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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed I, p.509) "Arius, Waldo, John Wycliffe, and Martin Luther were part of God's organization." (Watchtower, May 15, 1925, p. 149) Arianism did not exist before the 4th century, but ... The long discussion began with Arius, a presbyter in the church in Alexandria. He was a disciple of Lucian, who in turn was a student of Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch from ... Since the Logos was the first and highest of all created beings, Arius was willing to call the Logos God. But this was only a manner of speaking. The Logos was a creature. And God himself could not create the material world; indeed, Arius considered God so far removed from ... Such was the teaching which Arius began to set forth in about 311. Alexander, the Catholic bishop of Alexandria, convened synods which condemned his views, and he was forced to ... Here Arius joined an older tradition of Christology, which had already played a role in Rome in the early 2nd century-namely, the so-called angel-Christology. The descent of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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Irrefutable questions that Roman Catholics can't answer Since the synod Carthage in 393 AD stated, "But let Church beyond sea (Rome) be consulted about confirming this canon", does this not prove that Rome had no direct input or initiative in determining the canon. Since the two synods of Hippo ... If you are not permitted to engage in private interpretation of the Bible, how do you know which "apostolic tradition" is correct between the Roman Catholic, the Orthodox and the Watchtower churches, for all three teach the organization ... when tradition says Timothy became the bishop of Ephesians, which through succession, is now part of the Greek Orthodox church headed out of Constantinople? If 2 Timothy 2:2 proves succession, doesn't this prove the Roman Catholic church is not part of that succession? When you see the word tradition, why do you always assume it to be oral tradition rather than scripture tradition, when the Bible calls scripture tradition in 2 Thess 2:15, and Athanasius call scripture tradition: "the Apostolic tradition ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-questions.htm

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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons of Athanasius (A.D. 367) 9. The Canon Approved By The `Apostolic Canons' (C. A.D. 380) 10. The Canon of Gregory of Nazianzus (A.D. 329-89) 11. The Canon of Amphilochius of Iconium (D. After 394) 12. The Canon Approved By ... It is necessary (47) for us to discuss these one by one, since the blessed (48) apostle Paul himself, following the example of his predecessor (49-50) John, writes by name to only seven churches in the following sequence: to ... latter be read in church. (73) But Hermas wrote the Shepherd (74) very recently, in our times, in the city of Rome, (75) while bishop Pius, his brother, was occupying the [episcopal] chair (76) of the church of the city of Rome. (77) And therefore it ought indeed to be read; but (78) it cannot be read publicly to ... Matthew, then Mark, to whom, having added Luke As third, count John as fourth in time, b. But first in height of teachings, c. For I call this one rightly a son of thunder, Sounding out most greatly with the word of God. d. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ... ... of Christ must be asked: and, consequently, if for man Christ is the way, the Church, too, is the way, the former of Himself and by His nature, the latter by delegation and communication of power. ... And while We wait, it is Our duty to recall to everyone, great and small, as the Holy Pontiff Gregory did in ages past, the absolute necessity which is ours to have recourse to this Church to ... Did not the ancestors of those who are now entangled in the errors of Photius and the reformers, obey the Bishop of Rome, the chief shepherd of souls? Alas their children left the home of their fathers, but ... For if, as they continually state, they long to be united with Us and ours, why do they not hasten to enter the Church, 'the Mother and mistress of all Christ's faithful?' Let them hear Lactantius ... Call them to the unity of the one fold, granting them the grace to believe every truth of our holy faith and to submit themselves to the Supreme Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-one-true-church.htm

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Haruskah Anda Percaya Kepada Watchtower??? ... down the conditions on which their adherents might be readmitted to the church; endeavoured to settle the date of Easter; and regulated various questions of ecclesiastical precedence and organization. ... At first Constantine supported him, acquitting him of several charges, but he eventually lost patience. The emperor's cherished aim was to reconcile Arius with the church, but Athanasius stubbornly ... He continued to spend lavishly on building churches, at Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and the holy places in Palestine. He showed marked favour to Christians, thereby causing a flood of interested conversions. At ... The decisive catchword of the Nicene confession, namely, hoinoousios ("of one substance"), comes from no less a person than the emperor himself. To the present day no one has cleared up the problem of where the emperor got the term. It seems likely that it was suggested to him by his episcopal counselor, Bishop Hosius (Ossius) of Cordova, and it was probably nothing more ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-indonesian-watchtower-booklet-haruskah-anda-percaya.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... ... It is probable from this that our Savior was born before the 25th Of December, or before what we call Christmas. At that time it is cold, and especially in the high and mountainous regions about Bethlehem. ... The earliest record of the recognition of Dec. 25 as a church festival is in the hilocalian Calendar (copied 354 but representing Roman practice in 336. . .). In the East the celebration of Jan. 6 as the ... He intimates that this festival approved by himself, was opposed by many. An Armenian writer of the eleventh century states that the Christmas festival; invented in Rome by a heretic Artemon was first celebrated in Constantinople in 373. ... How much the calculation of Hippolytus had to do with the fixing of the festival on Dec. 25; and how much the date of the festival ... Gifts had nothing to do with His birthday, it was weeks after born. 6. Santa Claus: legend of St Nicolas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia; 300AD a. the belief that he enters house through chimney originated with ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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Official creed of Anglican/Episcopal Church ... And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers into the ... see to have been given always to godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil doers. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England. The Laws of the Realm may punish Christian men ... XXXVIII. Of the Christian men's Goods, which are not common. The Riches and Goods of Christians are not common, as touching the right, title, and posession of the same, as certain Anabaptists do ... Click to View Click to View The 39 articles of Religion of the Anglican Church of USA are found on pp. 867-876 of the 1979 revision of their Book of Common Prayer The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Anglican.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Mishnah 200 AD ... Some relate the term to the Hebrew for "second" (sheni שֵׁנִי), implying that the Mishnah is a second TORAH, or as it was called by church fathers in Greek, deuterōsis (δευτέρωσις). Edited by Rabbi Judah, the patriarch of the Palestinian Jewish community in ... These teachers, usually given the title "rabbi," appear in the Mishnah regularly grouped into roughly three consistories: (1) teachers who flourished before Rome's destruction of the Second Temple in 70 c.e. (the Pharisaic period), (2) those who taught after that first war against Rome but before the Bar Kokhba revolt in 132-35 c.e. (the Yavnean ... R. Aha says, "For the sin of covering up their babies' shitty diapers on the Sabbath." Others say, "Because they call the holy ark 'chest.' " It has been taught on Tannaite authority: ... Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church 17. Organization of Synagogues: Elders, officials, attendants, Independent, autonomous 18. Attendance: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Mishnah-shanah-Rabbi-Judah-Akiba-oral-law-200ad.htm

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God never named the church So the words "daddy" and "moon" are NOT names at all. Look in your back yard at the trees. What do you call each of them? Tree? Spruce? Spruce Tree? If you had 10 spruce trees on your property, ... A. Clement was an elder in the church at Rome who was writing a letter to church in Corinth because they had ousted the eldership. He wrote about 96 AD: "The Church of God which sojourneth in Rome... Christ the Beloved ... to the church which is in Smyrna" "Ignatius ... unto Polycarp who is bishop of the church of the Smyrneans" C. Polycarp wrote about mid 2nd century AD "Polycarp ... unto the Church of ... "Holy and AWESOME is His name." (Psalm 111:9) Yup, you guessed it. The same verse the other person uses to chide the denominational preacher for calling himself REVEREND. So both use the same ... What I am is based upon three other Greek words: Minister, Evangelist, Preacher (notice I capitalized them because in their eyes it is a title), so the scriptural thing to call me is a minister or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-not-named.htm

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Stunning quotations from: The New Catholic Catechism Supremacy of the Pope 882 The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, "is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole ... Churches are fully catholic through their communion with one of them, the Church of Rome "which presides in charity." "For with this church, by reason of its pre-eminence, ... No Christian unity apart from the Catholic church 820 Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. This unity, we believe, subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose ... The desire to recover the unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the ... St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 39, 17: PG 36,356). The church can forgive sins 982 There is no offense, however serious, that the Church cannot forgive. ... Christ who died ... which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and offered in an unbloody manner." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-catechism-1994.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Further this contadicts other statements UPC's make about the Son. They also teach: Click to View "We must remember that the Son is not the same as the Father. The title Father never alludes to humanity, ... Now in heaven Jesus is at the Right Hand Of Himself. Acts 7:55, Stephen looked up into heaven while being stoned to death and "saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God." God does ... The movement spread far beyond Asia Minor, reaching Rome where Bishop Eleutherus excommunicated the Montanists. Tertullian became one of its most famous converts around 207-208. Most of the Montanist writings have been destroyed. Montanism sought a forced continuance of the miraculous gifts of the apostolic church, which gradually disappeared as Christianity became settled in ... Noetus was Praxeas' teacher in Asia Minor, Praxeas preached in Rome about 190, and Sabellius preached in Rome about 215. (Heick, I, 150) Since Sabellius was the best known modalist, historians often call ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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The Myth Of Psychotherapy, Thomas Szasz, 1979 AD ... Although I have been alienated from the religion of my forebears for a long time, I have never lost the feeling of solidarity with my people and realize with satisfaction that you call yourself ... This idea has been suggested by Freud himself, and has been alluded to by others. In The Interpretation of Dreams, where Freud tells us so much about himself, he relates one of his dreams in ... To my youthful mind Hannibal and Rome symbolized the conflict between the tenacity of Jewry and the organization of the Catholic church. And the increasing importance of the effects of the anti-Semitic movement upon our ... Freud- Hannibal as 'Semitic general' would avenge his feeble father against Rome, a Rome that symbolized 'the organization of the Catholic Church' and the Habsburg regime that supported it."3° ... German psychiatrists held in that resort, Alfred E. Hoche (1865-1943), a professor of psychiatry in Freiburg, read a paper with the dramatic title, "An Epidemic of Insanity Among Doctors." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-myth-of-psychotherapy-thomas-szasz-1979ad.htm

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The $200 Text: A Written Debate Concerning the Sabbath when on earth. 6. ONE TEXT that applies to the FIRST DAY of the week any sacred title or pronounces any penalty for its non-observance. 7. ONE TEXT that states, WHEN, ... Let's not have him say that the words "sabbath," "when," "where," "by whom," and "abolished" are not in the text and excuse himself of his obligation. He did not ask ... P.S. Please send the $200 to: Gene Frost, Minister CHURCH OF CHRIST 1330 South Third LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Sunday, January 1, 1950 THE $200 TEXT Planning an ... A number of my own congregation, plus a number of friends of different faiths attended this meeting. During the service I made a public call for any text to be ... But he didn't give the text that I requested: 1. That names the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Is he honest in promoting an organization unknown to the pages of God's ... the church of Ephesus. (1 Tim. 1:2 and 4:6) This second letter was written from Rome when Paul was about to be brought before Nero the second time, about A.D. 66. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sabbath-debate-frost-smith.htm

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Sabbathgate 1888 by Kerry Wynne ... In putting forth a historical argument to show that Sunday was called the Lord's day and was observed as a sacred day by the Christian church immediately after the days of the apostles, ... Thus Eld. Andrews's first reference to Justin is to show that Rome was far in advance of other bodies on the course of apostasy, and that Justin was himself a leader in that work. In proof of this he introduces testimony that he treated God's Sabbath with contempt, denied ... `Lord's day' was the familiar title of the first day of the week in the time of the Apocalypse, yet Justin, who is the first person after the sacred writers that mentions the first day, and this at a distance of only 44 years from the date of John's vision upon Patmos, does not call it by that title, but by the name it bore as a heathen festival. ... William Russell examines Ellen White and determines that her visions are "the result of a diseased organization or condition of the brain or nervous system." (See Canright, Life of Mrs. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbathgate-1888ad-Kerry-Wynne.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... ... It was very clear to those involved with the Doctor that his purpose was to make money first for himself, and, if any was left over, for others and the church. Secondly, he had set up his program ... If there is any way in which I can be of service on either of these items, please do not hesitate to call on me. 15 Almost as if it were deliberate, the only thing that came from headquarters and ... Investigation and discovery procedures have been initiated by certain people to determine what relationship exists between the Seventh-day Adventist Church organization and Dr. Donald Davenport. Demands have ... Gershman, Harold & Julia 137,500.00 Gershman, Harold & Julia 250,000.00 Goldsmith, Dr. Stephen R. 30,000.00 Gregory, Allison 1,018.37 Harris, Dr. John & Nina 32,836.00 Ikerd, Lloyd R. and Darlene ... P. O. Box 6127 6420 Wilshire Blvd. Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 Los Angels, CA 90048 Chevron USA, Inc. Chicago Title Insurance COO P.O. Box 2001 17671 Irvine, Blvd. Concord, CA 94529 Tustin, CA 92680 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God ... The significance of the Nicene definition is obvious. It gave a definitive answer to a question of vital importance for the Christian faith of the Church. It did not describe. it defined. It defined what the Son is in Himself and in His relation to the one God, the Father. And it defined ... Sometimes they call Him Father, especially of Israel. They give the title 'son of God' not only to Israel collectively but also to the king. to the judges, to the upright Jew, and perhaps to the Messiah. There is no evidence that any sacred writer even suspected the ... Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria made a notable, if unintended, contribution to the developing crisis by bringing into prominence the three basic trinitarian deviations that are known to history as Sabellianism, Subordinationism, and Tritheism. and the urgent need of precise trinitarian concepts, terms, and distinctions. His encounter with the Pope of Rome also turned a strong light on the term homoousios that was soon to occupy the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM ... If heretics are allowed to baptize and to give remission of sins, wherefore do we brand them with infamy and call them heretics?" ("The Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian," Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5, pg. 568) ... `Unless a man shall be born of water, he shall not have life'" (Baptism 12:1). 215 AD Hippolytus "And the bishop shall lay his hand upon them [the newly baptized], invoking and saying: 'O Lord God, who did count these ... and slept in the trance of His passion, and willingly suffered death for her, that He might present the Church to Himself glorious and blameless, having cleansed her by the laver." (Methodius, "The Banquet of the Ten Virgins," ... Nor on the other hand is there any mystery of regeneration without water, for `unless a man be born again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God'" (The Mysteries 4:20). 381 AD Council of Constantinople I "We believe . . . in one baptism for the remission of sins" (Nicene Creed). 382 AD Gregory of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 ... The judges performed no miracles, yet Jesus used miracles as confirming evidence he could rightly call himself God. (v37) The judges would die like every other man in sin, (Ps 82:7) Jesus would die ... "a god" rather than "God" proving Jesus is a lessor god than the Father. The Watchtower organization is not honest enough with their own blind followers to tell them that many other times in ... between the anarthrous and the non-anarthrous (with the definite article) is the fact that in John 19:7, the Jews said, " He ought to die because He made Himself out to be a Son of God [anarthrous]". ... If the human judges of Ps 82 can be called "gods" because they were appointed agents of God, how much more should the divine Son of God be called this same title "god"? If they wear the title it by ... Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals: Rebuttal #1 by Anti-Trinitarian Modalists (United Pentecostal Church, UPCI) When Jesus said in John 10:30, "I and the Father are one.", it proves that Jesus is the same ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

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What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ... Schrifft etlicher vom Adel vnd Stedten" [Translation: "Remembrance letter from some nobility"], written in 1597 AD by a collection of authors INCLUDING Martin Luther himself! ... MCCLINTOCK "The general introduction of instrumental music can certainly not be assigned to a date earlier than the 5th and 6th centuries; yea, even Gregory the Great, who ... Eastern Church has never been any other than vocal, instrumental music being unknown in that church, as it was in the primitive church." (McClintock & Strong, Vol. 8, p. 739). MCCLINTOCK "The early Reformers, when they came out of Rome, removed them as the monuments of idolatry. ... whatever else was necessary only for a time - as it were, for children." (Niceta, a bishop of Remesian or Yugoslavia) PAHLEN "These chants - and the word chant (and not music) ... That all persons singing who have no spiritual discernment, taste or relish for spiritual meditation, consolations and sympathies of renewed hearts should call for such an aid is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-music.htm

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Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ... ... Peter...declared against private interpretation of the Scriptures (2 Pet. I, 20..." (Father Smith Instructs Jackson, p. 53). We call your attention to the fact that they want you to make a ... Do the Catholic officials want us to believe they can express God's will more clearly than God Himself? We believe that God made the mind of man and is fully capable of addressing man in words which man can understand. The Catholic Church is far more confusing than the Bible because it is a very complicated and ever changing organization. Think of how many human laws nearly 300 so-called popes could make through the ... Could a priest give the infallible interpretation of the passage? The priest could not because he is not infallible. Could a bishop, archbishop, or cardinal give it? They likewise cannot ... We ask, "Has it been practical for men in every age and country to travel to Rome for infallible interpretations?" Moreover, "If one went to Rome, could he expect to meet with the pope and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-church-interpreter.htm

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Acapella Responsive Singing, No Instruments in first century ... Non-Instrumental Acapella Responsive Singing In first Century Synagogues and churches Ancient Synagogue Worship and the Church Synagogue worship was the prototype for ... They are simply on the wrong side of truth. "He who has ears, let him hear". 4. The first time instruments were brought into church worship was in 670 AD in Rome and ... Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord e. Jesus is able to do anything f. I will call upon the Lord g. Unto thee Lord, do I lift up my soul A. Old Testament ... Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!" (Psalm 150:1-6) 8. Title/superscription's of two Psalms indicate they are connected with Sabbath ... For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?" (1 Corinthians 14:7-8) b. "Philo has an intimate knowledge of the musical theory ... The synagogue had arisen as an independent institution in pre-Christian times. Its organization and procedures were well developed by the first century. Before the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Acapella-responsive-singing-non-instrumental-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-prototype-ancient-Synagogue-ritual-liturgy-worship.htm

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Official creed of Reformed Baptist church ... trespasses, until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit; he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it, and that by no less power than that which raised up ... order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner; neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his ... by Christ for the calling of any person, fitted and gifted by the Holy Spirit, unto the office of bishop or elder in a church, is, that he be chosen thereunto by the common suffrage of the church itself; and ... who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus; nevertheless their communion one with another as saints, doth not take away or infringe the title or propriety which each man hath in his goods and possessions. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-ref.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Jerusalem 18 BC ... He could also have other functions, such as priest, a title cited in the Jerusalem Theodotus inscription, while in the Caesarea inscription, Berilos is referred to as ... See: Organization of Synagogues: Elders, officials, attendants, Independent, autonomous 3. The synagogue which cannot date later than 70 AD had existed for 3 ... the 1990s when Howard Kee challenged the earlier consensus that had dated it to the first century C.F-1 himself assigning an origin of two to three centuries later. ... Vettenus, the surname of Theodotos, undoubtedly derives from either the Vetteni or Vettieni families of Rome, who are attested from the first century B.C.E. This ... If the founders were indeed repatriate Jews, they did not call their building a proseuche, the more common word for the synagogue in the Diaspora. Instead, they ... Providence: God's eternal plan: The providential transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Origin: Synagogues originated at Alexandria Egypt in 280 BC spawned by ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jerusalem-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-Theodotos-Vettenos-archisynagogos-Freemen-Ophel-Cistern-18bc.htm

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Debate with Catholic on Sola Scriptura (Riggs Vs Lopez) ... This sacrament that he commissioned forgives sins (Mt. 26:28) and brings eternal life (John 6:51-58). He commissioned his apostles to call people for repentance and baptism for ... The Council of Rome in 382, led by Pope Damsus, confirmed the whole extent of the New Testament canon. The Councils of Carthage and Hippo, 393 and 397 AD also defined what the ... Jesus here draws on oral Tradition to uphold the legitimacy of this teaching office in Israel. The Catholic Church, in upholding the legitimacy of both Scripture and Tradition, follows the example of Jesus himself." d) Paul writes of the people in Exodus, 1 Cor. 10:4: "and all ... As we have already seen (2Tim. 1:13-2:2), the succeeding generations pass on this oral Word of God with the same authority. Paul, acting as bishop reminds Timothy, also a bishop, ... Let's call that servant's name "John" and his title is, "Ambassador." Jesus gave John the Holy Spirit so that he would not make mistakes in delivering His laws. Ambassador John, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-debate-riggs-lopez.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity ... If they can read all what Weigall says was pagan and not immediately label their own organization as dishonest on the spot, they are simply too blind to reason ... A and in the worship of Mithra, the bull, which was identical with Mithra himself, was stabbed in the side, as can be seen in the well-known Mthraic sculptures." ... it was omitted in other early statements of the Faith, while Bishop Goodwin I feels that the article 'may be put on one side." It has no scriptural foundation except in the ambiguous words of the First Epistle of Peter; it did not appear in the Church as a tenet of Christianity until late in the Fourth Century; and its ... these two great Egyptian deities, whose worship had passed into Europe were revered in Rome and in several other centres, where Christian communities were growing up. ... be used, and Thomas could call Jesus 'My Lord and my God,'" ... "The gradual acceptance of the Logos theory, which had been adopted by the author of the Gospel of St. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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242 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters! ... Mention of heresies throughout Christendom (Italy, Gaul, Greece, Hungary) by Gerard, bishop of Csanád (Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum, IV, ll.447-75 ... Charles Russell, after being exposed to the teachings of William Miller, founded his own organization - the Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1914 Russell predicted the return ... The Witnesses had no better luck in 1925. They already possessed the title of most wrong predictions. They would expand upon it in the years to come. 1953-AUG: David ... The True Light Church of Christ made its claim to fame by incorrectly forecasting the return of Jesus. A number of church members had quit their livelihoods ahead of ... newspapers for the weekend of April 24-25, 1982, announced: "The Christ is Now Here!" and predicted that he was to make himself known "within the next two months." ... In the book "1994 the Year of Destiny" F. M. Riley foretold of God's plan to rapture His people. The name of his ministry is The Last Call and he operates out of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ... ... any captives they took as having been given them by God. It must have amused the bitter patriarch Esau when his brother Jacob, in his turn, succumbed to the foolish desire to make one son ... They organized a highly efficient force of "desert police" to create a safe route by which the caravans could travel from the East to the voracious markets of Rome and the West. The ... Excavations show that the Street of Columns (the Cardo) became just a dirt-track, and small shops and hovels were built over it. The Urn Tomb became a church sometime before 447 CE; and the last reference to a bishop of Petra was to Athenagoras, ... In this aspect, the vegetation god is usually thought to be an incarnation of the sun-god himself, or his son. Sun cycles were daily, seasonal, and annual, so the fact that he encountered ... Al-Uzza was the divine personification of Venus, the goddess of morn and evening. As the war-goddess she was Lady of Battles, valiant among goddesses. What we call sacred prostitution was ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm

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REFUTED: Full-Preterist, "Realized Eschatology", "AD 70 doctrine ... ... The book of Daniel: Daniel 2:44 and Isaiah 2:2-5 were clearly predictive of the arrival of the Messiah once Rome (4th kingdom) conquered the Greek kingdom. Daniel 9:24-27 was ... and then, in all probability, Isaiah 11:1 and several other prophetic passages (in Matt. 2:23) as a play on words related to a title of the Messiah in the Tanakh (see vol. 4, 5.3). ... Ephesians 2:19-22 connects the church as the spiritual temple but fails to say Christ was the builder. Instead Jesus is himself a corner stone laid beside Christians by the Father. b. While Zechariah 6:12-13 also taught that the messiah would be a king and priest who ... "Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the Lord's hand Double for all her sins." ... The first global apostacy of the church occurred in the 4th century AD when the church corrupted its organization and began to worship idols and pray to the dead and venerate Mary. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Refuted-Full-Preterism-Realized-eschatology-debunked-exposed-second-coming-Parousia-rapture-destruction-Jerusalem-70AD-Doctrine-Revelation-Commentary.htm

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Lunar Eclipses at birth and death of Christ: 1 BC and 3 April ... ... Many people make the mistake of focusing on whether the eclipse could have been seen in Jerusalem near the place were Jesus was crucified (church of the Holy ... Peter was warming himself at a fire during the trials of Jesus. This indicates cold temperatures that would cause everyone to have wood fires burning for heat. ... Further evidence is provided by Cyril of Alexandria, the orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria in A.D. 412. After stating that there was dark-ness at the Crucifixion he ... his own soldiers were out of training as a result of their luxurious life in Rome and impaired by a lack of drilling, whereas the others were well exercised in ... The lunar eclipse of 31 August 304 AD, which (probably) occurred at the martyrdom of Bishop Felix, was described in Acta Sanctorum as "when he was about to be ... Notice his own words in the title of his own graphic! 3. Mark Biltz has published statements on line, in print and in video say: a. His graphic title makes it evident ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/jesus-christ-died-death-cross-eclipse-red-blood-moon-sun-darkness-earthquake-bodies-raised-resurrection-temple-veil-torn-in-two-centurian-son-of-god-3-april-33AD.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Philippians 2:5-8 ... Most people can handle responsibilities if you pay them enough, but it takes a real leader to handle privileges. A leader will use his privileges to help others and build the organization; a lesser man will use privileges to promote ... The Jerome Biblical Commentary, Brown, R. E., Fitzmyer, J. A., & Murphy, R. E. · 6. who: Paul proposes to the Philippians the historical Christ who enjoyed according to this hymnic confession of the early Church also a divine ... It refers to the condition of a slave. There is a double contrast: (1) with morph theou (2:6); (2) with the title Kyrios, which is ultimately to be bestowed on him. He who made himself a "slave" eventually became the "Lord." He who was equal to God did not cease to be such on becoming man and abasing ... Vid. Bishop Bull's Def. cap. 2 sect. 4 et alibi, and Whitby in loc. (2.) His human nature: He was made in the likeness of men, and found in fashion as a man. He was really and truly man, took part of our flesh and blood, appeared in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-philippians2-6.htm

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In Darkest England and the Way Out, William Booth 1890 AD ... There's generally about 400 waiting. They will take on one to two hundred. Then at 7 o'clock there's a second call. Another 400 will have gathered by then, and another hundred or so ... For the social burden of this vice is borne almost entirely by women. The male sinner does not, by the mere fact of his sin, find himself in a worse position in obtaining employment, in ... on scientific bases, the awful dogma of Reprobation which has cast so terrible a shadow over the Christian Church. For thousands upon thousands of these poor wretches are, as Bishop South truly said, "not so much born into this world as damned into it." ... After obtaining a title to the country, the next business will be to effect a settlement in it. This, I suppose, will be accomplished by sending a competent body of men under skilled ... Christianity itself would never have triumphed over the Paganism of ancient Rome had the early Christians not been enabled to testify from the dungeon and the arena as to the sincerity ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/in-darkest-england-and-the-way-out-william-booth-1890ad.htm

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Jewish Messianic Expectation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Luke 3 ... ... rebelled against the Seleucid empire. When Rome conquered both the Seleucid (64 BC) and Ptolemaic (30 BC) empires, Rome became the primary target of the Zealots. d. ... servant," (Psalm 89:3) ""Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ... having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is ... know that one thing the Messiah would do is destroy the physical temple in 70 AD since it had already been replaced by a spiritual one: the church in Christ's body. ... messiah. 4Q174's exposition of 2 Sam 7:14 therefore demonstrates that the title "Son of God" is an additional epitaph for the Davidic Messiah." (Journal of ... Just as in today, all three languages would create a word in their own languages that sounded like Nazarene, the same way all non-English speaking foreigners call ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-dss-dead-sea-scrolls-4Q174-4QFlorilegium-4Q175-4QTestimonia-Messianic-prophecy-Mt2-23-he-shall-be-called-a-Nazarine-Nazarite-branch-Jesus-90BC.htm

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Prophecy Blunders! 100 Years of Failed Watchtower prophecies ... Reprints, VI, April 1, 1915, p. 5659) 1915 To our understanding the general call to this joint heirship with our Redeemer as members of the New Creation of God, ... of the society, for forty years emphasized that fact that 1914 would witness the establishment of God's kingdom and the complete glorification of the church. ... would come upon the nations; but at that time it was not seen by God's people on earth that the trouble would be the battle of Jehovah against Satan's organization. ... The title to Beth Sarim is vested in the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in trust, to be used by the president of the Society and his assistants for the present, ... gathered into the temple condition of perfect unity with himself (Malachi 3:1-3), and hence those faithful men of old may be expected back from the dead any day now. ... Jesus Christ's thousand Year Reign ended in 1799 when French armies captured Rome and deposed the pope as its ruler, so that he was deported as a prisoner to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-Prophecy.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Isaiah 9:1-7 "A child will ... ... Sanh. 99a) is recorded by the third-century Hillel II, who, as the grandson of the famous patriarch (nāśîʾ) Judah the Prince, was in a position of great importance in the ... seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come." (Luke 10:1) 7. Both Hezekiah and Jesus associated with, ate with, ... learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."" (Matthew 9:11-13) c. ""The Son of Man came eating and ... Discussion: "This 'summary inscription' is arranged in literary order, not chronologically, and is divided into five components: title, the water project, the wars against Philistia, ... Hezekiah's prayer miraculously defeated the Sennacherib, king of Assyria who oppressed Judah in 701 BC. d. Jesus defeated Satan at his death in AD 33 (Heb 2:14) and Rome on the day of Pentecost when he established his kingdom, which is the church. (Isa 2:1-4) ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Isaiah9-6-child-king-triple-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-fulfillment-Gideon-Hezekiah-Jesus-John-baptist-Jesus.htm

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The Exodus Route: A scriptural proof, with the witness of history ... ... The "Madaba map" is a mosaic floor laid in AD 542. It is in St. George's Orthodox church in the city of Madaba, Jordan. The map is famous because it is one of the ... Eusebius does not indicate its size but it may be inferred that it was a polis. A bishop was present at Nicea. Eusebius uses some army source and the text is useful ... If you want to know how Paul defined Arabia, just ask Josephus, Strabo and Pliny, because they never call the Sinai Peninsula "Arabia". Josephus calls the Sinai ... Sinai and received instruction 12. Both asked the Unknown God to identify Himself as "I AM". 13. Returned to Egypt/Jerusalem only after king who had tried to kill him ... First century Arabia was the Nabatean Kingdom at Petra Arabia was a separate country from Rome when Aretus I,II, III, IV were the kings. Notice Aretas is called the ... In his coins and inscriptions he is known by the title 'he who loved his people'. During his reign the kingdom reached its highest point, both economically and in its ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route.htm

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Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ... ... Those of us raised with a constitutional commitment to the separation of church and state must remember that this modern societal construction bears no resemblance to ... which reinforces the first: the necessary relationship between the exercise of social relatedness on all political levels within the system the Greeks call the city. ... was a remnant of the totemic stage of social organization, during which time communion with the totem god was established as the totemic group ate its totemic object. ... although here the idea of sacrifice was turned on its head with the suggestion that God had no need of human offerings since he himself controlled all resources. ... At Ugarit, the principle term for sacrifice, dbh= referred to sacrifice or ritual offering (de Tarragon 1980: 55). In the title of a ritual text however, dbh= also ... Gordon, C. H. 1953 Introduction to Old Testament Times. Ventnor, NJ: Ventnor. 1965 Ugaritic Textbook. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute. ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-archaeology-and-the-religions-of-Canaan-and-israel-beth-alpert-nakhai.htm

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The Edomites: From Esau to Edom to Idumea to Extinction 2006BC ... ... who reject the Bible as God's word, do not believe the Edomites were an organization nation until about 800 BC. K. A. Kitchen, however, has supplied clear proof ... In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped David wherever he went." 2 Samuel 8:13-14 Title to Ps 60: "For the ... Ahaz pays tribute to Tiglath-pileser III (Pul) for protection against Syria, Philistines and Edomites, but is himself attacked by Assyria! Ahaz king of Judah ... says the Lord of hosts, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the Lord is indignant forever." ... Idumea become the disciples of Jesus and were likely part of the New Testament church. 2. "Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from ... the destruction of the Idumea homelands and execution of those who were inside Jerusalem: 1. "Idumea did not fare well during the first Jewish revolt against Rome. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-edomite-territory-mt-seir.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 250 AD: Cyprian ... Also the Lord in the Gospel, similarly rebuking and reproving, utters and says, "Ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." Mindful of which precept, the blessed Apostle Paul himself also warns and instructs, saying, "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the wholesome words ... On which account, let us forsake the error and follow the truth" (Cyprian, Epistle 73:2,3,8,9, of Pope Stephen's false teaching on baptism) Click to View Cyprian demands that the bishop of Rome follows scripture when it contradicts church tradition. Cyprian condemns Pope Stephen, for his false teaching on baptism and asks Stephen where he got his tradition, then ... For if in the sacrifice which Christ offered none is to be followed but Christ, assuredly it behoves us to obey and do that which Christ did, and what He commanded to be done, since He Himself says in the Gospel, "If ye do whatsoever I command you, henceforth I call you not servants, but friends." And that Christ ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyprian.htm

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Replacement Theology, supersessionism: Christians are God's Jews ... Palestine" of December 1922. We believe that "Palestinians" is a fictitious title for a "people" that never existed in history, except for the nation from which it owes its origin: Philistines (ie. ... Those living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip already have the "two state solution" provided for in the "Mandate for Palestine"... the entire nation of "Jordan"! SO DON'T CALL US ANTI-SEMETIC. It makes ... IT ANGERS US THAT JEWS REFUSE TO ACTUALLY READ THE NEW TESTAMENT. But we still love Israel and support her as a democratic nation! Christians are God's true "Jews" today, Israel is the church! You ... But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the ... He shall shine, and shall not be broken, until He set judgment on the earth. And in His name shall the Gentiles trust.' Then is it Jacob the patriarch in whom the Gentiles and yourselves shall trust? ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-christians-are-jews-church-is-israel.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted ... Whether or not Bacchiocchi is correct in locating the origin of the Sunday Easter in early second-century Rome, it is quite clear that the see of Rome did not have the authority to impose it on the rest of the church. It was not until the end of the second century that bishop Victor of Rome attempted to convert the Quartodeciman churches to the observance of the Sunday Easter, and his attempt encountered stubborn resistance in Asia. Similarly, the church of Rome was singularly unsuccessful in promoting the practice of fasting on the Sabbath. As Bacchiocchi himself admits, as late as the fifth century it was still confined to the ... 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 it was prominent in the pagan sun cults ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church 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 Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception ... The decisive catchword of the Nicene confession, namely, hoinoousios ("of one substance"), comes from no less a person than the emperor himself. To the present day no one has cleared up the problem of where the emperor got the term. It seems likely that it was suggested to him by his episcopal counselor, Bishop Hosius (Ossius) of Cordova, and it was probably nothing more ... How is the Son related to the Father? This was the question before the councils of Nicaea in 325 and Constantinople in 381. The controversy to which this question led laid the basis for the Christian ... The Son (or Logos) had a beginning; God created the Logos in order that he might create the world. Since the Logos was the first and highest of all created beings, Arius was willing to call the Logos God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm

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Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon. Tertullian did not produce a list of what was in his Old Testament and New Testament, but it is significant that he refers to the two parts of the Christian Bible in a collective way as totttm instrumentum utriusque testamenti. It seems that what we may call his "New Testament ... An important factor was who was favorable toward the acceptance of a document and who was not. Athanasius and Epiphanius, for instance, would have had a greater influence on the church than many lesser known figures. Also, larger churches in the metropolitan centers such as Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, Ephesus, and the New Rome, Constantinople, were more likely to have a greater influence on which books were included than were the ... Orthodoxy: This theological concern led the early church to employ the "rule of faith" as the criterion of "orthodoxy" to determine which writings could be used in the church. Bishop Serapion (ca. 200) rejected the reading of the Gospel of Peter in church because of this criterion ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-criteria-of-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Peutinger Map: A Translation of Bible Cities and the Exodus Route ... II. The Peutinger Map: secular or religious map? 1. The Peutinger Map has earmarks of both a secular and Religious map 2. Indications that the Peutinger Map is a secular, non-religious map for a number of reasons: a. In 381 AD there were 5 patriarchs who governed the church worldwide within their allotted territories: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch of Paul, Constantinople and Rome. b. There is a large seated person on a throne at Rome, Constantinople and Antioch of Paul. Strangely Antioch is larger than Rome and Constantinople. ... narrow Mediterranean Sea." (THE TABULA PEUTINGERIANA: Its Roadmap to Borderland Settlements in Iudaea-Palestina, Ron E. Tappy, Near Eastern Archaeology, Vol. 75, No. 1, March, p45, 2012AD) b. Jerusalem is called, Aelia Capitolina, the anti-Jewish name given by Hadrian in 135 AD. A religious map would never call Jerusalem this, given there was a patriarch stationed there. 4. Are the Red roofed buildings Roman military/government outposts or Byzantine churches? a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-Tabula-Peutingeriana-Peutinger-map-byzantine-cities-towns-list-translation-Israel-mount-sinai-gulf-of-aqaba-1265ad.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: 58 Triadic Bible Texts Click to View Analysis of Triadic passages showing interchangeability Click to View A refutation of Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals to this material. Click to View Use this material as an interactive Bible class in church! Analysis of Triadic Texts showing interchangeability of terms: Interchangeability of "love": Romans 5:5-6 love ... Matthew 28:19 baptizing them in the name of the Father name of the Son name of the Holy Spirit Acts 10:44-48 exalting God baptized in the name of Jesus Christ Holy Spirit fell upon Acts 2:38-39 God will call to Himself in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins gift of the Holy Spirit 1 Peter 4:14 God rests on you name ... that Jesus was the Son of God Messiah would be killed much less raise from the dead! that the Messiah's kingdom is spiritual that the messiah was not going to conquer Rome in 30 AD during the triumphal entry In the same way, Old Testament writers introduced us to many doctrines that were revealed more fully in the New Testament. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-text-triadic.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... ... B. Roman Catholics and Orthodox love to quote Ignatius because he is the first writer who documents the unbiblical concept of one bishop over a body of elders (presbyters). Yet even Ignatius has no hint of diocesan bishops, where one bishop is over many local churches. Click to View 30-606 AD: The gradual historical Development of the Papal and Patriarchal Systems of Centralized Church Government away from the organization found in the Bible. Click to ... are considering." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 158) Even if the "7 accepted letters" Ignatius are genuine, even the Roman Catholic and Orthodox scholars agree that he is all by himself on a separate branch. ... He then came on to Neapolis, and passed through the whole of Macedonia. Finding a ship at Dyrrachium in Epirus about to sail into Italy, he embarked, and crossing the Adriatic, was brought to Rome, where he perished on the 20th of December 107, or, as some think, who deny ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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Scientology is not a Religion: Kent ... Specifically with these early self-representations in mind, Wilson insisted that "even if it could be conclusively shown that Scientology took the title of 'church' specifically to secure at law as a religion, that would say nothing about ... What Germans will want to know, however, is that this organization provided grants to the Church of Scientology International in order to fund the series of anti-Germany ads in the New York Times and the Washington Post (both beginning, I believe, on September 15, 1994). ... In, for example, a confidential document written for Scientology's intelligence branch (then known as the Guardian Office), the unidentified author, who most certainly was Hubbard himself, had a section entitled "The War." The text in this ... Getting assigned to the RPF is a traumatic event for most people. Procedurally, what is supposed to happen is that leaders call a hearing, known as a "Committee of Evidence," to evaluate a person's performance or attitude. A former member ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-not-religion-kent.htm

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Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black ... Even within the same broad religious tradition, such as Christianity, there may be more than one model of religious organization - ranging, for example, from the formalized and hierarchical system of the Church of Rome to the more egalitarian and informal system in some Protestant churches. Many, but not all, religions have specialized religious functionaries such as gurus, monks, priests, ... To avoid confusions with previous conceptions of the soul, Scientology terms this entity a thetan, from the Greek letter theta, a symbol for thought or life. The thetan is not a thing, nor is it the mind. It is the creator of things. It is the person himself - the persisting identity which is the ... In Mission into Time (originally published under the title A Test of Whole Track Recall) he told of the time when he was a sailor in Carthage about 200 BC. Furthermore, he stated (p. 69) that "I know with certainty where I was and who I was in the last 80 trillion years." He also claimed to have ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-is-a-religion-black.htm

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Coins of the Maccabean Hasmonean Era 166-37 BC. Messianic Star ... The Maccabean era is a short window of Jewish and Judean independence that lasted about 60 years: Babylon: 623 - 539 BC Persia: 539 - 333 BC Greece: 333 - 31 BC Rome: 31 BC - 476 AD Church (Pentecost 33 AD) Alexander the Great conquers the world in a stunning and ... Four horns of Dan 8:8; 11:3-4 "Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven." (Daniel 8:8) ""And ... and no longer to live by the laws of God; also to pollute the temple in Jerusalem and to call it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and to call the one in Gerizim the temple of Zeus-the-Friend-of-Strangers, as did the people who lived in that place. ... holy and inviolable, and free from the tithe, and from the taxes, unto its utmost bonds: and I so far recede from my title to the citadel, as to permit Jonathan your high priest to possess it, that he may place such a garrison in it as he ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Maccabean-Hasmonean-166-37BC.htm

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Matthew was NOT originally written in Hebrew: JW's are false ... ... But how stand the facts as to our Greek Gospel? We have not a title of historical evidence that it is a translation, either by Matthew himself or anyone else. All antiquity refers to it as the work of Matthew the publican and apostle, just as the other Gospels are ascribed to their respective authors. This Greek Gospel was from the first received by the Church as an integral part of the one quadriform Gospel. And while the Fathers often advert to the two Gospels which we have from apostles, and the two which we ... Early Christian tradition unanimously attributed this gospel to the authorship of Matthew the apostle, the former tax-collector of Capernaum, whose call it records in 9:9 (Mark and Luke call him Levi). There was also a persistent tradition ... We next hear of Irenaeus in the second half of the first century, who writes that Matthew issued "a gospel" in Hebrew at the time when Peter and Paul were preaching and founding the church in Rome (about 64-65 A. D.). Yet the church in Rome ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH-hebrew-matthew.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... the use of the growing congregations at Constantinople. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, 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. ... (Documents of the Christian Church, Henry Bettenson, 2nd Ed 1963, p 41) In June 325 a general council met at Nicea. The number of bishops was apparently somewhere between 250 and 300. The most important of the Eastern bishops were present, but the West was poorly represented; the bishop of Rome did not attend but sent two presbyters in his place. (God in Three Persons, Millard J. Erickson, p82-85) In 325 a Council was convoked by Constantine the emperor at Nicea in Bithynia. ... What seemed especially objectionable to many bishops and theologians of the East was the concept put into the creed by Constantine himself, the homoousios, which in the subsequent strife between orthodoxy and heresy became the object of dissension. Even ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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