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Sola Scriptura: All-sufficient: The Bible alone is a blueprint ... ... and draw from it whatever conclusion he desires" (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 117) Scripture is likened unto seed in many places. When a seed falls to the ground, it is detached from tradition. It is a whole new plant, growing by the word. No Orthodox Christian would deny that Paul's affirmation of the inspiration of the Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16) applies to the New Testament by extension. However, at the time Paul wrote to Timothy-and for almost three centuries thereafter-there was no official New Testament canon. Indeed, at that point, not all of the books of the New Testament had even been written. If Paul were asserting ... Paul is referring here to the court magicians of Pharaoh. (Ex. 7:11-12). Notice, however, that the Book of Exodus does not provide the name of the magicians. Where, then, does Paul get the names Jannes and Jambres? From Jewish tradition. In the very same chapter in which Paul extols the value of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-all-sufficient-blueprint.htm

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Gospel Meetings: The Edification vs. The Evangelistic types Chances are very slim that they will respond to any form of paid media advertising or even just drop-in. Today, the only way we will get any non-Christian visitors to attend our meetings is through a personal invitation extended by a member of the church. Ask yourself this question: When was the last time we had one non-Christian visitor from outside the church to attend our meeting? Sure, you had an unbelieving spouse, but that doesn't count. We're talking about true outsiders. The clincher comes when we ... The best example of this kind of meeting is what we call a lectureship. Subjects are meaty and designed to address the needs of mature Christians. The book of Romans or The Work of the Holy Spirit are typical choices. We, therefore, never ... Gospel meeting time is again approaching. The first thing the church needs to do is to choose which kind of meeting to prepare for. Both are worthwhile. Then, follow through with the right decisions to ensure that an edification meeting truly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-gospel-meet-2-types.htm

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mormon church The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Why people convert to Mormonism in the first place (The "Hook" of Mormonism) "And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding ... When Mormons go fishing for men they know that the single greatest barrier to conversion is the prospect's acceptance of the book of Mormon as inspired. So they give you a copy of the book and ask you ... Asking a potential new convert to pray to God to reveal to them feelings of confirmation that the B of M is true is a "a form of positive hypnosis". This is merely the old Holiness position of the ... God never uses feelings to confirm truth! Faith comes by reading Bible: Rom 10:17 C. Mormons are held in their faith, not by objective scripture, but by internal feelings that they have confused for ... The Bible doesn't contain the governmental pattern of organization currently used by Mormon church "many plain & precious things taken away from the Bible, I trust B of M more than Bible" 1 Ne 13:26 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-convert-mormons.htm

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3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath Support is found in these Bible passages: Joel 2:28,29: Acts 2:14-21: Hebrews 1:1-3: Revelation 12:17: Revelation 19:10" Don't believe it? Check it out: Official SDA Creed Discussion: So you can see that SDA's must vow to follow the official "27 Fundamental beliefs" of their church. One ... The Christian Connextion Church was part of the Christian Church (Stone/Campbell movement), but had their own ideas regarding the Trinity and the state of the dead. I had an old 1870s book which I can't find in my library right now that put their memebership around 100,000. Joseph Bates grew up in the New Bedford Mass area (Fairhaven), b. 1792 Rochester, Mass. He was near the end of his sea-going days when he got ... coming of Jesus Christ; hence, the name "Adventist." The word "Adventist" used alone here without a qualifier, refers to all Millerites, including those who would form the Evangelical Adventist Church (now defunct), The Advent Christian Church and the Church of God (Abrahamic Faith). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-White-halo.htm

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The real reasons why Watchtower organization FEARS the INTERNET Bible ALONE: 1910 "If the 6 volumes of 'Scripture Studies' are practically the Bible topically arranged, with Bible proof-texts given, we might not improperly name the volumes- 'The Bible' in an arranged form. ... Hence, besides individually possessing God's Word, we need a theocratic organization. Yes, besides having God's spirit of illumination, a Christian needs Jehovah's theocratic organization in order to understand the Bible. (Watchtower; June 15, 1951; p. 375) 1957 "The world is full of Bibles, which Book contains the commandments of God. Why, then, do the people not ... matters but also to give bad advice, spread gossip and false information, plant negative ideas, raise questions and doubts that subvert the faith of some, and disseminate private interpretations of Scripture. ... Pr 22: 20,21; Such often - frivolous messages are not the kind of healthful words that Paul had in mind when he wrote to Timothy, saying: "Keep holding 'the pattern of healthful words' that you heard from me ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-internet.htm

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Recensional history of the Six Bible Manuscripts of the Old Testament Recensional history of the Six Bible Manuscripts of the Old Testament Mosaic | Naiothic | Samaritan Pentateuch | Quattuordecim | Septuagint | Masoretic "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) ... Six Manuscripts of the Old Testament Name Date Authors Place Content Language Mosaic (ST) 1446 BC Moses Sinai Book of the Law, Torah Hieroglyphic Hebrew Naiothic (SN) 1050 BC Samuel Naioth, Ramah ... may be an ancient parent copy like the "Proto-Masoretic" text.) Proto-Theodotionic/KR (of the Old Greek or proto-Lucian?) at the beginning of the Christian era to conform to the proto-Masoretic text. ... The Babylonian text developed in the Jewish community that remained in Babylon after the return of Ezra. This form of text was probably introduced into Palestine in the second century b.c. and became ... Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-Manuscript-Recessional-Transmission-history-Old-Testament-Mosaic-Naiothic-Samaritan-Pentateuch-Quattuordecim-Septuagint-Masoretic.htm

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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed Jehovah's Witnesses are modern Arians The Christology of Jehovah's Witnesses, also, is a form of Arianism; they regard Arius as a forerunner of Charles Taze Russell, the founder of their movement. ... Arianism did not exist before the 4th century, but was a development of doctrine, just like Creedal Trinity Arianism, a Christian heresy first proposed early in the 4th century by the Alexandrian ... We now move to the East, where the debate became a great controversy. It lasted sixty years, involved the entire eastern church, the western church in part, and occupied the attention of eleven ... Arians willingly recited these affirmations but read into them their own meaning. To preclude this Arian abuse of the Scripture affirmations Nicea transposed these Biblical affirmations into ... The Church was, therefore, prepared to clamber out of the former incompleteness of its doctrine of the divinity of Christ and to follow Modalism, in so far as this was compatible with its essential ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!! Dominic in 1208 AD. Catholics believe that Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1208 AD, at the church of Prouille and revealed the Rosary Beads to him. From this time, Catholics prayed 15 sets of 10 ... The earliest reference to a rosary (boberkhas) is in their "Jain Canon" (456 AD) These boberkhas had various numbers of beads 6,9,12,18,36 (any sub-multiple of 108) Islam (610 AD) uses a rosary of 99 beads, one for each of the names of God. Buddhists have 108 prayer beads on the string. The Rosary is of pagan origin and no Christian prior to 1000 AD used beads to pray. Question #1: Did Jesus ... Question #2: Did Paul write the book of Ephesians to dead saints? Answer: Ephesians 1:1 o YES NO o "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are ... "Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they spoke to Jesus about her." Mark 1:30 Question #2: Did Paul say all the apostles including Peter had a right to be married? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-overview-false-teaching.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... ... Notice #28 says Sunday is of pagan origin and #29 says the Sabbath The Twelve Disciples Derived From Zodiac: p25 The 27 books of the New Testament Canon is invalid: p37 The name Mary is of pagan origin: p41 The virgin birth is of pagan origin: ... p209,210-211 Jewish Sabbath and the Sunday Lord's Day both of pagan origin: p136, p209,210-211 Conclusion of entire book: Almost all of Christianity is of pagan origin! p242 A. Fuller texts of The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall ... Arthur Weigall, 1928, p136) #29: Jewish Sabbath and the Sunday Lord's Day both of pagan origin: "In the early Christian Church there were no festivals, holy days, or Sabbaths" ... "I have, already mentioned that Sunday, too, was a pagan holy-day; ... B. Look at what these same authorities say about the origin of the Sabbath: "The origin of the Sabbath is uncertain, but it is apparently connected with the Babylonian 'shapattu', the 15th day of the month, on which the full moon occurs, and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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Ralph P. Martin: The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians ... Thus 'among you' (en hymin) does not imply the inculcation of personal virtue based on a moral example, but means 'in your church fellowship', so sorely harassed by strife and plagued by arrogance. Paul, by the citation of the hymn to ... Is it a call to follow in Jesus' steps by taking the pattern of these verses as example, or to respond to life 'in Christ' as those who have entered the community of salvation by obedience to the incarnate, obedient and, now exalted Lord? The second option is followed in this ... This intention of the apostle leads on directly to the Christological section. 6. The following notes try to give the meaning of the words in the text. See the Additional Note (pp. 110-114) for a consideration of the form, style and ... of the problems and solutions of these verses is attempted by the author in the Tyndale Lecture, An Early Christian Confession: Philippians ii. 5-11 in recent interpretation (Tyndale, 196o), and further in Carmen Christi: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Martin.htm

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Using "Wisdom Towards Outsiders" Using "Wisdom Towards Outsiders" Click to View An Exegeses of Colossians 4:5-6 God's word is so amazing! In just one scripture God has revealed many truths to help us reach the lost. "Conduct yourself with wisdom toward outsiders ... Is she attempting to walk in his teachings? Does she realize the need to make changes in her life? Does she attend church? What is her level of commitment? Does she want to make the decision to follow Jesus? What is keeping her from making the decision? Usually, external and/or internal forces become the ... Internal forces may include things such as the cost in time to serve Jesus or the need to remove an existing sin. You must learn to identify her single greatest point of resistance to becoming a Christian. Knowing this will help ... You cannot assume their responsibility to grow and do what is right. I often assign homework in the form of daily Bible readings because it helps me assess the outsider's desire, abilities, and stage of growth. Most of the time ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-wisdom-outsiders.htm

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Largest Audio/Video library of Pentecostal Manifestation Heresy ... Now I get drunk and ramble and God offends people to reveal their hearts." John Scotland The speaker for the evening (8-1-97) was John Scotland at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship TACF, who ... When he tried to read the Scripture he would stop and make cackling chicken sounds. In fact, each time he tried to read the Bible strange sounds proceeded from his mouth, which the audience loved. Scotland calls this manifestation from the Holy Spirit "a wake-up call". We agree!!! It is a wake-up call for these Pentecostals to come to their senses and start attending a true Bible believing church! ... Yet Zecharius was praised for being a legalist: "careful to carry out God's laws in spirit and letter." To some Pentecostals, being anti-legalistic means that they can throw out the need to follow the ... She says speaking for God, Stacy prophesied: "He wishes that all His people were prophets". But this contradicts: 1 Corinthians 12:29 "All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-audio-video-documentation.htm

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Holy Spirit in the New Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit in the churches and has done great damage by falsely differentiating the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a special class of miraculous endowment limited to the apostles, when it really applies to any Christian who has any of the 9 supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit. b. The false doctrine of the "measures of the Holy Spirit" is also the foundation upon which the false personal non-miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit rests. c. This notion of limiting the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" to the apostles ONLY was a false theology developed last century to refute modern day Pentecostals and Charismatics who claim to have miraculous power of the Holy Spirit like the first century church. ... Quote 1 Cor 13:8-13 that explicitly says that tongues ceased when the revelation of God was complete in the final canon of the 27 book of the New Testament: i. "Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-New-Testament.htm

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Biblical Age of the Earth is under 10,000 years old Emperor Tiberias. c) Follow same line of reasoning in American history, who can say George Washington, Abraham Lincoln real, not metaphorical personifications of American political and social ideals? ... scripture. I. BEFORE THE CREATION WEEK? A. Called: The Gap Theory (gap between Gen.1:1 and Gen.1:2 (Ruin and Reconstruction; Ruination/Re-Creation; Pre-Adamic Cataclysm; Restitution; etc.) 1. Popularized by Harry Rimmer, THE SCOFFIELD BIBLE, Robert Milligan (THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION), Arthur Custance (WITHOUT FORM AND VOID). 2. Proof texts: Ez.28:12-17; Isa.14:12-14; 45:18; Jer.4:23-26 3. Claim "was" should be translated "became" in Gen.1:1. a) No known translation says "became." b) Poll of 20 Hebrew scholars regarding "gap;" "NO." (Modern Science And Christian Faith p.49) c) Hebrew scholar W. ... b) Marcus Dods, evolutionist and Hebrew scholar: "If the word 'day' in this chapter does not mean the period of 24 hours, the interpretation of Scripture is hopeless." THE BOOK OF GENESIS, p.4. c) Cf. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-bible.htm

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How the Koran and Muslims view of Jesus Christ Also visit our Islam debunked website: Islam: Truth or Myth: start page Click to View "Muslims simply cannot follow, as the Jews thus far have likewise failed to grasp, the idea of the Trinity" (as quoted ... of Man, p 183-84, quoted by Ulfat 'Aziz as-Samed, Peshaver University, Muslim, "A Comparative Study of Christianity and Islam", The Source of Christian Creeds, 1976, Pakistan, Quoted by Muslims) Note: Not even Reade questions that Jesus died on the cross. Muslims Reject the Trinity and the Deity of Christ "O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. ... Conclusion The Church recognizes the Bible as the primary source of knowledge about God and Jesus. But since the Bible makes it clear that Jesus is not the Supreme Being and the Supreme Being is not Jesus, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Koran.htm

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Sinai Text (SN): Moses, Sinai, 1446 BC Torah: Gen - Deut "Sinai Text" (SN) Genesis | Exodus |Lev | Num | Deut Moses: 1446 BC Hieroglyphic Hebrew Autograph copy ""Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) Steve Rudd 1017 See also: 1. 6 Old Testament Manuscripts 2. Origin of the 4 Hebrew scripts used by Jews and in the bible 3. Book of Law in Hieroglyphic Hebrew alphabet script Introduction: 1. The Sinai Text (ST) is the original autograph copy of the Torah (Gen-Deut) ... Moses wrote about the details of the tabernacle: "Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen." (Acts 7:44) 3. Jesus and the apostles used the Torah which Moses wrote, to prove Jesus was the messiah: ... Ezra's Text (XIV) 282 BC Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Sinai-Text-ST-Moses-Bible-Torah-autograph-manuscripts-Hieroglyphic-Hebrew-1446BC.htm

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Holy Spirit Comforter passages of John 14-15-16 I. In AD 26 John promised the baptism of the Holy Spirit to his entire general audience: Mt 3:11 1. "He Himself will baptize YOU with the Holy Spirit and fire." 2. Not every Christian will be baptized ... Notice Joel's prophecy included their sons and daughters, both men and women. 5. Obviously, there is no way to limit the fulfillment of Joel 2 to the apostles only since there were no children or women present who had the supernatural power Joel prophesied. III. In AD 33 Jesus promised the miraculous Holy Spirit to anyone who believes: Jn 7:38-39 1. "He who BELIEVES IN ME, as the Scripture said, ... apostles and non-apostle Christians was not in the miraculous power each possessed, but the authority of the apostles over the church. a. Only the apostles had the ability to impart Spiritual gifts b. ... Quote 1 Cor 13:8-13 as scriptural proof that prophecy, tongues would cease upon the completion of the scriptural canon: "Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Comforter-helper-advocate-passages-of-John14-15-16.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Book of Susanna: 100 BC Court ... So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide ... into that book, and this may explain why it was rejected from the Hebrew canon. Some scholars have also noted that the villains of the story were elders, a feature that would surely have been unpopular with the elders who fixed the canon." (ISBE, Susanna, Vol 4, p669) 2. Date for Susanna: 100 BC a. "The terminus ad quem is, as scholars from Bludau to Plöger all agree, the date of the Greek translation of the LXX of Daniel, which, while uncertain, was probably some time around 100 b.c. (see below). Scholars who follow Brüll's ... 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Susanna-apocryphal-judgment-court-trial-100bc.htm

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Official Declaration of beliefs of the church of God, International ... ... The family is the basic unit of human relationship and as such is foundational to both society and the church (Genesis 2:18-24). The divine origin of the family, along with its foundational character, makes it imperative that we give priority to ministry to the family, both from a personal and corporate standpoint. The practice of Christian disciplines and virtues should begin in the home (Deuteronomy 6:6, 7). Therefore, our families should establish some pattern for family devotions and should endeavor to provide a Christian environment in the home (I ... Sexual involvement, either before marriage or with someone other than the marriage partner, is strictly forbidden in Scripture (Exodus 20:14; 1 Corinthians 6:15-18). Understanding the sanctity of marriage, partners ... Therefore, a Christian must totally abstain from all alcoholic beverages and other habit-forming and mood-altering chemical substances and refrain from the use of tobacco in any form, marijuana and all other addictive ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-church-of-God-international-cleveland-TN.htm

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Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? ... Other specific instruction, or examples, are recorded in Acts 16:25, Romans 15:9, Heb. 2:12, I Cor. 14:15, and James 5:13. Nowhere has God condemned the use of mechanical instruments of music in Christian worship, but nowhere has He commanded their use. When God specifies His wishes, things ... This 'lesson examines the argument which claims that there can be no objection to the use of instruments of music in worship because they were used to summons worshippers to the Jewish services and the apostles went there to worship. Acts 2:46-47 shows that the apostles and their converts met daily in the temple. The times spoken of in this scripture were good times for the early church. The converts had the ... In the New Testament, neither of these words imply the use of instruments according to the bulk of Greek language lexicographic authorities. Listen to Tape # 312, Part III of this series to learn how languages evolve and how the meanings of words change with time, locality, and application. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-instrumental-music.htm

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Scientology is Neo-Gnosticism: Paying to learn secret knowledge ... A religion where you pay to learn secret knowledge that saves you!!! This article will contain material which was written by early Church Fathers to refute the Gnostics; Scientology critics will recognize many of the expressions and methods used. The following introductory quote is, however, from Wakefield's book "The Road to Xenu", chapter 10, electronic version. "Once again, I ... In his treatise "Against the Valentinians" (written c:a 207 a.D - Jeff Jacobsen's statement about "Valentinus writing c:a 300 a.D" is clearly a mistake) Tertullian, an early Christian apologist, describes ... By the help of sacred names and titles and arguments of true religion, they have fabricated the vainest and foulest figment for men's pliant liking, out of the affluent suggestions of Holy Scripture, since ... Now if we, on our parts, be accounted foolish because we are simple, does it then follow that they are not simple because they are wise? Compare this to Hubbard's remarks about a (suppressive) person who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-gnostic-roots.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... A cluster of anonymous leaders published a volume called Seventh-day Adventists Answer Questions on Doctrine (commonly known as Questions on Doctrine). The book was designed to convince the visiting friends that Ellen White was not the patron saint of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; that her writings were not on a level with the writings of the Canon; that her inspiration was not as that of the writers of the Canon; and that the church did not hold her as the interpreter of the Scriptures but ... In any case, the Seventh-day Adventist Church stood naked and alone before the world-as a cult-believing that salvation is hardly possible and that Scripture is indeed impossible as a guide to Christ and the Gospel except through Ellen. A movement ... With Sabbath keeping believers numbering fewer than three thousand, the issuance of this work was a courageous publishing venture. Volume 2 in 1860 presented the Christian experience and views of Ellen White. This was followed in 1864 by Spiritual ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH4-gone-forgotten.htm

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Objections to baptism being essential to salvation REFUTED! ... I have another objection! 2. Feedback form: To explain why you disagree! Click here 3. I am done here, take to the MAIN MENU . . We are saved by faith only or grace only: Rom 5:1; Eph 2:8 1. We are not saved by grace alone. Not all men will ... Both are said to be for salvation. Lk 13:3; Rom 10:9-10 5. Actually there are 12 different things that are said to save us in scripture, beware of the "Onlys" Teaching Church Description God only Unitarian Universal salvation for every creature, no hell Grace & faith only ... For if so, why did he baptize Gains, and Crispus, and the house of Stephanas? However, even if Christ had not sent him to baptize, yet He had given other apostles the precept to baptize. But these words were written to the Corinthians in ... In the context of this passage the Corinthian church was full of division and they need to become one again. Some were claiming to follow Paul, some Cephas, some Apollos and some were following Christ (1 Corinthians 1:12-13). The context ... ... https://www.bible.ca/baptism-objections-refuted.htm

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100 Sabbath keeper stumper questions. 6. Why is there no example of exclusively Christians coming together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer meeting after the resurrection of Christ? 7. Why is there no command in the New ... was a sign between God and the "Children of Israel" instead of clarifying that it should be kept by all people of all nations for all time? 12. Why is the Sabbath never mentioned in the Book of Job? ... law/restriction given by Moses? 13. If breaking the Sabbath was punishable by death in the Old Testament (Exodus 31:14 & 35:2), why is it not condemned in any way, shape, or form in the New Testament? ... 11 lists a whole hoard of various meats that were forbidden to the Israelites? 15. If we must follow the example of Jesus in all things like keeping the Sabbath, then why do Sabbatarians not follow ... try again tomorrow? 69. Why do you refuse to accept that Col 2:16 contains the Old Testament pattern of referring to the Jewish holy says in a yearly, monthly, weekly sequence as in 1 Chronicles ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-questions.htm

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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit Witness of the resurrected Christ: Acts 1:22; 4:33; 22:15; 23:11; 26:16 b. Establish the church of Christ: Eph 2:19-21; 1 Cor 12:28; Rev 21:14 4. Also called an "ambassador" (Lit: to be elder, eldest) : ... Perhaps only apostles could have more than one of the 9 gifts listed in 1 Cor 12. C. Summary of qualifications of an apostle: Qualities & functions The 12 Apostles Apostle Paul Non-Apostles Baptism of HS YES Acts 2:1-4 YES Acts 19:12 YES Philip & Cornelius Promised Comforter of Jn 14-16 YES YES YES Inspiration, & Revelation Jn 14:26; 16:12-13 Book of Gal Luke & Jude Direct Eyewitnesses ... F. When James was killed there is no mention of finding his successor: (silence of scripture) G. Paul was an apostle "born out of due season": 1 Cor 15:8 Why if apostles today? H. Evidence that the ... Quote 1 Cor 13:8-13 as scriptural proof that prophecy, tongues would cease upon the completion of the scriptural canon: i. "Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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The Vulgate: Jerome's Latin Translation of the Hebrew Masoretic ... The church of Cirta was less successful, losing most of its library when, in May of 303, thirty-four biblical manuscripts of varying sizes were seized by the proconsul, including one very large ... text for anti-Christian purposes was complete. 2. Jerome's translation of Isa 7:14: a. There are Dead Sea scrolls that validate the modern Masoretic text translation of Isa 7:14 so Jerome's translation, like the original Septuagint in 282 BC chose to translate it VIRGIN. After all, if the Jews in 282 BC translated it virgin, it could not be wrong for Jerome to follow the 700 year old ... The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible Manuscripts 1446 BC Sinai Text (ST) 1050 BC Samuel's Text (SNT) 623 BC Samaritan (SP) 458 BC Ezra's Text (XIV) 282 BC Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Vulgate-Latin-translation-Jerome-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-creation-4114BC-age-earth-384AD.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Mark 2:7 ... Forgiveness of sins is one of the major benefits of the death of Jesus. It is the essence of the New Covenant (cf. Matt. 26:28; Jer. 31:31-34). Proclaiming the forgiveness of sins was the prominent feature of the apostolic preaching in the Book of Acts. Jesus was giving the apostles (and by extension, the church) the privilege of announcing heaven's terms on how a person can receive forgiveness. If one believes in Jesus, then a Christian has the right to announce his forgiveness. If a person rejects Jesus' sacrifice, then a Christian can announce that that person is not forgiven. (Bible ... W. E. Vine aphieµmi (ajfivhmi , (863)), to send away (akin to A, No. 1), is translated to remit in John 20:23 (twice), A.V. (R.V., to forgive). Scripture makes clear that the Lord's words could not have been intended to bestow the exercise of absolution, which Scripture declares is the prerogative of God alone. There is no instance in the N.T. of this act on the part of the Apostles. The words are ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-mark2-7.htm

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The weekly Sabbath is abolished, being nailed to the cross! Both were nailed to the cross: Col 2:14-16. Click to View Stunning new documentary book exposes Sabbath keepers as frauds and hypocrites Sabbathgate 1888 Click to View The Sabbath is an Old Testament ... Click to View The first time any Jewish holy day is mentioned in scripture, it always lacks the definite article (a Sabbath). This powerful argument proves that the weekly Sabbath did not exist before Ex 16:23. What makes it irrefutable, is the fact that every Jewish Holy Day follows this same pattern! Click to View Adventist's use this false 3 part argument to prove the Adam kept the Sabbath: 1. ... Click to View Adventists teach the MARK OF THE BEAST is the act of worshipping Jesus on Sunday! With the liberalizing and modernizing of the Adventist church, recent converts are either unaware, or ... The uninspired witness of early Christians is unanimous in calling the first day, not the Sabbath, the Lord's Day. Click to View Sabbatarians falsely teach that Christian would be keeping the Sabbath ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Jews being sawn in two in Hebrews 11:37 came ... False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove oral extra-scriptural church tradition are refuted. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition ... Refutation of the false Catholic & Orthodox tradition argument: "Jews being sawn in two in Hebrews 11:37 came from tradition not scripture." Introduction: The Hebrew writer got the story directly from ... The Ascension of Isaiah was composed well after the New Testament was written. There are many examples of New Testament doctrines and ideas throughout the book. The Ascension of Isaiah is not oral ... Notice the following quotes from the Ascension of Isaiah and prove to yourself it is worthless as oral tradition that pre-dates the New Testament: Crucifixion and the twelve apostles: "the children of ... Will persecute the plant which the Twelve Apostles of the Beloved have planted. Of the Twelve one will be delivered into his hands. This ruler in the form of that king will come and there will come ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-sawn-in-two-hebrews-11-37.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Kitten ... ... Over the next few months, she fell in love with this professor and started sending him long love notes. She told many of the ladies in the church that, "She wanted to have his baby", but was a model of morality since she had been tempted and not sinned! She used herself as an example for them to follow on how to be an upstanding Christian resisting sexual temptation! She continued to try to solve the secret code (KP342XCX) and document oddities in this ... Of course he never did say "scuba" that night, but a few days later she found an old school essay in a box of memorabilia that he wrote on scuba diving, and proclaimed that indeed God answered her prayer and "Now I know I am an astronaut for NASA." This pattern of ... An ambulance was called and she finally ended up in the mental ward of the local hospital for 10 days. The authorities were never told about Debbie threatening to kill her husband with a knife because her family loved her and wanted her to get better. Predictably, as ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-kitten.htm

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Freewill Weekly Collections for Benevolence In Synagogues: First ... ... Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach; for some have already turned aside to follow Satan. If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist ... Many churches have church owned manses. 3. Its ok for the church to have storage buildings for scripture, books, bible libraries but its not ok to start a public "U-Store It" business. Most churches have libraries and storage rooms. 4. Its ok ... Most churches have a fridge to store the Lord's supper elements. 7. Its ok for money from the church treasury to be given to for occasional "one time needs" of any Christian anywhere, but it never ok to give a single dollar to any non-Christian from the church ... A small "poorer" church sending money to a larger "richer" church is directly opposite to the New Testament pattern, without scriptural authority and always wrong regardless of the "greater good" being done. 11. Its ok for a local church to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Freewill-Weekly-Collection-ancient-Synagogue-money-Benevolence-First-fruit-gold-Jerusalem-widow-orphan-Jews-Christians-only-Church-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Stele, inscriptions, manuscripts, scrolls, codex, New Testament ... ... Dating to 50 BC, this is a Greek (Septuagint) translation of the 12 minor prophets by Jews before Christ was born. This proves that the Entire Old Testament (Tanakh) was translated into Greek before the Christian Era. The ... Jewish Expectation of the Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Mt 2:23 Two different scrolls, Testimonia and Florilegium quote messianic Old Testament scripture in the fever of messianic expectation at the time of Christ. Psalms ... This proves the first century singing style including the church, was responsive. Lamentations scroll Dating to 30 BC, this is the oldest extant copy of the book of Lamentations on earth that documents the feelings of the Jews in the aftermath of the Babylonian Captivity of 587 BC Beatitudes Dead Sea Scroll: 4Q525 ... Like saying, "knock, knock" or "Roses are Red..." today, everyone sitting on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee was familiar with the format and listened curiously to the Nazarene's own variation on the poetic form. Jesus ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/welcome.htm

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Why Be Baptized? The question before us is what was and is the action of that baptism commanded by Christ and his apostles. The Bible clearly describes the action of Christian baptism as a burial in water, for baptism is a likeness to the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. We are not saved by our ... For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." Here the Bible clearly describes the baptism which was taught and practiced in the early church and which puts one ... And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the enuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing". From these verses of scripture we find that baptism requires "much water" and a ... At verse 37, Philip said, "If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest". And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God". In Chapter 2 of the book of Acts, the Apostle Peter for the first time in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-why-be-baptized.htm

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Have Crucified Jesus today by your actions? One finding is a graffito1 dating to shortly after 200 A.D., taken from the walls of the Roman Palatine. It is a drawing of a crucified ass; a mockery of a Christian prisoner who worships Christ. The Romans were no doubt amused that ... As it was not very common to affix a titlos (superscription, loanword from the Lat. titulus), it does not necessarily follow that the cross had the form of a crux immissa. There were two possible ways of erecting the stauros. The condemned man could be fastened to the ... If this interpretation is correct, and the excavators are strongly in favor of the Christian significance of symbol and furnishings, then here we have the example of an early house church. In 1945 a family tomb was discovered in Jerusalem by ... What is interesting is that a few months later, these same people who said to Pilate, "His blood be on us and on our children" changed their tune in Acts 5:27-28 "The high priest said, 'We gave you (Apostles) strict orders not to continue ... ... https://www.bible.ca/D-crucifyJesus.htm

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Theoretical Overview of correspondence course work For me, a correspondence course program stands or falls on the basis of getting one-on-one studies. To accomplish this, I begin by getting the student to make the least form of commitment merely sending in their name. As they progress through the course lesson by lesson, they become more comfortable with you. Up to ... Overseeing the Course You can conduct the course in two basic ways. The first is to let one individual be responsible for the whole program. (Advertising, grading, and follow-up.) The second is to involve the church in one or all of these three areas. I have worked extensively with both systems and am firmly convinced that, in most cases, it is far better to ... Then I place 2" by 5" enrollment cards in the pouch with the return address stamped on the back. (It is not necessary to pay the return postage on either the enrollment card or the subsequent lessons.) Lethbridge has two small campuses and we put up 40 posters on each. Laundromats, Bible book stores, supermarkets, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-bc-overview.htm

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Overview Of Correspondence Course Work For me, a correspondence course program stands or falls on the basis of getting one-on-one studies. To accomplish this, I begin by getting the student to make the least form of commitment merely sending in their name. As they progress through the course lesson by lesson, they become more comfortable with you. Up to ... Overseeing the Course You can conduct the course in two basic ways. The first is to let one individual be responsible for the whole program. (Advertising, grading, and follow-up.) The second is to involve the church in one or all of these three areas. I have worked extensively with both systems and am firmly convinced that, in most cases, it is far better to ... Then I place 2" by 5" enrollment cards in the pouch with the return address stamped on the back. (It is not necessary to pay the return postage on either the enrollment card or the subsequent lessons.) Lethbridge has two small campuses and we put up 40 posters on each. Laundromats, Bible book stores, supermarkets, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bcc/e-bc-overview.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Reincarnation, New Age May any one have the persuasion that he should abstain, lest, by chance, in his beef he eats some ancestor of his? But if a Christian promises the return of a man from a man, and the very actual Gaius [resurrected] from Gaius . . . they ... degree of wickedness; but we . . . do not find this at all in the divine Scripture" (Commentary on Matthew 11:16). 229 AD Origen "In this place [when Jesus said Elijah was come and referred to John the Baptist] it does not appear to me that by Elijah the soul is spoken of, lest I fall into the doctrine of transmigration ,which is foreign to the Church of God, and not handed down by the apostles, nor anywhere set forth in the Scriptures" ... "But if . . . the Greeks, who introduce the doctrine of ... Would it not have been better that they should be destroyed, together with their bodies, than thus to be condemned to pass into the bodies of other animals? Would it not be better not to exist at all than, after having had the form of a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-reincarnation.htm

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Testimony of H. F. Brown Ex-member after 80 years! ... As fast as I could I purchased Sister White's books and I read them very carefully and underscored the problems that I could not grasp - using the same Scripture for two different things or quoting it out of place. For instance, ... They quoted Brother Canright I had heard the name Canright, but it seemed to me that he was an extremely wicked man, leaving the Adventist church and opposing Mrs. White. It wasn't till years later that I read his book and that book brought me to the very part where I had to make some decision. These ... I borrowed that book and read it one nigh, read it all night and found some of the difficulties that had been proven time after tune by later authorities. I came to the decision, "What is this thing? Why haven't we been told. Why ... He was a godly Christian until his death. On meeting Elder Ballanger's daughter, Mrs. White, I told her what an honor it was to meet "Sister White." And her face showed embarrassment in having the same name as Sr.. White. But ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Elder-H-F-Brown-testimony.htm

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Mental Illness cures: (EDS-7) Etiological Diagnostic Snapsheet The etiology of most of our current problems is a choice we made some time in the past to engage in a pattern of behaviours. Etiological Diagnostic Snapsheet #1 (EDS-7.1) Quick Pick Category Circle ... Eccl 4:1; 7:7 Discover what personal benefit is derived from insanity. Super Spiritualism, Super-Christian Syndrome Excessive singing, praising, prayer, fasting, talking about Jesus, evangelism, Bible ... High self-esteem, Selfish, revenge, fame, attention, escape Call anyone and ask their help with your problem. Religious commitment I attend church every Sunday Click to View at this church: ... Click to View 2. Fun, entertainment, relief from boredom and monotony: EDS-7.4.2 a. Bizarre and strange behaviour choices serve as a relief from boredom and become a form of self-entertainment where ... I don't need your help. I will not take your psychiatric drugs." At this point, the schizophrenic can follow the example of the psychiatrist and diagnose the psychiatrist with anosognosia with great ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-EDS-7-etiological-diagnostic-snapsheet.htm

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Official creed of Assemblies of God The terms "Trinity" and "persons" as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, ... are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. ... The Assemblies of God exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this reason-for-being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. This experience: a. Enables them to ... There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-assemblies-of-god.htm

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15 Tips For Running A Successful Correspondence Course Program ... Choose study material that the members will actually teach from an outline or learn by heart, but it must be a personal presentation. The student must see the Christian using the Bible. The Jule Miller filmstrips are a quick and easy ... You might be surprised to have people drop in personally to the building to chat. The address should be "Bible Course, 123 street..." or "John Doe, 123 Street". Do not use "church of Christ, 123 street". Click to View 12. Offer 1 on ... There are some advantages to this but unless you are a computer buff, manual record keeping is far superior. I have used a computer for 10 years to generate personalized form letters which I include with their graded lesson. Here the computer shines. But for record keeping, it is much more time consuming. Remember that you will be doing phone follow-up. If all your records are on computer, you must have a phone beside the computer. Whereas if your records are in a book, you can take it with you and phone from anywhere. (A book ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bcc/e-15-mistakes.htm

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Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ... ... "Where the necessity of salvation is concerned all the faithful of Christ must be subject to the Roman Pontiff, as we are taught by Holy Scripture, the testimony of the holy fathers, and by that constitution of ... that the sacraments of the Church are helpful to salvation only for those remaining in it; and fasts, almsgiving, other works of piety, and the exercise of Christian warfare bear eternal rewards for them alone. ... See, and of the universal Church, and the same is confirmed by Holy Writ, you refuse to follow them; for, though your fathers were holy, do you think that their small number, in a corner of the remotest island, is to be preferred before the universal Church of Christ throughout the world? And if that Columba of yours (and, I may say, ours also, if he was Christ's servant), was a holy man and powerful in miracles, yet could he be preferred before the most blessed prince of the Apostles to whom Our Lord said 'Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-one-true-church.htm

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Archeology of Jewish Head Phylactery, Arm Tefillin, Door Mesusah ... ... for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, so that you may ... These small chucks of scripture are an ancient witness that verifies the Bible we read today is the same as it was 2000 years ago! b. These phylactery bible texts have been discovered at Qumran, Wadi Murabba'at and Nahal Se'elim. 4. See also: Detailed outline on Dead Sea Scrolls ancient Bible manuscripts 5. What you read in the book, you find in the ground! Trust your bible. It is God's infallible and inspired word that will judge every man at the return of Jesus! Why not attend a Bible believing church this Lord's Day and BRING YOUR BIBLE: Find a Bible blueprint church in your own home town: ... Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-manuscripts-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-head-Phylactery-arm-Tefillin-blue-tassels-garment-Mesusah-Jewish-doors-scripture-Rabbi-Jesus.htm

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The Personality & Deity of the Holy Spirit proven from the Bible ... ... In Acts 9:31 Christians were "walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit." The word, "Comfort" [parakleses] is the verb form of the noun parakletos. Click to View "Your Honor, I object!" Comforter, ... Acts 13:2 "the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them" 2 Pet 1:21 He guided men to write Scripture and speak from God. The words of the Bible itself were chosen by ... Eph 3:5 "He reveals the mystery of Christ." 1 Pet 1:11 "Spirit of Christ" in the prophets "testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow." 1 Cor 2:13 "words taught by the Spirit" 1 Ti 4:1 "The Spirit explicitly says" Acts 2:4 He gave the Apostles "utterance." E. The Holy Spirit assists us in ways ... Rev 22:17 "The Spirit and the Bride say come (invite)" 1 Cor 12:13 "He baptizes us into Christ." G. The Holy Spirit bears witness in a pattern that always involves a person: The "Holy Spirit" is said to speak ("The Holy ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personality-deity.htm

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15 Tips for running a successful correspondence course program ... Choose study material that the members will actually teach from an outline or learn by heart, but it must be a personal presentation. The student must see the Christian using the Bible. The Jule Miller filmstrips are a quick and easy ... You might be surprised to have people drop in personally to the building to chat. The address should be "Bible Course, 123 street..." or "John Doe, 123 Street". Do not use "church of Christ, 123 street". Click to View 12. Offer 1 on ... There are some advantages to this but unless you are a computer buff, manual record keeping is far superior. I have used a computer for 10 years to generate personalized form letters which I include with their graded lesson. Here the computer shines. But for record keeping, it is much more time consuming. Remember that you will be doing phone follow-up. If all your records are on computer, you must have a phone beside the computer. Whereas if your records are in a book, you can take it with you and phone from anywhere. (A book ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-15-mistakes.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... Targ. בית אולפנא 'house of instruction,' or school): but the philological basis of this interpretation is very insecure; for נָוֶה (of which נָוְיַת might be a fem. form) does not mean 'habitation' in general, but ... and Arthur Hunt in the city dump evidence the high level of literacy among the general population. a. 10% of the papyri were Greek fragments of almost every book of both the Old and new Testament and other important classical writings. b. ... This is powerful evidence that the first century world was as literate as we are today. C. The church is a school: 1. The same is true for the church. Every church is to be a school! a. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, ... Almost every major university today is correctly described as secular, atheist, liberal and anti-Christian, yet these institutions were started as Bible schools by various churches. b. Once a Bible school is endowed with self sustaining ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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Dunn, James D. G.: Christology in the Making, 2nd edition, 1989 ... late in the first century CE, when there would have been several decades during which Christian thinking in this area could have been directly influenced by pagan cults and myths." ... "Were ... He says, "too quick resort to the 'obvious' or 'plain' meaning actually becomes in some cases a resort to a form of bitheism or tritheism" We, find such a view ridiculous, and just a fancy way of ... He is placed in the difficult position of either saying that the apostles were confused about the specific details of the deity of Christ, or that they taught he was not divine, but were misunderstood ... Jw's, 3. logos-theology of Christadelphians, 4. Modalism of United Pentecostal church UPCI. We side with Dunn in his view that parallels don't automatically imply that one originated from the other. ... Of course such a claim is just as ridiculous as Dunn's view that Trinity is false doctrine. When anti-Trinitarians quote from Dunn to prove that trinity is not found in scripture, it is dishonest to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dunn.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion divinity of the Holy Spirit, but even earlier by the consistent worship of God in a trinitarian pattern and the practice of baptism into the threefold name of God.(The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea ... also does not contain any organization larger than the local church! (are you listening Brooklyn?)" Jw's use this quote to create a false dilemma: They think that this quote proves trinity wrong. ... Philosophy! Full texts: "TRINITY. Trinitarian doctrine touches on virtually every aspect of Christian faith, theology, and piety, including Christology and pneumatology, theological epistemology ... Thomas Aquinas admitted that while he saw no philosophical reason to deny the eternity of the world, the testimony of the Book of Genesis and his Christian faith constrained him to do so. In 1329 ... Seventh, trinitarian theology must be pursued within the context of the "God question" of every age, whether this question takes the form of existentialist atheism, secular humanism, or some other. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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Matthew Fontaine Maury "Pathfinder Of Sea" Psalms 8 ... Although largely forgotten outside his native Virginia, Maury endures in Bible-science literature as a credible scientist who took a literal view of Scripture. According to one common story, Maury's ... His inspiration, Holy Writ, Psalm 8:8; Ecclesiastes 1:6." A genius? No. Just a simple Bible-believing Christian who trusted the inerrancy of the Word of God. (Duane Gish, Days of Praise; Daily Bible Readings and Devotional Commentaries, January 2000) I found the monument [Ann Lamont incorrectly calls it a tombstone in her book] information here: Matthew Maury (1806-1873), On his tombstone [wrong: ... p. 127) Before leaving New York [In 1831] he had searched in every direction for reliable information as to the winds and currents to be encountered, and the best path for his vessel to follow. ... The Church, ere yet physical geography had attained to the dignity of a science in our schools, and even before man had endowed it with a name saw and appreciated its dignity, the virtue of its chief ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tracks/matthew-fontaine-maury-pathfinder-of-sea-ps8.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... impurities of demon worship transported to a far distant place." (Eusebius , The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine, book 3, ch 27) Constantine's Anti-Pagan stance as good as any "good" Old Testament King of Judah It is significant, for ... Some believe that it was an astute stroke of policy, designed to win the support of the Christians, or a wise act of statesmanship aimed at buttressing the decaying fabric of the empire with the strength of the Christian church. Neither view is very likely ... The emperor favored the inclusion of the word homoousios, as suggested to him by Hosius. The Alexandrian party then presented a carefully worked out statement, which they said was a revised form of the Creed of Caesarea, with certain steps taken to ... The stage was set for Arius. He saw in Scripture, the Apologists, and especially Origen two interwoven ideas, one that the Son was God, the other that the Son was subordinate and inferior to the Father in divinity. He saw a tension between these ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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