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The Exodus Route: Travel times, distances, rates of travel, days ... Straits of Tiran and pass the Egyptian Migdol watchtower stationed above the final Red Sea crossing point and on day 16 they reached the dead-end at Etham. ... sea: there is a lot of detail in here about the canopy that protected from sun and rain and provided light to travel at night. a. Guidance: Exodus 13:21 b. ... (Numbers 33:3) c. "Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord, as you have said." ... very day (12:51), expressions almost identical to the one here." (Believers Church Bible Commentary, Waldemar Janzen, Exodus 19:1, 2000 AD) c. "On the third ... In truth, Pentecost always fell on a Sunday and although they could not break the well-known synchronism between the Law of Moses and Christian Pentecost in ... Israel was "saved" by coming through the Red Sea. This would fit the New Testament antitype of water baptism very well. Paul tells us in 1 Cor 10:1-4 that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-travel-times-distances-days.htm

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Coins of the Maccabean Hasmonean Era 166-37 BC. Messianic Star ... 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 ... the Temple of Solomon themselves with pagan gods, as Maccabean Jews were in 167 BC, the temple of Solomon would have still been standing in 167 BC! However we take note that the Jews finally gave up idol worship after the return from the 70 year Babylonian captivity (605-536 BC). ... conversion of the Jews to Christianity around the world through the Greek LXX bible and synagogues, each of which had a "Christian maker" known as a Mikveh. There are thee versions of the Messianic star K coin: Jannaeus' name "King Yehonatan" spelled inside the spokes, "King the priest" spelled inside the spokes and a double star coin with, "King the priest" spelled inside the spokes of a star that is on both ... of Demetrius fled, and Alexander pursued him and defeated them. He pressed the battle strongly until the sun set, and on that day Demetrius fell. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Maccabean-Hasmonean-166-37BC.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Mark 2:7 ... First they are forgiven in God's mind (true divine absolution) then the apostles proclaim it. Click here to see commentaries that explain this truth in more detail. Does the watchtower organization teach that it has ... 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 forgiveness. If one believes in Jesus, then a Christian has the right to announce his forgiveness. If a ... Two ways the apostles and ministers of Christ remit and retain sin, and both as having authority:-[1.] By sound doctrine. They are commissioned to tell the world that salvation is to be had upon gospel terms, and no ... 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-mark2-7.htm

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Eternal torment proved ... annihilation refuted ... the wicked are even raised from the dead as Christadelphians do thus contradicting "there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked." ... torment" (What Happens After Death?, United Church of God, an International Association) Herbert W. Armstrong and many of his splinter groups have taken the unusual position that the Devil and his angels will be tormented forever. Click to View Argument refuted: You already worship and respect a God who is going to eternally ... from studying the Bible and to make them hate God. (Jw's: J. F. Rutherford, Watchtower Society's Second President) How can Christians possibly project a deity of ... 21:4 Created things will be removed: Hebrews 12:25-27 No longer any sea, night, sun or moon: Revelation 21:1,23; 22:5 Heaven is in the very presence of the Father: ... Click to View Annihilation vs. Eternal conscious torment Is eternal conscious torment a pagan false doctrine and a Jewish fable? Here we document that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-annihilation-refuted.htm

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Mt. Sinai located in Arabia: Galatian 4:25 ... 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 architecture, ... Muhammed, the founder of Islam in AD 610, was of this Ishmaelite/Nabatean tradition. In one generation, the Muslims accomplished a mass conversion of language, culture and religion ... While Muhammad formally disavowed moon worship, he redefined Hubal the Moon God as the one monotheistic pagan god, "Allah". Akhenaten did exactly the same thing with his Egyptian monotheistic Sun worship in 1358 BC, two years before monotheistic Joshua died after ... The settlement continued in use during the early Roman period, after the annexation of the Nabataean kingdom to the Roman Empire in 106." (Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian ... The consensus of scholars is that the picture of church life which emerges from the narrative best describes the ecclesiastical and liturgical milieu of the early fifth century." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Mount-Sinai-in-Arabia-exodus-route-Nabatean-kingdom-territory-AretasIV-Arabia-Petrea-New-Testamt-Mt-Sinai-Lawz-Ishmael-Apostle-Paul-36AD-Galatians-4-25.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... ... Nickles, "After the Fall: An Adventist's Bankrupt Empire," The Sunday Sun, San Bernardino, California, (4 articles May 30, 31, June 1, 2, 1982). 3. ... Chicago Title Insurance COO P.O. Box 2001 17671 Irvine, Blvd. Concord, CA 94529 Tustin, CA 92680 Christian Record Braille Foundation City National ... Woodbury and Co. 15 Lincoln Ave. N. Chadwick Square Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 Worcester, Mass 01605 Xerox Corporation Robert Zucherman 2029 Century Pk. East #700 225 E1 Camino Drive Los Angeles, CA 90067 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 5 There are those in the Adventist church that will always feel that the next moves I took were both unwise and unnecessary, but they make much of the text in Matthew ... Pierson's letter sounded like some ancient pagan love song. He had been taken from the sheep fold of Adventism and exalted to the crown, yet he was ... Finally, morality by their definition, not grace and conversion by the Holy Spirit, is the stock and trade of the church, and that still small voice ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Flavius Josephus Chronology of the Destruction of Jerusalem's ... ... of Florus, desecrated the synagogue with a jar of dead birds sacrificed to pagan gods that were placed at the synagogue entrance way. (Wars 2:284-289). e. ... The correct date conversion of 16th Artemissus/Jyar is Friday 30th May AD 66, not April AD 66. This makes their "answer" even more impossible: "Why did Christ ... Synagogues began in Egypt in 280 BC as a providential bridge between the Temple and the church. b. Starting with the vision of Daniel 2, God gradually introduced synagogue worship to prepare the Jewish world for the gospel of Christ. c. Each of the thousands of synagogue had a Greek translation of the Old Testament (Septuagint) and a Jewish full immersion baptistry (mikveh). d. Both the synagogues at Gischala and Magdala had a Jewish mikveh, which the author calls, "The Christian Maker". The Synagogue was the ... Jesus and John's words fulfilled: sun darkened, moon turned to blood from smoke, plague, looting, chaos, famine, "And huge hailstones [catapult balls], about ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible-Only-Revelation-Commentary-Josephus-Chronology-Destruction-Jerusalem-First-Jewish-War-70AD.htm

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Flavius Josephus Chronology of the Destruction of Jerusalem's ... ... of Florus, desecrated the synagogue with a jar of dead birds sacrificed to pagan gods that were placed at the synagogue entrance way. (Wars 2:284-289). e. ... The correct date conversion of 16th Artemissus/Jyar is Friday 30 th May AD 66, not April AD 66. This makes their "answer" even more impossible: "Why did Christ ... Synagogues began in Egypt in 280 BC as a providential bridge between the Temple and the church. b. Starting with the vision of Daniel 2, God gradually introduced synagogue worship to prepare the Jewish world for the gospel of Christ. c. Each of the thousands of synagogue had a Greek translation of the Old Testament (Septuagint) and a Jewish full immersion baptistry (mikveh). 21 d. Both the synagogues at Gischala and Magdala had a Jewish mikveh, which the author calls, "The Christian Maker". The Synagogue was the ... Jesus and John's words fulfilled: sun darkened, moon turned to blood from smoke, plague, looting, chaos, famine, "And huge hailstones [catapult balls], about ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible%20Only%20Revelation%20Commentary%20Josephus-Chronology%20Destruction%20Jerusalem%20Steven%20Rudd.pdf

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The Exodus Route: Red Sea Camp at the Straits of Tiran ... Pharaoh assembles his 600 choice chariots and started pursuing Israel. Meanwhile, the Hebrews camped directly under the Migdol watchtower for about 8 days. When Pharaoh arrived, the ... cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:3-5) 2. The Red Sea crossing proves that Christian water baptism is by full immersion not sprinkling: 1 Cor 10:1-4 a. Israel started to cross the Red Sea with a wall of water on both sides and a vapour cloud over head. b. This symbolized water baptism as full immersion. 3. Water baptism is a reenactment ritual of the Red Sea crossing: a. ... E. Daily calendar of events from Goshen to the Red Sea crossing: Days 1-25 See also: Travel times, distances, days of the week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat - - - Goshen Nisan 14: ... Click to View Pi-Hahiroth looking towards Etham Click to View looking from Baal-Zephon, the pagan cult mountain that was a center for Baal worship Click to View After they crossed the Red Sea they entered the wilderness of Shur Click ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-straits-of-tiran.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ... ... Abraham was the Nomad of Mesopotamia, reckoned to be the founding father of all the tribes people in that region - both Arabs and Jews. He was ... sun and Ishtar/Atargatis/Al-Uzza who was also the planet Venus (see Chapter 4). But Abraham saw beyond the physical world to the spiritual world, and tried to teach his people the error of their ways. The faith of Abraham was the beginning of the long struggle of monotheistic worship ... one another . . . and when Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, behold, they were dead bodies lying on the ground." (II Chron. 20). ... Scholars argue about the numbers but nobody can argue that it was not an atrocity. However, the king underwent an amazing conversion: "After ... became part of the Province of Palestine (Palestinn Tertia). Christian and Muslim Petra Christianity came to Petra in the fourth century, ... The Urn Tomb became a church sometime before 447 CE; and the last reference to a bishop of Petra was to Athenagoras, a nephew of the Emperor ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm

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Jesus Master Builder carpenter stonemason creator build temple ... ... So the banquet was hosted in Matthew's house. 5. The beautiful conversion story of Zaccheus the tax collector show that Jesus was itinerate just like he instructed his ... What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?" (Isaiah 22:1) d. Watchtower for security: i. "Now David was sitting between the two gates; ... Worship of YHWH and pagan shrines: i. "So the people went out and brought them and made booths [ie. Feast of Booths] for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts ... A master builder stonemason, had to know how to construct entire houses including wooden flat or pitched roofs, doors and windows. 3. Jesus used both stonemason and ... Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jesus-master-builder-archi-tekton-stonemason-carpenter-foundations-corner-stones-rock-sand-yokes-plows-creator-temple-synagogues-church.htm

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Trinity: Oneness in unity not in number: Yachid vs. Echad ... As we will see, Jews did change words and start using the word YACHID in reference to God after they rejected conversion to Christianity. ... It is significant that Jesus did not use "mono" in Mk 12:29. The word "hen" directly corresponds to "echad" which was used in Deut 6:4. Both ... It is claimed by Jews who attack Christian theology that the use of the word ECHAD in Deut 6:4 causes them no problem since the word ECHAD is ... the fact that the Holy Spirit chose to use a plural word to refer to God in a polytheistic world of pagan gods instead of the singular "el". ... G. "Mono": solitary one and only, numerically one, directly corresponds to yachid in the New Testament: You shall worship the Lord your God, ... Galatians 3:20 "There is one [hen] body and one [hen] Spirit, one [hen] hope, one [hen] Lord, one [hen] faith, one [hen] baptism, one [hen] ... interpretation of 1 Timothy 6:16 the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower is that 1 Timothy 6:16 is speaking solely of Christ.) Click here ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-yachid-vs-echad.htm

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Greek Scroll Twelve minor prophets Nahal Hever 50 BC: Septuagint ... ... Of course none of the truthful information ever phases a JW because they blindly follow the Watchtower Magazine when it contradicts the Bible. Jesus said, ... Your marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers Settling in the stone walls on a cold day. The sun rises and they flee, And the place where they are is not ... Bickerman has pointed to the fact that most manuscripts of the Book of Esther contain a colophon which states that the book was translated in Jerusalem. Both ... Tovia Singer is a Rabbi who devotes much energy to trashing Christianity as a corrupt pagan religion known as an "anti-Christian missionary". Messianic prophecy found in the book of Isaiah is a ... Rather the book of the Tanach is a part of the Prophets, the second section of Jewish scriptures, and was forged by the church many centuries later. ... The ... Accordingly, the Jewish people never use the Septuagint in their worship or religious studies because it is recognized as a corrupt text." (Let's Get Biblical, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-Septuagint-twelve-Greek-Minor-prophets-scroll-Nahal-Hever-Bar-Kochba-Cave-of-Horrors-letters-Dodekapropheton-Greek-8HevXIIgr-50BC.htm

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Lunar Eclipses at birth and death of Christ: 1 BC and 3 April ... ... the connection with the blood moon and the crucifixion of the one they travelled so far 33 years earlier to worship as the king of the Jews! ... There are significant differences in the appearance of moonrise in Jerusalem vs. Babylon. Both are on the same latitude but Baghdad is 1000 km ... The mount of olives is about 800m, the temple platform about 750m and the church of the Holy Sepulcher is about 775m above sea level. However ... Passover evening of Nisan 14, would mean hundreds of thousands of people were roasting their Passover lambs with wood. The Sun was obstructed ... A third possibility is that the so-called report is a late Christian "forgery." If this is correct, there must have been a tradition that at ... r (refraction shift in degrees)a .09° .17° .32° .425° .56° a Conversion from arc-minutes to degrees added by Steve Rudd (Astronomy on the ... And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;" (Luke 3:1-3) "When He ... ... ...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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Zedekiah, Matteniah King of Judah 597-587 BC The Chronological ... ... Ezekiel: Ezekiel was given the sweet/bitter scroll then later told to measure the church/Temple as was the angel in Rev 21. i. ""Now you, son of man, listen to ... (Ezek 3:24-27) till Friday, 19th January 586 BC (Ezek 33:21-22) 4. Mute-prophets for 7 years: Both were "mute" prophets except when the Lord spoke through them. ... Zedekiah, who had bowed to the statue from the front row of the dedication ceremony, is humiliated when he is rebuked by the pagan Nebuchadnezzar to worship YHWH as Shadrach, Meshach and ... See also: Book of Daniel: 1260 days. 42 months, 70 weeks and 490 years See also: Pre-Christian, Jewish-Messianic expectation from Dead Sea Scrolls and Coins VI. ... In this mud layer was embedded with hundreds of pottery sherds. 9. Conversion of Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian Eunuch, who by faith, saved Jeremiah from the cistern ... you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light. "All the shining lights in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Zedekiah-Matteniah-last-king-of-judah-seal-bulla-cave-597-587bc

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Seals, Bulla, Documents, Pottery & Antitypical New Testament ... ... Something old = expounding and teaching Christians all the things they understood and believed as Jews before their conversion to Jesus. ... so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. ... Conclusion: We have both pottery and seals applied to Christians in one passage: "Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this ... the grace, mercy and blood of Christ, man must supply the faith, repentance, confession and water baptism and remain faithful till death. ... Pottery "Earthenware vessel for honor" THE HIGH PRIEST AND EVERY CHRISTIAN HAVE THE SAME SEAL: "Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God ... 39:30-31) "And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud ... lips, But their heart is far away from Me. 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' "Neglecting the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-seals-clay-bulla-scribes-inkwells-quills-papyrus-documents-scriptorium-antitype-assurance-salvation-Christ.htm

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Kadesh-Barnea by Henry Clay Trumbull, 1884 AD ... It was a confused chaos of chalk, and had the appearance of an immense furnace glowing with white heat, illuminated as it now was by the fierce rays of the sun. ... Such an identification, on such authority, ought not to be passed without examination, in a search for traces of Kadesh-barnea. There are weighty objections to both ... is naturally thought by Roland 2 and Grove 3 to be the Khulasah, 4 or Chalutza, or Elusa, which was a centre of pagan worship, 5 and lay south westerly from Bcersheba. ... as it \vould be to sup pose that the early Christians of Damascus had named a church " Ananias " in honor of the husband of Sapphira. 2 That the term Reqam in the ... to these two places by Jewish and Christian writers for now twenty 1 See Mischna, with Maimonides notes (Amsterdam edition), p. 415. iHorx Heb. et Tal., Vol. ... The word is used for the turning away from sin in "conversion." (See Englishman s Ileb. and Chald. Concord, s. v.) As Mead says (in Sch^ff-Lange Com. in loco), " If ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-henry-clay-trumbull-1884ad.htm

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The Edomites: From Esau to Edom to Idumea to Extinction 2006BC ... ... to keep alive their livestock, by the will of Pharaoh, LPH, the good Sun of Egypt, along with the names from the other days on which the fort ... "He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city." (2 Kings 18:8) "These, recorded by name, ... the priests wanted and those sacred garments wherein they used to worship God, should be made at his own charges; and that the musical ... AD 29: The Conversion of the Edomites to Christianity before Jesus chose the 12 apostles: 1. The Edomites living in the 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 ... - May 12th]; whereupon John, with his multitude of zealots, as being both prohibited from coming out of the temple, and having lost their ... Lous/Av]: Romans sacrifice to their pagan gods near the Jewish Temple: Josephus Wars 6:316-322. Titus executes the remaining Jewish priests. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-edomite-territory-mt-seir.htm

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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD ... He was never able to accept the doctrines of the Christian Church and firmly believed that "Jesus was a man - great and good no doubt - but a man". He was, he described, at ... place that I can find, and push on in hopes of getting something to do that I can work at until my feet get well, so as to sustain us both, if it is necessary." ... Came home by 5 very tired and read "Life of Chatterton" for a rest 'tit 8, then read Comte 2 hours, and finished the evening with Carlyle's "Heroes and Hero-Worship... Whitman's effect on Bucke, as well as on many others who came under his influence, corresponds in many respects to the experience of religious conversion. The ... This was many years before Whitman became famous, when he was generally regarded as a pagan, or an incomprehensible poet, or both. Bucke first read Whitman in the ... He saw the light but had no more idea whence it came and what it meant than had the first creature that saw the light of the sun. Years afterwards he met C. P., of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/cosmic-consciousness-richard-maurice-bucke-1901ad.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Trinitarian The Watchtower deliberately misleads the readers to the wrong conclusion that Philip Schaff, believes the origin of trinity is from the "pagan doctrines" of Plato! Schaff openly states in the that trinity has its origin in the scripture. Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "The doctrines of ... What Schaff is saying, is that there are many similarities between Platonism and Christianity, both trinitarians and JW's alike! Schaff's point is not that early Christians borrowed their doctrine from Plato, but that they employed Platonic ... The soul of the world existed first, and then it was clothed with a material body. The souls which animate the sun, moon, and stars, existed before the bodies which they inhabit (Timaus). The preexistence of human souls is one of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston main weekly day of Christian assembling and worship. As with many religious issues, both sides appeal to the Bible; then, when arguments based on it fail to convince, they look to the practice of the earliest Christians. For instance, some adherents of a seventh-day Saturday Sabbath allege as fact that Sunday did not become the chief day of the Christian week until the time of the Roman emperor Constantine in the early fourth century AD, when he changed it from Saturday to win over non-Christian sun worshippers. ... Tertullian probably wrote On Idolatry in his earlier, "catholic" period, when he was a member of the mainline or "Great Church", between AD 198 and the 220s. In Chapter 14, after noting of Christians that "by us, to whom Sabbaths are ... He considered it a sin for them to try to persuade other Christians to keep the seventh-day Sabbath (Dialogue with Trypho 47). In a less ecumenical age than our own, Tertullian forbade any attendance of Christians at pagan or Jewish ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm

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The transition from Temple to Synagogue to church: God's eternal ... origin and purpose of Synagogue worship. Introduction: A. God's eternal purpose in the Christian church: "The manifold wisdom of God is now made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus" (Eph 3:8-12) 1. The rise of Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome were all part of God's eternal purpose in the Christian church. 2. The mass conversion of the Jewish population to speak ... While no actual synagogue structures or buildings have been discovered at this point, there is significant proof through both inscriptions and papyrus documents that they existed. b. It is in Alexandria Egypt, that the Jews produced a ... Baptized by immersion for remission of your sins and be born again: Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21 https://www.bible.ca/salvation-christian-how-to-be-saved-faith-repentance-confession-water-baptism-stairway-stairs-to-heaven-john-3-16.jpg G. 36 AD: Apostle Paul, chosen ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gods-eternal-plan-purpose-providential-transition-from-Temple-to-Synagogue-to-Church-prophecy-fulfilled.htm

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Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Edward Carpenter 1920 1996 "And when at the Council of Nicea (325 AD) it [the early church] endeavored to establish an official creed, the strife and bitterness only increased." "-the Nicean creed had nothing to propound except some extremely futile speculations about the relation to each other of the Father and the Son, and the relation of both to the Holy Ghost," (The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs, Edward Carpenter, quoted by anti-Trinitarians) What ... to the heavenly world, 9. They founded communion of saints and churches to which the disciples were received by baptism, 10. They were commemorated by Eucharistic meals" (Edward Carpenter, Quoted by Ehwajah Kamaluddin in The Sources of ... giving a colour to their teachings with regard to the Saviour, and persuading them to accept and honour the Egyptian worship of Isis in the Christian form of the Virgin Mary." (Edward Carpenter, Pagan And Christian Creeds , p202, quoted by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Carpenter.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted ... 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 church of Rome itself and a few other western churches. Both in the case of the Sunday Easter and in the case of the Sabbath fast, the surviving historical records indicate considerable debate and controversy in the churches." "It therefore ... There is no record of any Christian group (except the extreme party of the Ebionites that did not observe Sunday, either in the second century or in later centuries of the patristic era." Click to View Bacchiocchi's fourth argument refuted: "(4) Bacchiocchi argues that the reason why the church of Rome adopted Sunday as the Christian day of worship, instead of the Sabbath, was that the pagan day of the sun, in the planetary week, had already gained special significance in pagan sun cults, and by adopting this day Christians were able to exploit the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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Encyclopedia Americana XXVII, p. 294L., is deceptive because it projects the false impression that early Christian teaching" was not Trinitarian. "For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine, the Son of God, and that as the ... theology that 4th century Christians taught, was not as refined as the Trinitarian theology taught in the Bible. However both taught trinity, the uncreated deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. ... back as Babylonia, the worship of pagan gods grouped in threes, or triads, was common. (The Encyclopedia Americana, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "The full development of Trinitarianism took place in the West, in the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages, when an explanation was undertaken in terms of philosophy and psychology." (The Encyclopedia Americana, no year, article or page number given, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) At the same time, the Christian church insists that God is One ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.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 Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception exposed: But why? Certainly not because of any Biblical conviction. "Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology," says A Short History of Christian Doctrine. The first emperor to become a Christian, Constantine ... understood that the Son who in John is called the Logos (i.e., the Word), and who ' became a human being in Jesus the Messiah, is both with God and is God? How can God at the same time be one and more than one? ... The best known of them was Justin Martyr, a man from Samaria whose parents were Roman. He was a student and a teacher of philosophy before his conversion. He remained a philosopher, regarding Christianity as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm

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Hopkins, E. Washburn: Origin and Evolution of Religion Compare this: How the Watchtower quotes Hopkins: What they left out of the same paragraph: "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it." (Origin and Evolution of ... bow' (Isa 45:22-23; Phil 2:10)." (Origin and Evolution of Religion, E. W. Hopkins, p. 336) "But the first Christian theology was given in the words 'I and my Father are one' and the plain faith of the early church members who ... of its church much pagan material, some of which had filtered through Jewish sources, while some was inherited from Mediterranean and Grecian cults. Baptism, fast, purification, vigil, the hope of immortality and resurrection, miraculous cures, water turned into wine, all these were pre-Christian." (Origin and Evolution of Religion, E. W. Hopkins, Ch 20, The Christian Trinity). "As Buddha has been resolved into a sun-myth, so Jesus Christ has been explained as cosmic truth in legendary form, a Gilgamesh or other divine hero. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hopkins.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Revelation 22:3 On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever." Click to View Another irrefutable argument! Jesus Is Worshipped (latreuo)! Joint co-worship of Father and Jesus A. To prove that "HIM" refers to both the Father and Son collectively, notice the pattern of referring to the Father and the Son as though they were one: The Father and the Son themselves are a single temple not two and with one light they shine, not two! Oh how this confuses Jehovah's Witnesses. 2 Cor 6:16 + Eph 2:21 = ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-revelation22-3.htm

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Ancient Synagogues: 24 New Testament Synagogues ... His people from Moasic temple worship to the New Testament church. C. God's eternal purpose in the Christian church: "The manifold wisdom of God is now made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus" (Eph 3:8-12) 1. The rise of Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome were all part of God's eternal purpose in the Christian church. 2. The mass conversion of the Jewish population to speak ... (45) and as the succeeding kings treated them after the same manner, they both multiplied to a great number, and adorned their temple gloriously by fine ornaments, and with great magnificence, in the use of what has been given them. ... This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; and he began to speak out boldly in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Christian-infallible-inspired-Scripture-New-Testament-50ad.htm

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The Amarna Letters and tablets 1406 - 1340 BC. Conquest of Joshua ... ... While Bible scoffers and atheists refuse to make the connection of Habiru with Hebrew, they are in blind denial. Of the two spellings, these Bible haters even chose the spelling of Apiru as opposed to Habiru, because it looks and sound UNLIKE Hebrew. Let the Christian be quite reassured with no doubts, that the Amarna ... IV. Akhenaten's conversion to monotheism inspired by the Hebrew exodus and conquest: 1. Akhenaten's Monotheism is Historic!!! Like a stunning marker in time, the only possible explanation for Akhenaten change the centuries old religion of Egypt to monotheism, is the triumph of the monotheistic Hebrews over Egypt in the exodus and conquest. a. Moved capital from Thebes to Amarna b. Fired all the priests and started a new religion like Jeroboam c. Pagan monotheism of sun worship. 2. Both Akhenaten and Muhammad chose one god from many gods that were being worshipped at the time and then elevated that one god to be worshipped to the exclusion of all others. Akhenaten ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-conquest-amarna-tablets-letters-akhenaten-habiru-abiru-hebrews-1404-1340bc.htm

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Official creed of the Orthodox church God the Father created all things through the Son, in the Holy Spirit (Genesis 1 and 2; John 1:3; Job 33:4), and we are called to worship Him (John 4:23). The Father ... He is called the "promise of the Father" (Acts 1:4), given by Christ as a gift to the Church, to empower the Church for service to God (Acts 1:8), to place God's love in our hearts (Romans 5:5), and to impart spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 12:7-13) and virtues (Galatians 5:22, 23) for Christian life and witness. Orthodox Christians believe the biblical promise that the Holy Spirit is given through chrismation (anointing) at baptism (Acts 2:38). We are to grow in our experience of the ... Athanasius of Alexandria's Festal Letter in 367. Both sources list all of the books of the New Testament without exception. A local council, probably held at Rome in ... Q. What material thing presents a little figurative similarity to the Holy Trinity? A. The sun, which being one, presents to us three things, light, heat, and matter. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Orthodox.htm

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Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ... Synagogue which YHWH adopted, certified and "rubber stamped" with His approval in the pages of the 27 New Testament books of the Christian Bible. The great prophecy: "Out of Egypt did I call my Son". ... The Synagogue was a prototype for the church in architecture, worship and function: Not only did the Church borrow all the essential architectural features of early synagogues, like the Mikveh (full immersion baptistry), it also used the synagogue as an exact prototype of both function and worship. The Synagogue was the prototype for the church in form, function and worship. See also: ... Jewish Persecution Arises in 36 AD: Before his conversion, Paul went looking for Christians in the Jewish Synagogues: "I went from one synagogue to another [looking for Christians] to imprison and beat ... Church [ekklesia], Temple, House Water of purification (Mode) Brass Laver (Sprinkling) Mikveh (immersion) Baptism (immersion) Water of purification (purpose) Brass Laver (remove sin) Mikveh (remove ... ... https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/welcome.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 company of the faithful." "For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his ... Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix." Rosary and prayers to Mary 971 "The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship." The Church rightly honours "the ... itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation ... thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. ... The mass is a conversion of bread and wine into the very Christ 1376 The Council of Trent summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring "... by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-catechism-1994.htm

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Footnoting Policy of Watchtower, and actual footnotes to their ... This means that it is the single most important anti-trinitarian document that the JW's use in their efforts to teach the public door to door that Trinity is of pagan origin. But it is all deception and lies! Of course, when they use this magazine in ... Section 4: How Did the Trinity Doctrine Develop? 43. "Babylon the Great Has Fallen!", Watchtower Society, 1963, p. 477. 44. "The Early Church," by Henry Chadwick, 1967, (Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England) pp. 122, 124. 45. "Encyclopaedia Britannica", 1971, Vol. 6, (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, IL) p. 386. 46. "A Short History of Christian Doctrine," by Bernhard Lohse, 1966, p. 51. 47." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1985, Micropaedia, Vol. 11, p. ... Section 9: Worship God on His Terms 131. "The Amplified Bible, 1965, (Zondervan Bible Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI) p. 325. 132. "New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967, Vol. X, p. 21. 133. " Ibid., Vol. IX, p. 359. 134. "Christianity and the World Religions, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-footnotes.htm

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History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ... Sunday is not a Christian Sabbath or a day of rest, or a holy day to be kept. It is the day God requires all Christians to gather together to worship and eat the Lord's Supper (communion, break bread) ... When they began to teach this, theologians were sent to persuade them to abandon what they called the "Jewish Sabbath." Both of them suffered a martyr death, largely due to their Sabbatarian views. ... Historically, it was in 1844 the first Seventh-day Adventists (known then as Millerites) started keeping the Sabbath, introduced to them by Joseph Bates (a member of the Christian Connextion Church which was was part of ... Christians DID NOT copy the "Sunday keeping" practices from the pagan religion of Mithraism as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. How could it? Mithraism didn't even have a "Sunday" celebration or gathering. Click to View Sabbath keepers falsely teach that worshipping on Sunday is Pagan because the very word SUNDAY originated with pagans who worshiped the Sun (SUN-day). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! of baptism and the Lord's Supper were derived from the pagan mystery religions. Of major concern in all this is the charge that the New Testament doctrine of salvation parallels themes commonly found in the mystery religions: a savior-god dies violently for those he will eventually deliver, after which that god is restored to life. Was the New Testament influenced by the pagan religions ... While a tendency toward eclecticism or synthesis developed after A.D. 300, each of the mystery cults was a separate and distinct religion during the century that saw the birth of the Christian church. ... As previously noted, during its later mystery stage, the male deity of the Isis cult is no longer the dying Osiris but Serapis. Serapis is often portrayed as a sun god, and it is clear that he was ... Cybele, also known as the Great Mother, was worshiped through much of the Hellenistic world. She undoubtedly began as a goddess of nature. Her early worship included orgiastic ceremonies in which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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Bible Quiz: 100's of questions for Outdoor Fairs & Home Shows ... Guess the date??? (Press all 10 buttons to light up timeline) When was baptism changed from immersion to sprinkling? When was instrumental music first used in worship? When was Baptism for the remission of sins first taught? When was Charismatic "Slain in the Spirit" first practiced? When were ... "I escaped only by the skin of my teeth" Job 19:20 "Cleanliness is next to godliness" "There's nothing new under the sun" "Idle hands are the Devil's workshop" "You have fallen from grace, severed from Christ" "A drop in the bucket" Isa 40:15 Question 3 Where was Jesus born? Nazareth Bethlehem Jerusalem Identify which doctrine is in the Bible. Infant baptism. Tithing 10% to the church collection. Jesus had many brothers and sisters. Jesus was once the created angel Michael. Apostle Peter was married. Christians kept the weekly Sabbath. Every Christian is both saint and priest. Ordination of pulpit ministers. Bishops and pastors MUST be married men with children. Conscious life after death. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-fairs-home-shows.htm

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Official creed of the Wesleyan Church fundamental law, or constitution of The Wesleyan Church, the articles of religion, rules of Christian living, privileges and conditions of church membership, and articles of organization and ... Initial, Progressive, Entire The Gifts of the Spirit The Church The Sacraments: Baptism and the Lord's Supper The Second Coming of Christ The Resurrection of the Dead The Judgement of Mankind Destiny 1. Faith in the Holy Trinity We believe in the one living and true God, both holy and loving, eternal, unlimited in power, wisdom, and goodness, the Creator and Preserver of all things. ... A local church is a body of believers formally organized on gospel principles, meeting regularly for the purposes of evangelism, nurture, fellowship, and worship. The Wesleyan Church is a denomination ... We believe that God not only counts the believer as righteous, but that He makes him righteous, freeing him of sin's dominion at conversion, purifying his heart by faith and perfecting him in love at ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-wesleyan.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; and the theologians of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in ... tell you that there is a clear parallel between the Egyptian trinity and the Watchtower view of God in that both have a divine family of Father and Son. (Of course the divine family is also similar to the Trinitarian ... and works. The simple affirmation of the "threeness of God", seen at the Baptism of Jesus and the baptism of every Christian, is the Economic Trinity Ontological Trinity: Second, the developed trinity or as the Watchtower leaves out the, "strictly ontological" trinity, is the theological explanation as to how a mono-theistic ... Deception Exposed: It is deceptive to quote from a source that shows similarities between pagan triads and the Christian trinity, in order to prove that the Christian trinity originated with the pagans BUT fail to tell ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission 282 BC You may find some of my original research conclusions both shocking and disturbing but in the final analysis none of it really matters because the text of the Bible we have today is the ... Sinai writes book of Law in Hieroglyphic Hebrew alphabet script 1340 BC: Danites setup pagan altar at Dan 1094 BC: Shiloh Destroyed by Philistines. Tabernacle tent moved to Nob. 1050 BC: ... BC: Transition from temple to Church begins: God's eternal plan from Temple to Synagogue to Church 561-533 BC: The Great Samaritan conversion to YHWH monotheism. 533 BC: Ezra rejects Samaritans sincere offer to rebuilt Jerusalem ... by 150 BC 150 BC: All synagogue worship services in Greek: The Septuagint was the "KJV" of first century synagogues and churches 111 BC: John Hycranus 1st destroys Samaritan temple on Mt. ... is written at Zippori 160 AD: Birth of the Masoretic Text (MT) at Zippori with anti-Christian variants 200 AD: Mishnah is finished at Zippori 350 AD: Septuagint (LXX) codex Sinaiticus ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/septuagint.htm

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Bible Prophecy Fulfilled ... The Jews had mistakenly inferred the Gentiles must also be circumcised, but this kind of inference was common among first century Jewish and Christian thought. The Jerusalem conference was to determine one thing: Do the Gentiles ... God expected his silence to be obeyed by not adding new things he spoke nothing about in order for us to be saved. God told us what we need to do to be saved namely; faith, repentance, confession and water baptism (Mk 16:16; ... Instead God told us to repent and be baptized and he expected us to obey his silence by not adding a new requirement like circumcision. One additional point is that instrumental music in church worship is prohibited on exactly the same grounds as gentile circumcision. Both were commanded in the Old ... This may or not be a God arranged typology, but it is certainly a possibility to consider since God called pagan Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus the Great, "My servant", "My anointed", "My shepherd" (Jeremiah 25:9; 27:6; 43:10; Isaiah ... ... https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/welcome.htm

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Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church ... Unity cites references from the Christian Scriptures which show that the concept of reincarnation was common during Jesus' time. In the Gospels of Matthew and Mark , John the Baptist is referred to as the ... "New centers and churches are normally started as study groups sponsored by an existing ministry or the expansion department of the Association of Unity Churches. Both the Association and Unity School of ... Worship: It is not limited to Sunday church services. Worship can be pursued at any time and location when one feels adoration and devotion for God. Ideally, it can be experienced continually through the day. Baptism: Within Christendom, some faith groups follow the tradition started by John the Baptist; they totally immerse the body in water. Others regard baptism as ... The individual emerges purified, having experienced a religious conversion of great intensity. Communion: There has been much controversy over the meaning, details, and purpose of the rite of Holy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

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Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... ... corporation." (The Manual, Ordination of ministers section, Christian Missionary Alliance church) Article #5: They correctly teach eternal conscious torment in hell as the punishment of the ... Thereafter forgiveness is granted to the child of God, by repentance and prayer. Click to View See interactive study on baptism. Article #7: They teach the false doctrine known in some theological circles as "entire sanctification". This is where the Christian, after being saved, is worked on directly by the Holy Spirit to be both purify and make sinless in walk of life. "each believer should be ... in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion" (Christian Missionary Alliance Statement of Faith, Article 7) This strange and modern doctrine is peculiar to a small number of denominations. ... Article #9: correctly speaks of the relationship of the local church with one another and Christ. "The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God". ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

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What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ... year 1562," says Hetherington, "a meeting of the Convocation was held, in which the subject of further reformation was vigorously discussed on both sides. [Here is one alteration that was proposed] That the use of organs be laid aside. ... Clement of Alexandria severely condemns the use of instruments even at Christian banquets. St. Chrysostum sharply contrasts the customs of the Christians when they had full freedom with those of the Jews of the Old Testament." ... CATHOLIC "We need not shrink from admitting that candles, like incense and lustral water, were commonly employed in pagan worship and the rites paid to the dead. But the Church, from a very early period, took them into her service, just as she adopted many other things indifferent in ... and appointment," and that their vestments, liturgical services, use of mechanical instruments, infant baptism, sprinkling, "signing with the cross in baptism," etc., are warranted by Scripture." ... "It may be interesting to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-music.htm

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The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) Bible manuscript: Oldest and only ... ... Gerizim against both the Septuagint (LXX) and the Masoretic Text (MT). See: Deut 27:4: Joshua's Altar on Mt. Gerizim. It was inevitable that the hated "pagan half-Jews" who rejected David, Jerusalem and the prophets would be universally ... An important specific example of making "Harmonising Additions" is seen in the content and organization of the 10 commandments in both Exodus 20 and Deut 5. In Exodus 20:13-23, the Samaritan Pentateuch copies 5 different chunks of text from ... After 70 AD Temple worship went irrevocably extinct and all the Jews were left with was synagogue worship, which is a mirror image of the Christian church in work, worship and function. For 2000 years the Jews have been worshipping in Synagogues for which there is ... The New testament records large numbers of Samaritans converting to Jesus in John 4 and Acts 8. As of 1 January 2017, there are only 796 Samaritans living in the world who are lost without any hope except mass conversion to Jesus Christ as ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Samaritan-Pentateuch-SP-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Paleo-Hebrew-1362AD.htm

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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? ... The promise of the Holy Spirit was the same as the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5, 8) and was the power they were to receive (Acts 1:8). They received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost and ... "She is not the child of the Bible, as many non-Catholics imagine, but its mother. She derives neither her existence nor her teaching authority from the New Testament. She had both before the New Testament was born: she secured her being, her teaching, her authority directly from Jesus Christ." (The Faith of Millions, p. 146). "In other words, the church in her worship and religious ... Their responsibility, as today, was to follow the commandments given by those who were guided by the Holy Spirit. In all the accounts of conversion in the book of Acts, it is revealed that the Word of ... This shows conclusively that the church is not infallible. The relationship that the church sustains to Christ is the same as that of the individual Christian. As long as the individual abides in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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Durant, Will: The Story of Civilization From Egypt came the ideas of a divine trinity." ("Will Durant", quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower booklet) "Christianity was to him a means, but not an end... While ... Notice all the thinks he says the Apostles and early Christians borrowed from the pagans in addition to trinity! Yet both Jw's and UPCI (modalists) use him as proof that trinity is pagan! (Its the ... "Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. The Greek mind, dying, came to a transmigrated life in the theology and liturgy of the Church; the Greek language, having reigned for centuries over philosophy, became the vehicle of Christian literature and ritual; the Greek mysteries passed down into the impressive mystery of the Mass. Other pagan cultures contributed to the syncretist result. ... From Phrygia came the worship of the Great Mother; from Syria the resurrection drama of Adonis; from Thrace, perhaps, the cult of Dionysus, the dying and saving god. From Persia came ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Durant.htm

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Newman, John Henry: Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ... For instance, the doctrine of a Trinity is found both in the East and in the West; so is the ceremony of washing; so is the rite of sacrifice. The doctrine of the Divine Word is Platonic; the doctrine of the Incarnation is ... chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church." (Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, John Henry Newman, a cardinal by Pope Leo III in 1879, 1878, p351-353) Almost all of these things the Catholics borrowed not from the pagans, but the Jews! ... "Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil, and to transmute the very instruments and appendages of demon worship to an evangelical use, and feeling also that these usages had originally come ... Ideas and their developments are commonly not identical, the development being but the carrying out of the idea into its consequences. Thus the doctrine of Penance may be called a development of the doctrine of Baptism, yet ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Newman.htm

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Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ... ... In these new fellowships, there is to be no discipline, no baptism, no communion, and no authority apart from Family Radio's interpretation of the Bible. Mr. Camping rejects 1 Corinthians 11:26, which says that we are to proclaim the Lord's death until he comes through the weekly observance of the Lord's Supper. 7. Harold Camping may not be the Watchtower ... Despite the differences, both are heretical and schismatic, tearing apart Christ's church. 8. Like the Jehovah's Witnesses, Mr. Camping accuses anyone who disagrees with him of not really believing the Bible. He accuses them of making an idol of their ... of our pouring upon him at a time just before his Rapture. Camping, although originally a Christian Reform church minister in 1958, has long abandoned the reform tradition in favor of his own ... month). [www.bible.ca comment: Again Camping ignores the enormous complexities of calendar conversion... he probably used some one line calendar conversion on the same website he can convert ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-harold-camping-2011-official-end-of-the-world-time-rapture-chart-numerology-date-setter-may-21-2011.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... For Roman Catholics and Orthodox to believe in "real presence", is as logical as the idea that water of baptism turns into literal blood! B. Catholics and Orthodox misrepresent history: 1. ... "The early centuries were not exercised with a "moment" of consecration, for they had not become concerned with a conversion in the elements." (Early Christians Speak, Everett Ferguson, 1981, p ... "In the early Church, before 200AD, both Gnostics and the church took the same symbolic view of the bread and juice. Some Gnostics refused to eat the Lord's Supper altogether. Transubstantiation was not an issue that ... foreshadowed and proclaimed in all the types and declarations of Scripture." (Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, book 4, ch 21, quoting Cyprian) The same situation prevails in the writings of ... For example, Seventh-day Adventists convert all kinds of Catholics to Saturday worship because Catholics mistakenly call Sunday the Sabbath. The Adventist correctly points out that the 7th day ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm

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