Abroad appointed its representative to the Committee for the Continuation of the World Conference on Faith and Order: "Preserving the Faith is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, the Synod ... at the conviction that the Orthodox Church, which is the `pillar and the ground of truth' (I Timothy 3:15), has fully and without any adulteration retained the doctrine taught by Christ the Savior to His disciples." The Ecumenical Movement takes as its guiding principle the Protestant view of the Church. ... A. The Orthodox Church. Page 1 Q. Which are the most notable of the Western Churches? A. The Papal or Roman Catholic, the Anglican, and the Protestant. Q. Why is the ... ...
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107: Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches
Dutch Reformed Christian Reformed Canadian Reformed Click one of the following to view: The Heidelberg Catechism The Belgic Confession The Canons of Dort Click Your ... in footnotes in Q & A 4, 71, and 119. The Heidelberg Catechism The Belgic Confession The Canons of Dort Top of page Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA . . ... to the faith in the year 1567. During the sixteenth century the churches in this country were exposed to the most terrible persecution by the Roman Catholic government. ... Christians and heretics, such as Marcion, Mani, Praxeas, Sabellius, Paul of Samosata, Arius, and others like them, who were rightly condemned by the holy fathers. ... Rejection of the Errors by Which the Dutch Churches Have for Some Time Been Disturbed Having set forth the orthodox teaching concerning election and reprobation, ... him who called them out of darkness into this marvelous light, and may boast not in themselves, but in the Lord, as apostolic words frequently testify in Scripture. ... ...
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108: Acapella Responsive Singing, No Instruments in first century ...
has ears, let him hear". 4. The first time instruments were brought into church worship was in 670 AD in Rome and it was the direct cause of the great split of 1054 AD between the Roman Catholic church and the Orthodox. a. ... and are opposed to choirs because they view the entire congregation as a choir. 6. Jewish Songbooks and song selections of first century Jews, which would also be used by Christians: a. ... which goes out toward the east, they turned around toward the west, and they said, "Our fathers who were in this place turned with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord and their faces ... Werner adds, "The primitive Christian community held the same view, as we know from apostolic and post-apostolic literature: instrumental music was thought unfit for religious services. ... ... Master List: Master list of First Temple Period, Pre-70 AD Synagogues Attend a church you can read about in the Bible: Click here to find a church near you. By Steve Rudd 2017: Contact the ... ...
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109: Bible Prophecy Fulfilled
Click to View List of 15 similarities of Abraham as a type of Christians Click to View List of 13 Exodus Route types of our salvation in Christ Click to View Replacement ... All nine times Christians are commanded to "sing" not play instruments. Instrumental music was banned in all first century Jewish synagogues and the Orthodox church has practiced acappella worship without instruments from Pentecost down to the present. The Roman Catholic church introduced ... This kind of Midrashic interpretation by Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit illustrates the hermeneutic of the Apostolic church and the general Jewish mindset of the ... Then Paul goes on to say singles have the liberty to marry if they want. Again, Paul's advice to fathers in "doing well vs. doing better" (1 Cor 7:38) is an example of ... God's power and foreknowledge was able bring about specific events in the first character, with a view to it being echoed in the specific life events of a second Bible ... ...
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110: Harnack, Adolf: Outlines of the History of Dogma
... What the Church utilized in doctrine, cultus and organization was " apostolic ", or claimed to be deduced from the Holy Scriptures. But in reality it legitimized in ... of the Greeks as presuppositions in his apologetic, ' and therewith prepared the way for the introduction of the Gospel to the Greco-Roman world of thought. ... Click to View Decepto-Meter A review of the value of Adolf von Harnack anti-Trinitarian authority By Perry Robinson Jehovah's Witnesses makes use of the German scholar ... The Creed of Nicea, the formulary of Chalcedon, the dogmatic writings of the Fathers, even the Epistles of St. Paul, represent 'the work of the spirit of a decadent ... comment on Harnack's best-selling portrait of Jesus came from the pen of the Catholic Modernist, Father George Tyrell, 'The Christ that what Harnack sees, looking ... Constantine N. Tsorpanlis, An Introduction to Eastern Patristic Thought and Orthodox Theology, Liturgical Press, 1991 p. 22 "Professor Harnack brings to his study ... ...
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111: Sabbathgate 1888 by Kerry Wynne
... From the Adventist point of view, Dr. Bacchiocchi never should have published his Canright-supporting research, even though his conclusions were virtually ... The fathers of the Early Church documented an almost immediate abandonment of Sabbath-keeping by Christians, but both early Adventist leaders and Dr. Samuele ... that Christians were not keeping the Sabbath hundreds of years before there was a pope or a Roman Catholic Church. Both the Adventist leaders of Canright's day and Dr. ... Why do you keep the Sabbath and fast with the Jews?" (Homilies on Galatians 2:17 [A.D. 395]). 16. The Apostolic Constitutions [A.D. 400] "And on the day of our ... Gentile churches that abandoned Sabbath-keeping flourished and supplied mainstream Christianity with a population of Christians who maintained orthodox beliefs. ... in piles of dough and salving your conscience by paying plenty of tithe to keep the hired-archy gainfully employed.... Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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112: Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ...
... 1944. Kathryn Kuhlman was ordained a Baptist minister, but did not associate her ministry with any denomination She was heavily influenced by the Azusa street revival, and by the Roman Catholic church. ... George Hawtin, Percy Hunt and George Warnock took Branham's teachings on Apostolic Restoration of the Church and disseminated these teachings to 1,000's through their Bible School called Sharon ... George Warnock Fathers of the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God/Kingdom Now Movements 1946 Frankin Hall wrote "Atomic Power with God Through Prayer & Fasting"Gordon Lindsay's "Voice of Healing" newsletter and Thomas & Evelyn's Wyatt's worldwide radio broadcasts spread his fasting message. Major Ministers Impacted by Franklin's Hall teachings Gordon Lindsey Oral Roberts William ... Randy Clark John Arnott (Toronto Vineyard) From Toronto Airport Church to various churches world-wide Click to View Click to View Sometimes Truth makes Love hurt "You are seeking to kill Me, a man who ... ...
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113: "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914
... Nor do I think it strange that, after more than twenty years devoted to Seventh-Day Adventist propagandism, he should finally renounce their doctrines, and return to the orthodox faith. It is not necessary to impute any sinister or unworthy ... This shows that our conclusion from the above texts was correct. Thus as we see on opening to the early apostolic fathers immediately following the apostles, we find all Christians of all sects in all parts of the world holding their meetings on ... Yet all these differing sects hold in common these five memorials of Christ's life - the Church, the New Testament, Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and the Lord's Day. The Eastern Church, the Armenian, Syrian, Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, ... There can be only one truthful answer - all must have started together at the beginning and have kept together till this day. And all history confirms it. Click to View Chapter XI - Did the Pope Change the Sabbath? From "Seventh-day Adventism ... ...
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114: What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
... etc. were not identified with any idolatrous cult in particular but they were common to almost all cults." (Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. ... DICKINSON "While the Greek and Roman songs were metrical, the Christian psalms were anitphons, prayers, responses, etc., were unmetrical; and ... DICKINSON "In view of the controversies over the use of instrumental music in worship, which have been so violent in the British and American ... condemned." ... "Many of the fathers, speaking of religious songs, made no mention of instruments; others, like Clement of Alexandria and St. ... GIRADEAU "The church, although lapsing more and more into deflection from the truth and into a corrupting of apostolic practice, had not ... KURTZ "At first the church music was simple, artless, recitative. But rivalry of heretics forced the orthodox church to pay greater attention ... (Earl West, Search for the Ancient Order, Vol. 2, pp. 80, 81) By Steven Rudd Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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115: Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed
(Constantine's son) exiled and crushed by force, the Trinitarians Click to View Arius triumphed for 50 years after Nicea, then was defeated till the 19th century. ... Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) It was his [Constantine's] personal choice made in 312 that determined the emergence of the Roman Empire as a Christian state. ... (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1971, Constantine, Vol. 6, p. 386) Schism, in Constantine's view, was "insane, futile madness," inspired by the Devil, the author of evil. ... by the holy catholic and apostolic Church .] The statement is significant both for what it affirmed and what it denied. The word homoousios, which was to carry such great significance in the years ahead, is especially interesting. There was some suspicion of this word on the part of the orthodox because of its ... Somewhat surprisingly the Council still used the words ousia and hypostasis as synonyms. Several points stand out. The Council Fathers did not use the term Logos for ... ...
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116: Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ...
Click to View Sometimes Truth makes Love hurt "You are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View We now consider and refute all Pentecostal Objections to the fact that the Bible teaches spiritual gifts ceased at the end of the apostolic age around 100AD Actual Pentecostal objections & rebuttals ... were complete. Pentecostals who argue this fail to realize that this is exactly the same argument that Roman Catholics use to sustain their view that there was no fixed canon until the 5th century, when the Catholic church graciously gave the world, for the first time, the Bible! ... not to exceed what is written" here we have Paul commanding the Corinthians to abide with the written revelation DURING the time when oral revelation was still genuinely happening! ... ANSWER: God has worked in different ways at different times with his people all down through history: Heb 1:1-2 " God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many ... ...
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117: The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession!
Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Apostolic Succession The Priesthood Click to View Apostolic Authority Click to View Apostolic Succession Click to View Catholic Successors Click to View The Only Succession Click to View Inheritors Of Authority? Click to View Catholic Mis-Translation Click to View New Testament Bishops Click to View Present Day Hierarchy Click to View Call None "Father" Click to View Can Priests Forgive Sin? Click to View Confession to priests? Click to View Clerical Dress Click ... On the contrary, as the Apostles transmitted to their successors their power to preach, to baptize, to ordain, to confirm, etc., they must also have handed down to them the no less essential gift of infallibility." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 54). Please notice, first of all, that the Catholic writer says, "There is no just ground for denying to the Apostolic teachers of the nineteenth century in which we live a prerogative clearly possessed by those of the first..." In other words, he is ... ...
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118: Modern Rabbinical Judaism
... There is little need to force the community of Qumran into any known category. 9 Apostolic Constitutions sec. 7 1" The Sibyl is pictures as an ... Judaism is even more diver - today. "The modern Jewish scene affords us the colorful spectacle of Orthodox Jews and Reform r;onservative Jews ... is itself a divine thing (for it is that process that creates oral Torah), but he went even farther and demonstrated what the reasoning ... Behind the zekhut, the debate method, the optimism; behind it all is a point of view that destroyed a religion, and I've wanted you to see ... Origen, Against Celsus, Trans. Fredrick Crombie, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IV, T&T Clark \ Eerdmans, Grand Rapids. -Commentary on John, Trans. ... IX, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press. Pool, David de Sola, Why I Am, a Jew, c. 1957, Thomas Nelson Publishers, New York. ... Vermes, Geza, The Dead Sea Scrolls in English, 3rd Ed. c. 1987, Sheffield Acedemic Press, Ltd. London. by Lance E. Bailles Click Your Choice ... ...
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119: Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible!
Click to View Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible! Click to View Not intended to be written. Click to View Not intended to be gathered into one volume. Click to View Not accessible to all. Click to View Does not contain all truth. Click to View Not understandable. Click to View The Case ... "The Apostles are never reported to have circulated a single volume of the Holy Scripture, but 'they going forth, preached everywhere, the Lord co-operating with them.' (Mark xvi. 20)." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 66). "They owe their existence to lucky chance. For example, Paul's letters were written to a particular section of ... They received it directly from infallible teachers rather than from infallible writings. The following chart illustrates this fundamental principle: WORD OF GOD IN INSPIRED MEN WORD OF GOD IN INSPIRED WRITINGS ALL ORAL Apostles and prophets directed to speak the word of God, Acts 1:8. Had miraculous powers to confirm their word, ... ...
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120: Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee
... AND Shakers Manifestations We can't tell the difference... can you? Click here Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA INTRODUCTION. The United Society of Believers ... accomplished as by the Shakers. We propose, therefore, first to take a view of them from that stand-point. 2. Shakerism as a system is more varied in its ... sit down with Jesus on his throne - rise to the same plane. 6. This was the condition and expectation of the Apostolic Church, whose members were all Hebrews. ... FALL OF THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTAN CHURCH. 1. When Constantine was converted, he founded and became the heathen* head of the Roman Catholic Church, which was formed upon a ... "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners, spake to the fathers, by the prophets [in the spirit-world], hath, in these last days, spoken unto us by his Son." ... JUDGMENT DAY, AND CONFESSION OF SINS. 54. A radical and most important principle in the Shaker, or second Christian Church, is the oral confession of sins to God, ... ...
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121: The unbiblical apostate organization of the Roman Catholic church
The unbiblical organization of the Roman Catholic church Click to View True Bible organization today Click to View Find a local congregation of the New Testament church in your own home town. Click to View John Paul II Catholic, Bishop of Rome, Pope Click to View Graphical Mouse Rollover of gradual change of organization over time Click to View 4 Competing views of organization Click to View Outline: 30-150 AD Click to View Outline: 150-250 AD Click to View Outline: 250-451 AD Click to View Outline: 451-588 AD Click to View Outline: 588-606 AD Click to View Outline: 606 AD-Today Click to View Catholic organization today Click to View Orthodox organization today Click to View The "Sensational speech" of Bishop Joseph Georg Strossmayer in the Vatican Council I (1870 AD) Click to View Peter was not the first Pope! Click to View The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! Click to View Outrageous claims made by the Pope! Click to View The organization of the Roman ... ...
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122: Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD
Click to View Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD Papers: Click to View Muslim Myths: Islam is not the fastest growing religion in the world. Click to View Roman Catholic's and Orthodox should cast no stones at the religious division of Protestants, since there are 67 Roman Catholic denominations and 75 Orthodox denominations. The Data: Table 1-1: World Religions: Annual change, 1990-2000 2000 2025 2050 Religion Natural Conversion Total Rate Adherents % Adherents % Adherents % countries All Christians 22,708,799 2,501,396 25,210,195 1.36 ... Oneness-Pentecostal or Unitarian Pentecostal; Jesus Only 11,600 2,463,000 85 74 Baptistic-Pentecostal or Keswick-Pentecostal , 232,000 49,420,000 396 174 Holiness-Pentecostal: 3-crisis-experience 28,800 5,650,000 246 118 Apostolic or Pentecostal Apostolic (living apostles) 11600 1587000 31 30 Pentecostal (Protestant Classical Pentecostal) 20 3,000 1 1 Friends (Quaker) 4900 403,000 54 43 Reformed Presbyterian 97700 43902000 300 ... ...
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123: Catholic Sign of the cross did not exist before 9th century!
Click to View Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Sign of the cross in its present form, did not exist before 9th century. In about 200AD, the most anyone ever did was sign the cross with their finger on their forehead. There is absolutely no use of the "sign of the cross" in Apostolic times or the Bible. Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE tell us if we have misrepresented Catholic Faith Click to View The Catholic Encyclopedia says: Under "sign of the cross" "We have positive evidence in the early Fathers that such a practice was familiar to Christians in the second century. "In all our travels and movements", says Tertullian [200AD] (De cor. Mil., iii), "in all our coming in and going out, in putting of our shoes, at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever employment occupieth us, we mark our foreheads with the sign of the cross"." "On the whole it seems probable that the ultimate prevalence of the larger cross is due to an ... ...
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124: Stunning quotations from: The New Catholic Catechism
Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Click to View Introduction by John Paul II Stunning quotations from... The New Catholic Catechism 1992 French version (English translation completed in 1994) Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE tell us if we have misrepresented anything Click to View The Catechism of the Catholic Church is the ... The Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism explains: "For it is through Christ's Catholic Church alone, which is the universal help toward salvation, that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It was to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, that we believe that our Lord entrusted all the ... Penance necessary for salvation 980 It is through the sacrament of Penance that the baptized can be reconciled with God and with the Church: "Penance has rightly been called by the holy Fathers `a laborious kind of baptism.' This sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation for those who have fallen after Baptism, just as ... ...
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125: The organization of the Roman Catholic church
The 3 Tier Hierarchy Of The Roman Catholic Church: Pope, Bishop, Priests Click to View Learn from the Bible Blueprint, how the church was organized by the apostles! Click to View Find a local congregation of the New Testament church that is organized exactly as the Bible says Click to View 30-606 AD: The gradual historical ... This is because in 600 AD there were 4 Patriarchs of the east, (Antioch and Alexandria, Jerusalem and Constantinople) who eventually split off in 1054AD to become the Greek Orthodox church., and one "Patriarch of the West." (Rome) The following terms are applied to the Pope: Bishop of the city of Rome (head of the a local diocese ... Until he reaches the age of 80, a cardinal is allowed to vote in the election of a new pope. Cardinals are not found in the Bible and did not come into existence until after 600 AD. Apostolic Pronuncio (Papal Nuncio): An archbishop who acts as the official Vatican delegate to a country. He holds the rank of ambassador. In Canada, ... ...
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126: Topical Selection of Early Christian's Beliefs
Important note: This collection of quotations are from early Christians who wrote prior to 400 AD. These writings are not inspired. They are not part of the Bible. They are absolutely not authoritative in determining doctrine. ONLY THE BIBLE, (sola scriptura) is authoritative and inspired. The Bible is our sole guide. However, these quotes do contain an interesting snapshot of the doctrine early Christians believed after the apostolic age. All quotes are sorted by date. But one final ... Click to View More on the Ignatian Forgeries Having said all this, we hope you enjoy reading the materials here, for at the very least, they do represent real history. Click to View Reference: Apostolic Fathers: Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other info. Click to View Salvation: Early Christians on BAPTISM Early Christians on FAITH ONLY Early Christians on ETERNAL SECURITY Early Christians on WORKS Early Christians on FREEWILL Click to View Godly living, Sin & morality: Early ... ...
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127: Eucharist: Frequency of communion changed from weekly to daily ...
Roman Catholic Doctrinal evolution: Doctrinal flip flops Eucharist: Frequency of communion changed from weekly to daily in 500 AD. Click to View Doctrinal flip flops Click to View More Catholic doctrinal Flip-Flops Eucharist: Frequency of communion changed from weekly to daily in 500 AD. Withholding the communion cup from the laity began in 1416 AD. A. The example of the Bible is weekly communion: On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. Acts 20:7 See outline on weekly communion. B. The example of the Apostolic Fathers was weekly communion: 90AD DIDACHE: "Christian Assembly on the Lord's Day: 1. But every Lord's day do ye gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure. 2. But let no one that is at variance with his fellow come together with you, ... ...
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128: Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ...
... to religious practices of the Jewish community during the Second Temple period, when Judah was under Persian, Greek and finally Roman rule. ... Many of these early texts themselves became the source for nearly two millennia of commentary by Jewish, Catholic and, eventually, Protestant ... What we are discussing is an organizing principle, on the basis of which we can accurately view all the diverse factors involved in cultic ... Among those Greek Orthodox villagers practicing kourbánia, the dominant element, which gives neo-Greek sacrifice its own physiognomy, is ... The HB is a composite document, comprising traditional oral narratives, administrative texts, legal codes, and written expositions.12 The ... IIA Gezer (Dever 1989: 156). 26 Those explaining the "gods of the fathers" in the biblical patriarchal narratives have postulated different ... Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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129: Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ...
Click to View Introduction Click to View 4 Competing views of organization Click to View Outline: 33-150 AD Click to View Outline: 150-250 AD Click to View Outline: 250-451 AD Click to View Outline: 588-606 AD Click to View Outline: 606 AD-Today Click to View Catholic organization today Click to View Orthodox organization today Click to View True Bible ... Pope Leo, in protesting the fourth ecumenical council, held at Chalcedon in 451, started to make bold claims of Papal power that were ignored by most. In 590 AD, Gregory acted like a Pope, but denounced the title of Universal Bishop. Two popes later in 606 AD, Boniface III is the first Roman bishop to both act like a ... While Peter in Antioch meekly submits to the rebuke of the junior apostle Paul, Leo pronounces resistance to his authority to be impious pride and the sure way to hell. Obedience to the pope is thus necessary to salvation. Whosoever, says he, is not with the apostolic see, that is, with the head of the body, whence ... ...
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130: Organization of the church 33-606 AD" Java interface
ORIGIN OF THE ORTHODOX AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: Graphical representation of the slow apostacy away from the Bible organization of the church! Roll your mouse over the DATE to see how the organization changed from what is in the Bible. The first century church had one level of organizaituon, elders/overseers/shepherds.In AD 381, the final organizational evolution of the Orthodox church was achieved with 5 levels of organization. In AD 606, the final organization evolution of the Roman Catholic church was achieved with 3 levels of organization. Time to stop worshipping God with man-made doctrines and organizations and begin following the simple organization of the Apostolic church. Click to View Bible: 33-100AD All elders equal. Bible only for doctrine (elder/bishop one office) 150 AD One elder exalted above the others (elder/bishop still one office) Bible still rules 200 AD One Bishop per church overseeing the eldership (elder/bishop two offices) Bible only 250 AD One diocesan ... ...
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131: Official creeds for every church Home Page: Interactive Bible
Associated Gospel (Philpott) AWANA Baha'i Baptist (Canada) Benny Hinn Ministries the fake. Baptist (reformed) Baptist (Southern) Baptist, (BBFI-independent) American Baptist Association Baptist, (Free Will) Bible Chapel Buddhism Catholic (Roman) Canadian Evangelical Christian Churches (CECC) Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian Missionary Alliance (Canada) Christadelphian Church of God, International (Cleveland TN) Church of God of Prophecy ... Living Hope Christian Assembly, Hamilton, Ontario Canada Lutheran Pentecostal: MASSIVE: Encyclopaedia of Pentecostal churches Mennonite Brethren Methodist Mormons (Latter-day Saints) Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) Click to View Muslim/Islam Nazarene New Apostolic Click to View Orthodox, Greek, Coptic Assyrian, Oriental, Eastern Catholic Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) Plain Truth Magazine Peter Popoff the Fake Presbyterian Quakers, Shaking Reformed (Dutch/Christian/Canadian) Salvation Army Scientology ... ...
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132: Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ...
There is no salvation outside the Catholic church! Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell! Click to View Doctrinal flip flops Click to View More Catholic doctrinal Flip-Flops Officially, before Vatican 2 in 1965 AD, all non-Catholic churchgoers will go to HELL! Today it is different! Before 1965: No ... "Indeed, there is but one universal Church of the faithful outside of which no one at all is saved." (Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215; Denz. 151) "With our hearts we believe and with our lips we confess but one Church, not that of the heretics, but the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church, outside which we believe that no ... "Where the necessity of salvation is concerned all the faithful of Christ must be subject to the Roman Pontiff, as we are taught by Holy Scripture, the testimony of the holy fathers, and by that constitution of our predecessor of happy memory, Boniface VIII, which begins Unam Sanctam." (Pope Leo X, Fifth Lateran Council ... ...
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133: Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted
... Guess #1: the Pope introduced Sunday worship. Click to View The Roman Catholic Pope DID NOT change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. Yes Catholics do claim they changed the Sabbath, but they also claim that Peter was the first pope! Sabbath Keepers reject the Catholic claim that Peter was the first pope, so they are in grave error for accepting the Catholic claim that the pope changed the Sabbath to Sunday! Guess #2: It was Constantine in 325 AD. Click to View Constantine (325 AD) DID NOT change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. Christians never kept the Sabbath from the apostolic age (33 AD) ... The desire for differentiation from paganism had deeper Christian roots than the second-century desire for differentiation from Judaism. It is true that, from Justin onwards, the Fathers exploited the symbolism of the pagan title "Sunday," but to have actually adopted the pagan day as the Christian day of worship because ... ...
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134: The canon of the Bible: A conservative, bible believing perspective ...
... The council of Jamnia 4. List of books in the Christian Bible, Roman Catholic Bible, Greek Orthodox Bible III. Refuting the claims of Roman Catholics and Orthodox: 1. Questions for Roman Catholics and Orthodox 2. Scripture contains a pattern that must to be followed. 3. Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers. 4. Apostolic fathers viewed scripture as complete and final and that the age of inspiration was ended. 5. The Church organization and counsels did not give the world the Bible 6. The Catholic Church did NOT give us the Bible! IV. Reference materials: 1. The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? By F. F. BRUCE, 1943 2. Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon 3. Ancient lists of Old Testament Book Collections 4. Ancient lists of New Testament Book Collections 5. Various councils, synods and canons related to the Canon By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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135: The Interactive Bible: False Doctrine Home page
Click to View Search for this: Submit Advanced Click Your Choice For Text only links only click here (Freenets, Lynx, text base browsers, non-graphic navigators) Systems of False Doctrine: Click one of these choices: Do you know what your church teaches: Official teachings of almost every church. Sabbath Keepers Refuted An defense of why Christians worship on Sunday and not Saturday. For Jehovah's Witness New Converts Information every new Jehovah's Witness should know about his new religion. Evolution vs 6 day creation When God created the earth in 6 days He was taking His time! The Roman Catholic church examined Is the Roman Catholic church the ... Neo-Sadduceeism A doctrine that takes all the supernatural out of the Bible! (Human saviour, souless man, heavenless hope, non-existent Holy Spirit) Rapture and Pre-millenialism A system that teaches our God couldn't make it happen the first time! Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! Anti-Sola Scriptura ... ...
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136: Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God
Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote & False Dilemma: Trinitarian They project the false impression that Fortman either rejects trinity, or that he is willing to accept trinity without any Bible support for the doctrine. Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God Click to View The Triune God, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception exposed Although they identify Fortman as a Catholic, they project the false impression that Fortman either rejects trinity, or that he is willing to accept trinity without any Bible support for the doctrine. The Watchtower is a master at "the slight of hand" technique in quoting from orthodox trinitarian sources. Documentation of selective Quoting ... The Apostolic Fathers were witnesses to the Biblical data and the traditional faith rather than theologians, but they furnished useful insights into the lines along which the Church's unconscious theology was developing. Most of them indicated quite ... ...
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137: In Darkest England and the Way Out, William Booth 1890 AD
In Darkest England and the Way Out William Booth 1890 AD Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Introduction: In ... The Slum Sister is what her name implies, the Sister of the Slum. They go forth in Apostolic fashion, two-and-two living in a couple of the ... With this view we propose to remodel and greatly increase the number of our Homes both in London and the provinces, establishing one in every ... A TICKET-OF-LEAVE WOMAN. A. B. was the child of respectable working people--Roman Catholics-- but was early left an orphan. She fell in with ... I understand that the Society for the Protection of Children prosecuted last year a fabulous number of fathers for unnatural sins with their ... If the cultured and the respectable and the orthodox and the established dignitaries and conventionalities of Society pass by on the other ... were something of the prison order, although enforced without any of the power lying either behind the prison warder or the Catholic priest. ... ...
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138: Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries
... Moreover, since the names God and Holy Ghost are alike Divine names, it follows that Jesus Christ is also regarded as a Divine Person. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) In the Apostolic writings theos may almost be said to be ... count. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) The early Fathers were persuaded that indications of the doctrine of the Trinity must exist in the Old Testament and they found such indications in not a few passages. Many of them not merely believed that the Prophets had testified of it, they held that it had been made known even to the Patriarchs. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) Click to View New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965 What the Watchtower quoted: What they left out ... What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you: "There are few teachers of Trinitarian theology in Roman Catholic seminaries who have not been badgered at one time or another by the question, 'But how does one preach ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm
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139: History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ...
Click to View The Record of History History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath, right back to the apostolic age. (33 A.D.) New book on Sabbath vs. 1st day worship history: read now Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity by Dr. David W. T. Brattston Irrefutable proof: Click to View Click to View ... Click to View Guess #1: the Pope introduced Sunday worship. Click to View The Roman Catholic Pope DID NOT change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. Yes Catholics do claim they changed the Sabbath, but they also claim that Peter was the first pope! Sabbath Keepers reject the Catholic claim that Peter was the ... And you [fleshly Jews] were commanded to keep Sabbaths, that you might retain the memorial of God. For His word makes this announcement, saying, "That you may know that I am God who redeemed you." (Dialogue With Trypho the Jew, 150-165 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, page 204) 200AD TERTULLIAN: Let him who contends that ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm
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140: Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!!
Overview of how Catholic faith contradicts the Bible 1. Calling the Priests "Father" is forbidden FACT: Catholics are taught to call their priest, "Father", as a religious title of respect. Christians in the first century never called ... It is not 26 in a row as with the rosary! This is also a song, not a prayer. Revelation 4:8 has "angels singing" not "men praying". Click to View Click on photo for high resolution Historical note: Roman Catholics borrowed the idea of praying with beads from the pagan religions who were ... in the 12th century the practice was begun, and formally approved by the Catholic Council of Constance in 1415 AD. So for the first 1000 years, the Catholics in the Pews drink the cup, then the Pope changed this apostolic tradition. ... It wasn't until 1311 AD, when the Catholic council of Ravenna, declared that sprinkling was and acceptable substitute for immersion and from that time forward sprinkling replaced immersion in the Roman Catholic church. The Orthodox ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cath-overview-false-teaching.htm
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141: Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ...
... By AD 200 the four gospels were widely reckoned as Scripture on a par with the Old Testament along with a corpus of Pauline letters. However, the process of determining the outer limits of the apostolic writings developed, often in heated debate, until the end of the fourth century at which time both the Eastern and Western branches of the church reached a decision regarding the canon's scope which then generally became normative for the ancient church. (The New Testament as canon, Brevard S. Childs, 1984, p 18) III. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue: 1. The incorrect Orthodox church view: 1. "Most churches only had parts of what was to become the New Testament." ... said, "Scripture cannot be broken." and 1 Peter 1:23 that the "word of the Lord endures forever." And the word of God is "living, and active, and sharper than any two edged sword" (Heb 4:12) By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm
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142: SUMMARY: PROOF that TRINITY is NOT of PAGAN origin!
"The fact that the church fathers never defend trinity against a charge of pagan influence is significant. If the source was so obviously pagan, then there would have been a huge outcry! But as it ... Sabbatarians are guilty of the same thing when they quote the Catholics Authorities as proof that the Pope changed the sabbath to Sunday but reject the same Catholic authorities when they ALSO ... Reason # Click to View Misquoting and misrepresenting Trinitarians click for documentation Reason #3: Misquoting and misrepresenting Trinitarians They dishonestly misrepresent Trinitarian sources through ... First, they will simply selectively quote Trinitarian sources without saying they are Trinitarian in order to give the impression that anti-Trinitarian doctrine is the majority orthodox view among ... No wonder anti-Trinitarians have to go to pagan and atheistic sources to prove their doctrine! We openly admit that the Roman Catholics borrowed Christmas, Easter, Halloween from Paganism. But ... ...
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143: Trinity proof texts: Genesis 19:24
Trinity Proof Texts: Gen 19:24 Click to View Genesis 19:24 "Then Yahweh [on earth in human form] rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh [in spirit form in heaven] out of heaven. Genesis 19:24. Introduction: A. Genesis chapters 18-19 is a powerful proof text for Trinitarians for these reasons: First, is ... Third, you have Genesis 19:24 that has two distinct Yahweh's: One on earth and one in heaven. "Then Yahweh [on earth in human form] rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh [in spirit form in heaven] out of heaven. Genesis 19:24. Although the unanimous opinion of the apostolic Fathers was that this was Jesus ... This is because the context irrefutably proves beyond question that Yahweh (or Jehovah if you adopt the spelling of that famous 13th century Roman Catholic monk.) was walking around on the earth with two angels. D. Now that we have dismissed the only arguments Anti-Trinitarians have to explain this passage to their liking, we have ... ...
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144: Four positions on the day of Christian worship
... Rather they actually teach that this change took place at the time when Christians first started to worship on Sunday in 33 AD. It is critical to keep in mind that the Catholic church claims direct apostolic authority from the present Pope in Rome right back to Peter. Click to View #4. The General Protestant Position False Protestant view: The universal practice of Christians has always been Sunday, ... of the Sabbath institution from the seventh to the first day of the week." (Dr Edward T Hiscox, author of the Baptist Manual) "Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history as a religious day, as we learn from the Christian Fathers and other sources. ... not on any command of God, but on the authority of the church." (Augsburg Confession of Faith, quoted in Catholic Sabbath Manual, part 2, chapter 1, Section 10) "They [Roman Catholics] refer to the Sabbath Day, a shaving been changed into the Lord's Day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it seems. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-4-positions.htm
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145: Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca
Click to View https://www.bible.ca/moving-logo.gif Search for this: Submit Advanced Click Your Choice The Interactive Bible: Interactive Bible study series lessons where you learn Bible truths while on line for yourself. Anyone can understand what the Bible says. It is fun!!! The Bible is God's Inspired Book! Do you really ... For Jehovah's Witness New Converts Information every new Jehovah's Witness should know about his new religion. Evolution vs 6 day creation When God created the earth in 6 days He was taking His time! The Roman Catholic church examined Is the Roman Catholic church the original one true church? Mormonism Exposed Are the Book of ... Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! Anti-Sola Scriptura Those who try to destroy the Bible Lies of the devil: Doctrine doesn't matter Tares among the wheat! Archeology: Digging up Bible stories! The Exodus Route Discovered and More! Reaching out for help & Comments: Ask a Bible question??? Get a Bible ... ...
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146: When the Bible was first viewed as having both an "Old and New ...
... The statement is not unambiguous between "agreements" or "written records" of the agreements, but the latter is more likely, especially in view of the usage of his predecessors and contemporaries. For him "holy scriptures" included books that ... II. Roman Catholic and Orthodox get Marcion wrong: Father James Bernstein, an Orthodox church leader wrote: "It is not until A.D. 200-about 170 years after the death and resurrection of Christ-that we first see the term "New Testament" used, by Tertullian." (Which ... This merely illustrates an important matter that Bernstein is all too willing to ignore, namely that the record of what the early fathers believed is incomplete and sparse. You see the Orthodox church wants so desperately to avoid the Bible ... "New Testament" was found in no less than 8 places in the very scriptures that were read in the church every week from 50 AD. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ...
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147: Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church
Leaves out the comment that JW's theology is of pagan origin. Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Click to View Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church quoted in, ... This necessity arose out of the Greek view that God cannot concern himself with matter. Therefore, he begot another divine being to create the world for him." (A Short History of the Early Church, Dr. H. R. Boer) Our comment Boer flatly states that the deity of Christ is found in the New Testament and was taught by the Apostolic Fathers before the age of the Apologists. Further, Anti-trinitarians mislead the reader with ... The best known of them was Justin Martyr, a man from Samaria whose parents were Roman. He was a student and a teacher of philosophy before his conversion. He remained a philosopher, ... Moreover, the Logos was subject to change: he could become a sinner. Such was the teaching which Arius began to set forth in about 311. Alexander, the Catholic bishop of Alexandria, convened ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm
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148: The office of Elders, pastors and bishops
... A. Some believers go beyond the organization God provided for in the New Testament by making it more complex than it is. This is seen in the organization of the Roman Catholics and many protestant churches. B. Some believers reject that there is a formal office of overseer. They view him as being on the same ... C. The Baptist church, for example, admits in their official creed book (The Hiscox Standard Baptist Manual), that new offices not found in scripture have been added long after the Bible was written: "CHURCH OFFICERS: In the New Testament we find that in apostolic times, and for many years after, pastors and ... AD Click to View Outline: 250-451 AD Click to View Outline: 451-588 AD Click to View Outline: 588-606 AD Click to View Outline: 606 AD-Today Click to View Catholic organization today Click to View Orthodox organization today Click to View Bartholomew Orthodox, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Click to View Find a local ... ...
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149: Seven Myths Of Denominationalism!
... 8.4 Reversing the Trend 8.5 Some Concluding Thoughts Click to View We Speak the Truth in Love... But sometimes it hurts! Email your comments to the author: dbrown@cs.ua.edu Click to View Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA PREFACE The purpose of this book is to increase bible study by those who are disciples of Jesus Christ. ... For that reason they are accepting, practicing and teaching many false doctrines that were inherited from the Roman Catholic church or that have evolved since the reformation. Most alarming, the average members have been so ... We will divide our presentation into three categories: (1) Jesus' teachings in the gospels, (2) inspired apostolic examples throughout the book of Acts, and (3) the teachings of the Holy Spirit through the writings of ... subject to that of the doctrinal differences which existed between the Jews and the Samaritans (vs. 20): "Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm
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150: Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ...
... 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 Christmas: A. The word "Christmas" comes from "Christ + Mass" 1. from the Catholic "mass" 2. term first used in 1038 AD B. Date of Christ's birthday is unknown: best guess is spring of 6BC 1. year: between 4-7BC a. Dionysius, a Roman monk, invented a calendar in 526AD b. A year later it was discovered he made a mistake of ... It may be that Christmas was set on this day to supplant the pagan feast, or it may simply be a coincidence. Hippolytus and Tertullian, two early church fathers who lived before the Nicene Council set up our present method of determining the date ... The uncertainty of all the data discredits the computation. There is no historical evidence that our Lord's birthday was celebrated during the apostolic or postapostolic times. The uncertainty that existed at the beginning of the third century in ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm
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