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John Wesley (1703-91) Primitive Physic: or An Easy and Natural ... Primitive Physic: or An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases John Wesley (Preacher, Founder of Methodism) 1747 AD Click to View Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage In 1747 AD, John Wesley, Preacher, Founder of Methodism, understood that insanity was caused by sin and noted a case of a young 20 year old man who ... The sun and moon shed unwholesome influences from above; the earth exhales poisonous damps from beneath; the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fishes of the sea, are in a state of hostility: yea, the food we eat, daily saps the foundation of the life which cannot be sustained without it. So has the Lord of ... There diseases are indeed exceeding few; nor do they often occur, by reason of their continual exercise, and (till of late) universal temperance. But if any are sick, or bit by a serpent, or torn by a wild beast, the fathers immediately tell their children what remedy to apply. And 'tis rare that the patient suffers ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/primitive-physic-or-an-easy-and-natural-method-of-curing-most-diseases-john-wesley-1747ad.htm

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Three 3 Promises to Abraham fulfilled Three Promises to Abraham Fulfilled! Go to Premillenialism refuted: Israel got all the promised land under Joshua. click to view Three promises: 1. Great nation promise 2. Land promise 3. Seed promise All Fulfilled! Israel possessed all the land promised through Abraham. "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD by John Darby. When Christians saw the signs, they fled the city and were saved. Go to Rapture Refuted home page Click to View Three promises to ... 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.' "If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give your fathers- if you carefully observe all this commandment which I ... 1 Cor 15:50-51 flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God 1 Cor 6:13 Stomach and food done away with 4. Inheritance in the New Testament not land but all spiritual blessings: Eph 1:3 Eternal life: Matt 19:29; Luke 10:25; 18:18 shall inherit eternal life. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-3-promises-to-abraham.htm

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The canon of the Bible: A conservative, bible believing perspective ... AD 4. We have little solid historical evidence before 200 AD about the canon. 5. Beware of many modern "canon" scholars who reject the Bible. 6. Acceptance of the "disputed" NT books: Hebrews, 2 Peter, James, 2 John, 3 John, Revelation 7. Rejection of "disputed" books: 1 Clement, Shepherd of Hermas, Epistle of Barnabas etc. ... 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/canon.htm

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593 BC Nubian Expedition of Psammetichus II, Demotic papyri in ... 593 BC Nubian Expedition of Psammetichus II Demotic papyri in the John Rylands library: 414 BC Papyrus IX, Column 14, line 16 - Column 16, line 1 Click to View Digging up Bible stories! Edom was founded by Esau, twin brother of Jacob (born 2006 BC) in 1926 BC (Age 30), when Esau moves to Seir and conquers the Horites (Deut 2:12,22). Esau goes extinct in 500 BC. ... But the Jews needed more than permission from the Egyptian ruler to build a temple. According to Israelite tradition, foreign soil was impure soil. From Joshua to the prophets to the Babylonian exiles, it was understood that cultic activities should not be performed outside the land of Israel. When the cured ... and went to Ethiopia. [4] Psammetichus heard of it and pursued them; and when he overtook them, he asked them in a long speech not to desert their children and wives and the gods of their fathers." (Herodotus, Histories 2.30.1-4) "Under Psammetichus II (595-589) no change occurred in Egypt's Asiatic policy. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Psammetichus-Psamtik-II-Demotic-Papyrus-IX-Expedition-Nubia-Philistia-Syria-Palestine-pilgrimage-Byblos-John-Rylands-El-Hibeh-Egypt-595-589BC.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... 1948 Statehood of Israel does not fulfill Bible prophecy Go to Rapture Refuted home page click to view The signs of Matthew 24 prophecies the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD not the second coming and certainly not some "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD by John Darby. When Christians saw the signs, they fled the city and were saved. Go to Rapture Refuted home page Click to View 1948 Statehood of Israel does not fulfill Bible ... 8. Paul said the hope of Israel was not physical restoration, but only in Christ: a. "And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers; the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. ... When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day- things which are a mere ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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Trinity: "Plural of Majesty", "pluralis majestaticus", "singular ... C. History of the "Plural of Majesty" argument: Click to View "We are not amused" Queen Elizabeth 1st would not be amused... about they way Anti-Trinitarians twist every plural reference to God as a mere "Royal We". After all, Elizabeth was a Trinitarian, and would not be one bit amused that her own words were being used to trash the very trinity she believed in! "Let US make man in OUR image" (Gen 1:26) cannot be "Plural of Majesty" because this poetic device did not even exist in scripture until after the Old Testament was completed. The apostolic fathers had never heard of "plural of majesty", much less believe it. They unanimously interpreted Gen 1:26 as the ... B. "Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony." (John 3:11) The "we" refers to Jesus and the Father, as seen in many other passages: "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-of-majesty-pluralis-majestaticus-royal-we.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God 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 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 ... "The Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this view. . . . The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power." (The ... John comes closer to a trinitarian position than any other New Testament writer. He presents the divinity of the Son and the personality of the Spirit more clearly than any other. He stresses the divinity of Jesus and His unity with the Father ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... Truth Gifts cease before the second coming, specifically around 100 AD False view Gifts cease at the second coming 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 Pentecostal Objections refuted! "One of the pillars of the ... Now that they know it, on what basis can they separate themselves from the Shakers since both exhibit identical manifestions! John Wesley said: "Spiritual gifts are for this day and the only reason for their scarcity is that Christians have become ... 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 portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8 ... Jesus, being God, is the creator of all things: "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. " John 1:3 IV. Christ cannot be the angel Michael the arch-angel: Jehovah's Witnesses are taught through their Watchtower, that Jesus is the created arch-angel named Michael. This is false doctrine and heresy. Hebrews 1:5 proves Jehovah's Witnesses false teachers when they say Jesus is an ... But this violates Rom 1:25: "worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator". This passage teaches that if Jesus is the creator, as the Bible says he is, then he cannot be a creature. Jesus cannot be creator and creature at the same time! V. The apostolic Fathers unanimously taught that the "Us" in Gen 1:26, refers to the trinity: Click to View More trinity quotes from the apostolic Fathers 74 AD Epistle of Barnabas: "For the Scripture says concerning us, while He speaks to the Son, "Let Us make man after Our image, and after Our ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis1-26.htm

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Role of the Husband in the Bible Click to View The Husband's Responsibility to his Wife & the Bible! Click to View Husband! Are you Taking your Wife for granted??? Click to View Father's are critically important to normal development of children. Click to View The best and worst fathers of the bible. Introduction and summary: Leader and provider The first primary role in the family of ... Seldom works near home; seldom home for lunch. Likewise, children are away from home higher percentage of time. Must work harder today to meet this God given responsibility. C. Provide. 1. Physical: food, clothing, shelter, I Tim. 5:8. 2. Spiritual. Cf. Example of Christ, Eph.5:26-27. a. Most important area. Is Father's ... Artist pictures of Christ; emaciated, anemic. 2) Christ was a man! (Not Casper Milquetoast).Fought the Devil, won! Grew up in carpenters shop, no power tools. Confronted moneychangers, kicked over tables, drove them out. Not like Mr. Rogers; more like John Wayne. 3. Husband's job is to meet needs of wife & children ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/husbands.htm

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A Treatise on Madness, William Battie, 1758 AD Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Click to View Link to full discussion and analysis of William Battie's "A Treatise on Madness" Click to View William Battie Click to View See also: Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise on Madness, John Monro, 1758 AD A Treatise on Madness, William Battie, 1758 AD "Battie's Treatise was a turning point in the medical approach to mental ... He also took in pupils, including Sir George Baker, who became physician to George III, thereby stimulating the development of a professional line of psychiatric practice which Bethlem, with its father-to-son tradition, had always deliberately eschewed. The example of St Luke's itself instigated the ... Who perhaps would not otherwise give himself the trouble of opening his mouth, much less by hard labour earn food wherewith to sill it ; even tho' he should be assured that the loss of meat and drink today, tho' not at all inconvenient to him at present, will be sensibly felt to-morrow by his ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/a-treatise-on-madness-william-battie-1758ad.htm

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Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible! ... of human nature, nor did He leave them to their own memories to recall His deeds and teaching; rather, He gave them the Holy Spirit who guided them into all truth (John 16:13), and brought to their remembrance all that He had said to them (John 14:26). The written words of the New Testament were not the product of mere chance, but were divinely purposed and planned. Click to View 2. Not Intended To Be Circulated. ... "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 ... There are many who are unable to read, but that does not discredit the Bible as the only authority in religion, nor does it imply that tradition, the pope, and the church are equal in authority with the Bible. How would a Catholic priest relay or transmit his belief to those who cannot ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-attitude-towards.htm

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Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Deceptive quote: Trinitarian 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, Should you believe the ... The full quote says: "When God desired to create the world, he needed an agent to do this for him. 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 ... In this chapter we are concerned with the first group of questions. VARIOUS ANSWERS: The matter is put quite clearly in the first chapter of the Gospel of John: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm

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Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon. Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page I. Written by an apostle vs. non-apostles: Tertullian, the "Father of Latin Theology" (ca. 160-225), witnesses to the authority of writings in the Western church. He stressed the criterion of apostolicity. For example, in his writing Against Marcion he clearly distinguishes gospels of apostolic origin and gospels written by disciples of apostles. He writes: "Of the apostles, therefore, John and Matthew first instill faith into us; whilst of apostolic men, Luke and Mark renew it ... Later, as the Gospels and Epistles (at first only Paul's) began to circulate among the churches they too were accorded scriptural status. Barton, however, challenges the traditional view, noting that in the ... two sides is to be looked upon as equal." (Augustine, Book 2, Chapter 8, The Canonical Books) 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-criteria-of-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!! From this time, Catholics prayed 15 sets of 10 consecutive "hail Marys" in a row (150 times), in the Rosary. However, in 2003 AD, Pope John Paul added a new set of Mysteries, so now it is 20 sets of 10 "Hail Marys", (200 times in the Rosary, in total.) Catholics will vainly appeal to Psalm 136 that alternates the same phrase 26 times with 26 different blessings God gives us. 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 ... Ad]; but 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. Under the reforms of Vatican II, the laity were once again permitted to have "communion under both kinds/species". ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-overview-false-teaching.htm

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Sunday: Weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ The first day of the week Click to View Weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ A. Traditions of men vs. the Bible: We are told, not to remember Christ's birth on Dec 25, but his death every Sunday via Communion. Acts 20:7 Christians do not ... resurrection-day, the queen and chief of all the days of the week. (Ignatius, Epistle to the Magnesians, chp 9. Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, pg. 62-63.) 130AD BARNABAS: Moreover God says to the Jews, 'Your new moons and Sabbaths 1 cannot endure.' ... which they say, as being the one and only truly holy day and the Lord's day (Proof of the Gospel 4:16:186). 350 AD APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS: Be not careless of yourselves, neither deprive your Saviour of His own members, neither divide His body ... the reading of the prophets, the preaching of the Gospel, the oblation of the sacrifice, the gift of the holy food? (Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, book 2) 350 AD APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS: Do you therefore fast, and ask your petitions of God. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-of-resurrection.htm

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The organization of the Roman Catholic church Click to View Roman Catholic Organization today: 1 Pope Click to View 2946 Bishops/Dioceses (Mother churches over parishes) Click to View 219,583 Priests/Parishes (Local churches) Learn the Truth: Click to View The office of Elders, pastors and bishops Click to View The New Testament ... All dots on graphic below are local churches with differing levels of authority. The one Blue dot (where the Pope preaches every Sunday) is the local church of St. John Lateran Basilica that is the only local church in the world to have ... Bishops and Arch-Bishops are the same power. Arch-Bishops are from larger cities, capital cities etc. Such a naming tradition of calling larger, politically powerful cities by seemly higher sounding titles, carries on the tradition that ... 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-church-hierarchy-organization.htm

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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 New Testament Canon, ... The Apostolic fathers viewed Scripture as containing a complete pattern that must to be followed. Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page The Apostolic fathers viewed Scripture as containing a complete ... 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. They refuse to allow the Bible to govern their lives. They feel that man-made church tradition can change the Bible. They fell the Bible is not a pattern or form to be followed. Earliest ... in Biblical 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 ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scripture-pattern.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church 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 ... 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 ... C. "Pentecostalism" espouses religion as a "romantic" philosophy .. that the heart of man has reasons which his mind knows not of. Man's feelings are the highest authority. 1. The Bible is truth. (John 17:17) ... the truth is not subjective ... When the Holy Spirit leaves the body ... we die spiritually. 2. We know that the Spirit lives within by the "fruits of the Spirit". (Gal 5:22,23) a. When we live ... our bodies need food to sustain life ... So it is with the Holy Spirit within ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Petra, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea, Sela, Joktheel, En-mishpat ... Petra, Jordan (Kadesh Barnea) Click to View 1. Josephus, Eusebius and Jerome all said that Kadesh Barnea was located at Petra. The Treasury at Petra was carved by the Nabataeans in 100 BC and represents a reuse of the Hebrew city. 2. This unusual ... See also the main page on Kadesh Barnea 1. It is our conclusion that Kadesh Barnea is located Transjordan at Petra between El Beidha and Basta. a. El Beidha (5 km north of Petra) was a commercial tool manufacturing and mass food production center. ... People are looking for a single rock that split, when in fact it was more like an earth quake that split an entire mountain in two. More on the rock that split. 6. There is an ancient tradition (Eusebius) of the "River of Moses" (Wadi Musa) that ... It was rediscovered in 1812, by John Lewis Burckhardt. b. Maps from the 1600's knew of its existence but they were not sure where to locate it. For example, in 1587 AD, Abraham Ortelius had two locations for Petra and Kadesh Barnea. A precedent for ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity Click here for Trinity Mouse Rollover Graphical Helper Click to View Biblical Trinity Vs. Catholic Trinity Do you know the difference? Click to View Neither Catholics or Jehovah Witnesses understand the difference between 1st Century Biblical Trinity vs. 4th century Creedal Trinity, do you? Click to View The Catholic Trinity ... and the Spirit-enter into the description, and the one God is found to be revealed in a threefold way. (Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, James Hastings, Trinity, 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. ... What is less clear about the Spirit is His personal reality; often He is mentioned in language in which His personal reality is not explicit. (Dictionary of the Bible, John L. McKenzie, Trinity, p899) "The Trinity. The NT does not contain the developed doctrine of the Trinity. "The Bible lacks the express declaration that the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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Trinity: plural references to God in the Old Testament: Plural ... Trinity: plural references to God in the Old Testament: Plural nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs Click to View Click to View Grammatical Plurality & Yahweh .Click here for a detailed discussion of plurals applied to God in the Old Testament Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View Nouns: God - elohim, Lord - adonai ... We have no doubt that Paul would point out the six passages where God is refereed to with plural pronouns. (Us, Our) God's oneness is conveyed by personal pronouns like He, Him, His, I, Myself, Me. The trinity is witnessed in the Old Testament by personal pronouns like Us, Ours. C. The apostolic Fathers unanimously taught that the "Us" ... Jehovah's Witnesses actually get this one right: The US includes (at least) the Father and Jesus in this creation. Jesus, being God, is the creator of all things: "All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. " John 1:3 Hebrews 1:5 proves Jehovah's Witnesses false ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-nouns-pronouns-verbs-adverbs.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries ... In the prologue he identifies Him with the Word, the only begotten of the Father, Who from all eternity exists with God, Who is God (John, i, 1-18). (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) Rationalist critics lay great stress upon the ... 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 ... 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 ... evidence of the Trinity is found explicitly only in the baptismal formula of Mt 28.19. ...In many places of the OT, however, expressions are used in which some of the Fathers of the Church saw references or foreshadowings of the Trinity. ... ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Replacement Theology, supersessionism: Christians are God's Jews ... ... Go to Rapture Refuted home page The signs of Matthew 24 prophecies the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD not the second coming and certainly not some "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD by John Darby. When Christians saw the signs, they fled the city and were saved. Go to Rapture Refuted home page Click to View The church is true Israel and Christians are God's true "Jews" today. Introduction: 1. "Replacement theology" or "supersessionism" is what those who teach the Rapture call the apostolic doctrine that physical Israel was replaced by the Spiritual church and Jews by blood were replaced by Jews by faith. 2. Premillentialists are ... Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God [Christians]. " (Galatians 6:15-16) c. "for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, " (Philippians 3:3) 5. Even the apostolic fathers of the first and second century believed and taught ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-christians-are-jews-church-is-israel.htm

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Mental Ilness Cures: (MMPI-7) meticulous moral principles inquiry ... All "no" answers identify attitudes and behaviours in your life that need changing. These "No" answers represent the cause of your problems in life. A. My God is my source of everything: A1. Click to View God Is my counselor: Psalm 73:21-24; Isaiah 9:6; John 14:16; Psalm 119:24; Rom 15:14 a. The Father: "When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, Then I was ... now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers." He lay down and slept [over tired] under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat." [poor eating habits] Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you." So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-MMPI-7-meticulous-moral-principles-inquiry.htm

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Part 2: Bible Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... Jehovah's Witnesses use it door to door to convert people to their false doctrine. Click to View Scroll Down in this frame to view You are in Part 2: Bible section refuted of the Watchtower's "Should ... "Should your believe in the Trinity" Our comments and expose of booklet Text of Watchtower booklet Click to View In this column down to the bottom, we will expose the satanic quoting practices of the ... Not at all. This is false! A simple reading of these verses would convince anyone of Trinity! John 1:1 and John 20:28, where Thomas said to Jesus, "My Lord and My God" where Jesus is called God and Mt ... Paine answers: "On this point there is no break between the Old Testament and the New. The monotheistic tradition is continued. Jesus was a Jew, trained by Jewish parents in the Old Testament ... Here are two snips that are dated 100 and 150 AD, long before 362 AD! Ignatius wrote in 100AD: "There are not then either three Fathers, or three Sons, or three Paracletes, but one Father, and one ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-bible-section.htm

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Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ... Jehovah's Witnesses use it door to door to convert people to their false doctrine. Click to View Scroll Down in this frame to view You are in Part 2: Bible section refuted of the Watchtower's "Should ... "Should your believe in the Trinity" Our comments and expose of booklet Text of Watchtower booklet Click to View In this column down to the bottom, we will expose the satanic quoting practices of the ... Not at all. This is false! A simple reading of these verses would convince anyone of Trinity! John 1:1 and John 20:28, where Thomas said to Jesus, "My Lord and My God" where Jesus is called God and Mt ... Paine answers: "On this point there is no break between the Old Testament and the New. The monotheistic tradition is continued. Jesus was a Jew, trained by Jewish parents in the Old Testament ... Here are two snips that are dated 100 and 150 AD, long before 362 AD! Ignatius wrote in 100AD: "There are not then either three Fathers, or three Sons, or three Paracletes, but one Father, and one ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-frames-start-page-SYBTT-bible-section.htm

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Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ... Click to View Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Is The Catholic Church an Infallible interpreter of the Bible? Catholics say Yes! Truth says No! Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE tell us if we have misrepresented Catholic Faith Click to View "The ... "...The Scriptures can never serve as a complete Rule of Faith and a complete guide to heaven independently of an authorized, living interpreter." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 68). "The Church is the only divinely constituted teacher of Revelation. ... desire it (2 Pet. 2:2), let it unfold (Psalm 119:130), meditate on it day and night (Psalm 1:2) hear it read (Rev. 1:3), have it preached (2 Tim. 4:2-4; 1 Pet. 4:11), test what is said (1 John 4:1; Matt. 7:15-16), prove all things (1 Thess. 5:21). ... Mark 7:9-13) and He always showed the consequences of failing to do so, e.g., "You err, not knowing the Scriptures..." (Matt. 22:29 Douay-Rheims Version), "...Thus making void the word of God through your tradition" (Mark 7:13 Catholic Edition RSV). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-church-interpreter.htm

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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? Click to View The Pope and the Catholic Church are quite fallible. Catholics say Yes! Truth says No! Is The Catholic Church Infallible? None will deny the importance and need of infallibility in religion. To assure man of his salvation, he wants and ... God through His infinite goodness and mercy provided His written Word as our authority and guide. Jesus said, "Thy (God's) word is truth." (John 17:17). The Holy Spirit guided the apostles into "all truth" (John 16:13) and they alone with the ... Christ makes here a solemn prediction that no error shall ever invade His Church, and if she fell into error the gates of hell certainly prevailed against her." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 55). The Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, by ... "It is difficult to give strict proof from the scriptures in favor of it" (Catholic Dictionary, p. 61). "Catholic controversialists soon proved to the Protestants that to be logical and consistent they must admit unwritten tradition. Otherwise by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... Arthur Weigall: The Church made a sacred day of Sunday ... "largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a Christian significance." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p136, as quoted by many Seventh-day Adventists to prove that Sunday is pagan) Answer: Sunday is not of pagan origin! Click to View Leo Schreven and other ... first day of the week was a celebration of the day on which Jesus had risen from the dead (Mark 16:2, 9; Matt 28:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19: Justin I Apol. 67.7)." (Anchor Bible Dictionary, Worship, Early Christian, Vol 6, p 980.) "Various efforts have been ... "The association between the Christian Sunday and the pagan veneration of the day of the Sun is not explicit before the time of Eusebius (ca. A.D. 260-340). Though Christ is often referred to by earlier Fathers as 'True Light' and 'Sun of Justice' no ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted ... 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) through the time of Constantine (325AD). Constantine merely made the first "Sunday closure law", since it had already been the day Christians worship for 300 years! Today's guess #3: Christians in 135 AD. Click to View The historical claims of Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist, refuted. Bacchiocchi is likely the ... symbolism of God or Christ as sun or light, which was already present in their own religious tradition." "Bacchiocchi here underestimates the resistance to pagan customs in second-century Christianity. 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Reincarnation, New Age Click to View See also: Major outline: A Christian Analysis of Reincarnation in Contemporary American Society. Click to View Reincarnation, New Age Click to View 189AD Irenaeus of Lyons "We may undermine [the ... philosopher affirms, as Laberius holds, following an opinion of Pythagoras, that a man may have his origin from a mule, a serpent from a woman, and with skill of speech twists every argument to prove his view, will he not gain an acceptance for it [among the pagans], and work in some conviction that on account of this, they should abstain from eating animal food? ... Are you Elijah?" [John 1:21] and he said, "I am not."' No one can fail to remember in this connection what Jesus says of John: 'If you will receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come' [Matt. 11:14]. How then ... Thus, it is said, there is nothing absurd in supposing that John, 'in the Spirit and power of Elijah,' turned the hearts of the fathers to the children and that it was on account of this Spirit that he was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-reincarnation.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Development of Trinity Doctrine: 100-325 AD Post-Biblical development of Trinity Doctrine: 100 AD - 325 AD Nicene era Click to View Also see outline on: Progressive revelation between the Old and New Testaments. Watchtower Hypocrisy: Doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses, like Catholics firmly believe in ... 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 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. ... Development of Christian Doctrine, John Henry Newman, a cardinal by Pope Leo III in 1879, 1878, p40-42) "The ideas implicit in these early catechedical and liturgical formulae, as in the New Testament writers' use of the same dyadic and triadic patterns, represent a pre-reflective, pre-theological phase of Christian belief. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Mark 2:7 ... Forgiveness of sins is one of the major benefits of the death of Jesus. It is the essence of the New Covenant (cf. Matt. 26:28; Jer. 31:31-34). Proclaiming the forgiveness of sins was the prominent feature of the apostolic preaching in the Book of Acts. Jesus was giving the apostles (and by extension, the church) the privilege of announcing heaven's terms on how a person can receive ... False Catholic position on John 20:23: Jerome Biblical Commentary "The giving of the Spirit is here specifically related to the power given to the Church to continue the judicial character of Christ (3:19; 5:27; 9:39) in the matter of sin (cf. Mt 9:8; 16:19; 18:18; Lk 24:47). Catholic tradition (DB 920; DS 1710) has rightly seen in this act the origin of the Sacrament of Penance, even though it is equally true that the Church's power over sin is also exercised in baptism and the preaching of the redemptive word." (Jerome Biblical Commentary, Catholic, John 20:21) Click to View Go To Start: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-mark2-7.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International The Official Creed of: United Pentecostal Church International UPCI Click to View See modalism as taught by the UPCI Refuted at: Modalism Click to View "Sixty Questions On The Godhead" refuted Articles Of Faith Of The United Pentecostal Church International PREAMBLE WE BELIEVE the Bible to be inspired of God; the infallible ... The Bible is the only God-given authority which man possesses; therefore, all doctrine, faith, hope, and all instruction for the church must be based upon, and harmonize with, the Bible. It is to be read and studied by all men everywhere, and can only be clearly understood by those who are anointed by the Holy Spirit (1 John ... And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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The original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon had 1000's of errors ... ... Throughout B of M they had began to possess the land they had begun to possess the land Throughout B of M this they done that they might provide food this they did that they might provide food Alma 23:1 nor neither of their brethren nor either of their brethren ... As proof of the above assertion, we offer this section of an 1808 map of Africa. Click to View This is part of the Mozambique channel. Madagascar is the island at the bottom right, and Mozambique is at the left. Roughly in the middle is Camora. The full map can be downloaded from the University of Texas. Is God responsible for these errors? Joseph Fielding Smith, 1961, "the printer was a man who was unfriendly" The Improvements Era, p924 John Gilbert, the printer ... It could only come into existence and remain so long and now be clung to by some so tenaciously because our fathers and our people in the past and now were and are uncritical." (Defense of the Faith, by B. H. Roberts, Deseret News, 1907-1912, pages 278, 279, 295, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-1830-changes.htm

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Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ... ... The Flow of Current Heretical Beliefs The Lineage Of Modern Pentecostal churches E.W. Kenyon 1886-1948 Father of the Word of Faith Movement Franklin Hall, William Branham, George Warnock Fathers of the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God/Kingdom Now Movements 1946 Frankin Hall wrote "Atomic Power with God Through ... Prophetic Movement (1985-1991- ongoing) Frank Hammond Bernard Jordan Rick Joyner Kansas City Five Prophets Apostolic Movement (1991-ongoing) Archbishop Earl Paulk Archbishop Benson Idahosa Alan Vincent Turnel Nelson Signs & Wonders Benny Hinn Ministries Mehesh Chavda Morris Cerello Rodney Howard Browne Toronto Airport Church (formerly Toronto Vineyard) Vineyard Church Movement John Wimber Laughing Movement Rodney Howard Brown 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 has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Click ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neo-montanism.htm

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Joshua's Altar on Mt. Ebal and the Lead Curse Tablet ... In other words, the site has a long tradition of use as an altar from 2000 BC down to 1250 BC. 2. Zertal identified only two occupation levels, so he may have assigned the other circular installations seen on the Stratum I top plan to the wrong ... We date it to 1406 BC, Zertal dates it to ~1270 BC) Click to View . Click to View 6. Adam Zertal's excavation top plan of Stratum I: 1250 BC (our date, Zertal also dates it to 1250 BC) a. Zertal identified only two occupation levels, so he may have ... Perhaps the mix of Hebrew and pagan elements in the altar are typical of such times of compromise. "Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals, and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought ... seven ways before them, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. "Your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away. "The Lord will ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-altar-of-joshua.htm

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Bedlam: The most famous mental hospital in history. 1677 - 1815 ... ... Three generations of Monro's were in charge at Bedlam. The dynasty ended with the firing of the last Monro, after the government documented the horrors that took place at Bedlam. Click to View "John Monro was without question one of the most famous mad-doctors of his generation. Besides his position at Bethlem Hospital, he was also a major ... to this day, brought him notoriety of a different sort: a torrent of published criticisms from the disaffected patient that constituted one of the first examples of a persistent tradition of protest literature directed against the claims of mad-doctoring (and, later, psychiatry) to be engaged upon a therapeutic enterprise. ... He described another keeper named Rodbird, that he is as "an idle, skulking, pilfering scoundrel". He describes how the butcher stole from the patients their portion of food for personal gain: "Mr. Vickery the cutter [butcher], has it in his power to defraud the patients in many instances...". Metcalf stands as the final ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-bedlam-bethlem-bethlehem.htm

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What Early Christians believed about ABORTION ... so are they who kill on the highway, and rapparees" ((First Canonical Letter, canon 8). 374 AD Basil the Great "Let her that procures abortion undergo ten years' penance, whether the embryo were perfectly formed, or not" (First Canonical Letter, canon 2). 391 AD John Chrysostom "Wherefore I beseech you, flee fornication . . . ... Ante-Nicene Fathers: Volume VII, Apostolic Teachings and Constitutions, Chapter II. -The Second Commandment: Gross Sin Forbidden.) "III. Thou shalt not use magic. Thou shalt not use witchcraft; for He says, "Ye shall not suffer a witch to live." Thou shall not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is ... sat many children who were born to them out of due time, crying; and there came forth from them sparks of fire and smote the women in the eyes: and these were the accursed who conceived and caused abortion." Ante-Nicene Fathers: Volume X, The Apocalypse of Peter) Click to View Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Abortion.htm

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Catalogue and List of Divine Titles of God Catalogue and List of Divine Titles of God Click to View Click to View Primary Old Testament names for God Click to View Additional Old Testament names for God Click to View New Testament names for Father Click to View New Testament names for Son ... The Septuagint was a translation in 250 BC from the Hebrew Old Testament by 70 scholars into Greek. They translated YHWH as LORD (Kurios). It was no mistake that the Holy Spirit Himself continued in this tradition in the New Testament. God ordained ... The Father Of Spirits: (Hebrews 12:9) Father of Mercies: (2 Corinthians 1:3) God (Elohim): (2 Corinthians 9:7) The God Of Our Fathers [Elohay Avotaynu]: (Acts 7:32) The God Of Abraham, Isaac And Jacob [Elohay Avraham, Yitzchak v'Yaakov]: (Acts 7:32) ... A Consuming Fire: (Hebrews 12:29) New Testament Names For Jesus (This section compiled by Loren Jacobs) Yeshua Of Nazareth: (Matthew 26:71) Messiah: (John 1:41) The Son: (John 8:36) Only Begotten Son: (1 John 4:9) Beloved Son: (Matthew 3:17) Son Of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god-titles.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... Click to View What does the inspired Bible say? Cessation of spiritual gifts Exposition of: 1 Cor 13:8-13 (Part 2 of 3) Part 1: Intro and foundational arguments Part 3: Pentecostal arguments refuted Gifts cease when the "Perfect comes": 1 Cor ... In other words, "the perfect" refers to the full or complete body of revelation God intended for the church and preserved in the New Testament canon. As such, with the completion of the New Testament at the end of the apostolic era, and, thus, with ... prayers, that you may stand perfect [teleios] and fully assured in all the will of God." (Colossians 4:12) i. "But solid food is for the mature [teleios], who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil." (Hebrews 5:14) ... love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected [teleios] in love." (1 John 4:18) 3. Teleios (complete/perfect) refers to the true heavenly tabernacle: a. "But when Christ appeared as a high priest ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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Ralph P. Martin: The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians How anti-Trinitarians quote the source Click to View "In this regard, Ralph Martin, in The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians, says of the original Greek: "It is questionable, however, whether the sense of the verb can glide from its real meaning of 'to seize', 'to snatch violently' to that of 'to hold fast.'"" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, John 10:30; p 416-423) Comments: Although Martin says that "to hold fast" is ... Cor. 4:4; Col. 1:15); and these terms are rooted in the Old Testament tradition of Adam as created in the image of God (Gn. 1:26-27; cf. 1 Cor. 11:7) and reflecting the divine kabod or splendor (Ps. 8:5 hints at this) which he subsequently forfeited at the fall. ... many recent studies one deserves special mention: C. F. D. Moule, 'Further Reflections on Philippians 2:5-1" in Apostolic History and the Gospel, pp. 264-276.) The association of thought is the Old Testament, and there is an implied contrast between the two Adams. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Martin.htm

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Objections to baptism being essential to salvation REFUTED! ...4-48).click here . The thief on the cross was saved without baptism? 1. Baptism is a symbol of the death burial and resurrection (Rom 6:3-7) How could the thief do something that imitates something (death and resurrection) that had not yet happened? Our confession of faith for salvation as Christians requires us to believe God raised him from the dead: Rom 10:9 2. How do you know the thief wasn't baptized years before by John or Jesus? Mk 1:5; Mt 3:5-6;4:25 3. Rather than viewing the thief as a sinner coming to first time repentance, could we not view the ... "Work not for food which perishes, (only) but for the food which abides" Jn 6:27 "He who believes in Me, does not believe in me (only) but in Him who sent me" Jn 12:44 "You have not lied to man (only) but to God Acts ... Therefore the preaching came first.- but I think baptizing withal was lawful to him to whom preaching was." On Baptism, Chap. XIV., Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III., p. 676. 9. We are not of Christ until baptized in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/baptism-objections-refuted.htm

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The office of Elders, pastors and bishops ... Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar? So also the Lord directed those who ... 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 deacons only were ... Each church is self governing and autonomous A bishop from one church can not oversee another church D. Churches in the Bible began with no elders but in time elders were appointed Churches can scripturally exist either with or without elders Further study: Click to View John Paul II Catholic, Bishop of Rome, Pope Click to View Graphical ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-elders-pastors-bishops.htm

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Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... LUTHERAN Click here to view: 95 Theses or 95 Articles of Martin Luther, 1517 AD The Augsburg Confession (1530): The Augsburg Confession is the first of the great Protestant Confessions. All orthodox Lutheran church bodies base their teachings upon ... And the term "person" they use as the Fathers have used it, to signify, not a part or quality in another, but that which subsists of itself. They condemn all heresies which have sprung up against this article, as the Manichaeans, who assumed two ... Of the Cause of Sin they teach that, although God does create and preserve nature, yet the cause of sin is the will of the wicked, that is, of the devil and ungodly men; which will, unaided of God, turns itself from God, as Christ says John 8, 44: ... True contrition seeks and loves penalties, but liberal pardons only relax penalties and cause them to be hated, or at least, furnish an occasion [for hating them]. Apostolic pardons are to be preached with caution, lest the people may falsely think ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm

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What Early Christians believed about deviant sex ... Moreover, what does the Law mean when it . . . forbids the swine to be taken for food? It assuredly reproves a life filthy and dirty, and delighting in the garbage of vice . . . Or when it forbids the hare? It rebukes men deformed into women" (The Jewish Foods 3). 253 AD Cyprian of Carthage "[T]urn your looks to the ... For worthy both of thunderbolts and hell are the things that are done; but God, who is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forbears awhile his wrath, calling you to repentance and amendment" (Homilies on Matthew 3:3). 391 AD John Chrysostom "All of these affections [in Rom. 1:26-27] . . . were vile, but chiefly the mad lust ... they should use one another in this way" (Confessions 3:8:15). 400 AD The Apostolic Constitutions "[Christians] abhor all unlawful mixtures, and that which is practiced by some contrary to nature, as wicked and impious" (Apostolic Constitutions 6:11). Click to View Go to historical quotes index page Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/H-deviant-sex.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity ... As he often confessed Christ to be His God, he was but following the Apostolic example seen in Thomas (John 20:28), John (John 1:1), Paul (Titus 2:13) and Peter (2 Peter 1:1). No amount of misrepresentation can hide the truth of the Christian belief summarized so well by Paul, "For in Him dwells all the fullness of Deity in bodily form" (Colossians 2:9). (Historical Dishonesty and the Watchtower Society, A Review of the Watchtower's Comments Concerning the View of Ignatius of Antioch and the ... Its second-century traits stand out clearly, particularly its representation of the Triad by the imagery, not of three coequal persons (this was the analogy to be employed by the post-Nicene fathers), but rather of a single personage, the Father Who ... to the Father and the Holy Spirit to the Son. But he was not an Arian subordinationist for he did not make the Son a creature and an adopted son of God. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, p59-61) By Steve Rudd Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Demons and Demon Possession Click to View Demons and Demon Possession I. Introduction: A. Devil and demons are different: 1. There is only one Devil, Gr: diabolos , "an accuser, slanderer" 2. There are many demons, Gr: daimonion "a knowing one" 3. The Devil and his angels: Mt ... F. The Devil need not possess us, but merely cause us to die with unrepented sin or give up! G. That all demons were cast out in the apostolic age is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Zech 13:1-2. H. While some teach that demons were exclusive to ... E. John for not eating or drinking: Lk 7:33 F. Apparent supernatural ability to predict the future through fortune-telling: Acts 16:18 G. Able to perform false signs: Rev 16:14 H. Preaching of false doctrine & different gospel" Gal 1:8; 1 Ti 4:1-2; 2 ... This opening is screened with a 1/4 inch steel mesh that you might pass a pencil through, but that was the largest thing that could be put through it. About waist high, there is another opening in the door that will permit a food tray to be slid into ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-demons.htm

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Mad-Doctors: William Battie: 1703-1776 AD ... Although he made some dramatic changes from what was practiced in Bedlam, almost all of his "innovations" were in print and practice up to 100 years earlier! He strongly criticized John Monro's practice at Bedlam of selling tickets to the public so ... Battie was every bit a humoralist as Monro, but viewed the curing effect of vomits due to the physical shaking of the nerves and brain matter that resulted from the convulsions of vomiting. (A Treatise on Madness, William Battie, 1758 AD) Click to View See ... stimulating the development of a professional line of psychiatric practice which Bethlem, with its father-to-son tradition, had always deliberately eschewed." (Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century, A Reader, Allan Ingram, 1998 AD, ... Battie felt that gluttons went to bed with full stomachs which caused him to be restless in his sleep. This led to overstimulation of the nerves and madness. He explained that all that food in the tummy and intestines compressed the nerves which ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-mad-doctors-william-battie-1703-1776ad.htm

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