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Dunn, James D. G.: Christology in the Making, 2nd edition, 1989 A wide variety of quotes are used by anti-Trinitarians that are supposed to prove trinity is a false doctrine What they fail to tell the same article also says: Dunn rejects the deity of Christ: "So too the argument that Jesus is divine because he forgave sins ..." (Christology in the Making, James D. G. Dunn, 2nd edition, 1989, foreword, xxi) The first great Christological battle of the Christian period was not over docetism (Ignatius) or modalism (Tertullian); it was over monotheism. ... That presumably is why the first internal debates ... incorrectly ignored the pagan religious traditions of the Greco-Roman period, a charge to which I am vulnerable particularly because I dated the emergence of the Christian doctrine of the incarnation 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 the point simply that I had not provided anything like a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dunn.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted She teaches that in the first centuries all Christians observed the Sabbath and it was largely through the efforts of Constantine that Sundaykeeping was adopted by many Christians in the fourth century. My research shows otherwise. If you read my essay HOW DID SUNDAYKEEPING BEGIN? which summarizes my dissertation, you will notice that I place the origin of Sundaykeeping by the time of the Emperor Hadrian, in A. D. 135." Today, Adventist's have contradicted their inspired founder E.G. White who claimed the pope changed the sabbbath. argument (corrected the inspired prophet) Listen to what Seventh-day Adventists now teach in their public "Revelation Seminars": "Sundaykeeping was introduced into the Christian Church rather innocently, and its first advocates never dreamed that it would take the place of the seventh-day Sabbath of God. Sundaykeeping had its origin in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the second century. Hadrian persecuted the Jews in Rome incessantly. In an ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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1 Corinthians 16:1-2 Weekly giving on Sundays But a common treasury eliminates all this! He could put the money in the bank... even in the first century! If each Christian put their money in the bank, it would only further complicate the collection process by Paul when he arrived. The Sabbatarian view would allow many to be tempted to spend it themselves, thinking they could "make it up" when needed. It would make it difficult to get all the money quickly if Paul arrives mid week. Imagine Paul arrives on a Tuesday. According to what 1 Cor 16:2 he could get the single money bag from the treasurer and leave the same day! But with the Sabbatarian position, Paul would have to send word out to each member at home. He might have to wait till members come to church next worship service before they learn that they must bring their money. They must go home, then come back... work that would violate the sabbath! Then more time is lost when members go home and return, perhaps days later, with the money. What about the "rich member" who has ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-giving-1-corinthians-16-2.htm

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Neurypnology; the Rationale of Nervous Sleep, Hypnotism, Hypnosis ... They falsely believe he is transmitting the power of the Holy Spirit and they therefore fall backwards and "do the dead chicken" on the floor for a couple of minutes. It is learned behaviour and the "slain" are obeying the hypnotist's command! Slain in the spirit has occult origin and is seen in many other non-Christian religions. In the first century the apostles performed true miracles and imparted genuine power of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of their hands. (Acts 8:4-21; 19:1-7) Modern hypnotists know they have not power, but often make the audience believe otherwise. For example, the fabulous hypnotist Reveen, will picture himself with a spell-casting hand as though he is zapping the person being hypnotized with some good old Mesmer magic! (Neurypnology; the Rationale of Nervous Sleep, Hypnotism, Hypnosis, James Braid, 1843 AD) Psychiatrists and Psychologists are like hypnotists: 1. Modern psychiatrists seem unaware of what psychoanalysts know well, namely how powerful ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/neurypnology-the-rationale-of-nervous-sleep-hypnotism-james-braid-1843ad.htm

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beliefs Living Hope Christian Assembly on 1045 Garth St. Hamilton ... The church of the Bible featured a plurality of equal elders, none of which were higher or lower in rank or authority than the other. B. False doctrines taught and practice by Living Hope Christian Assembly Hamilton 1. The head Pastor and leaders are directly inspired by God as prophets and claim direct illumination from the Holy Spirit. While this clearly happened in the first century, it does not happen today. Bible prophets wrote Bible books, made major predictions that came true for the entire world to see. 1 Cor 13:8-12. 2. Slain in the Spirit is a non-biblical practice where a leader ... Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; Gal. 3:14-15 11. We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated in I Cor. 12-14, as manifested in the early church. 12. We believe in the healing of the body by Divine Power, or Divine healing in its varied aspects as practiced in the early church. Acts 4:30; Rom. 8:11; I Cor. 12:9; James 5:14 13. We believe in the Table of the lord, commonly called ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/creed-about-statement-of-faith-beliefs-Living-Hope-Christian-Assembly-1045-Garth-St-Hamilton-Ontario.htm

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Orientation of Early Synagogues Did Not Point to Jerusalem Or ... Christian Church Floorplans and Furnishings of Pre-70 AD Second Temple Period synagogues "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually." (1 Kings 9:3) EARLY SYNAGOGUES DID NOT POINT TO JERUSALEM or EASTERLY Eastern vs. Jerusalem Orientation of synagogues: God's ears, eyes, heart and name See also: East orientation of Jewish temples and altars A. Eastern or Jerusalem Orientation of Jewish synagogues: 1. None of the pre-70 AD synagogues were oriented towards Jerusalem. a. The first century ... Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" But He was speaking of the temple of His body." (John 2:18-21) b. "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Orientation-Point-to-Jerusalem-face-East-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-into-church.htm

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The canon of the Bible: What the apostolic fathers and apologists ... As noted above, this remark corresponds to the evidence that the early church thought that two gospels were written by apostles (Matthew and John), and two by followers of apostles (Mark as the interpreter of Peter, as per the Papias fragment, and Luke as the companion of Paul). Stanton also argues that 1 Apol. 61.4 and Dial. 88.7 show that, apart from the Synoptics, Justin also knew John's Gospel, because the former draws on John 3:3-5 and the latter on John l:19-20. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 380, 2002) The first author who clearly asserts that the church has no more and no less than four authoritative gospels is Irenaeus. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 380, 2002) Graham Stanton has rightly argued that it is a good method to point to the source that is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-apostolic-fathers-apologists.htm

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Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ... Augustine actually stated that Christians are bound to keep 9 of the ten Commandments [because the New Testament repeats and re-introduces them in a different form] but are free to break the Sabbath! The earliest Christians never considered Sunday to be a rest day or the Sabbath. You will observe that the first mention of Sunday being a day of rest was in 220AD by Origen. This is the beginning of the current false doctrine, that Sunday is the Christian Sabbath, as taught by most churches today. While Sabbatarians will quote 20th century authors who guess about what happened 1900 years earlier, we quote ... The command of circumcision, again, bidding [them] always circumcise the children on the eighth day, was a type of the true circumcision, by which we are circumcised from deceit and iniquity through Him who rose from the dead on the first day after the Sabbath, [namely through] our Lord Jesus Christ. For the first day after the Sabbath, remaining the first of all the days, is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

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We have little solid historical evidence before 200 AD about ... "Due to the scarcity of evidence, one cannot firmly conclude when exactly and as a result of what development the early church came to possess a twenty-seven-book collection called the New Testament and a two-part collection that comprises our Bible of Old and New Testaments." (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 372, 2002) Although historians universally admit there is sketchy information about the earliest years of the church, this does not ... Furthermore, the earliest fathers, with a true sense of the distinction between the apostolic and episcopal offices, do not reckon Peter among the bishops of Rome at all." (History of the Christian Church, Philip Schaff, v2, ch 4) "The actual order of the first three so-called bishops of Rome is a greatly disputed matter. The oldest tradition is that given by Irenaeus (Adv. Hoer. III. 3. 3) and followed here by Eusebius, according to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-little-historical-evidence-200AD.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... ... It is likely that the "canons" of the different regions influenced one another. The boundaries of the canon were fluid in the second and the third centuries. To sum up, the church recognized as scripture in the fourth century those writings that had guided its life, at least in some regions, in the preceding centuries. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 385, 2002) Thus it is entirely possible to possess scriptures without having a canon, and this was in fact the situation in the first few centuries of the Christian church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Geoffrey Mark Hahneman, The Muratorian Fragment and the Origins of the New Testament Canon, p 380, 2002) The shared assumption was that each of the New Testament's writings had been circulating separately for a considerable period before a lengthy and complicated collection process began. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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Have Crucified Jesus today by your actions? Have You Crucified Jesus? Next Sunday, is the traditional date of the Resurrection of Christ. "Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene." (Mark 16:9) Three days before, he was killed by one of the most terrible and inhumane forms of execution known to man; crucifixion. Historical Findings: Click to View Historical findings have substantiated the traditional cross. 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 Christians worshiped this Jesus whom they had crucified on a cross. In June of 1968, bulldozers working north of Jerusalem accidentally laid bare tombs dating from the first century B.C. and the first century A.D. Greek archeologist Vasilius Tzaferis was instructed by the Israeli Department of Antiquities to carefully excavate these tombs. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/D-crucifyJesus.htm

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A Review of the creed of The Evangelical Christian Church in ... Our ministers and clergy are at liberty to hold other personal opinions and Christian doctrinal beliefs, or important matters pertaining to dress code, hair length, observations of days, and informal or formal worship etc., outside of the Articles of Faith without the restraints of ecclesiastical powers. The brotherhood and sisterhood of the CECC in Canada is a product of and a moving force in the great "Second Reformation." This has fanned the blaze of a spiritual fire of religious freedom that has burned brighter through the years. It held spiritual UNITY as its benchmark and goal of returning to a more apostolic format not unlike the first century church. Our brotherhood ... We have no creed but Christ, and no book but the Bible. Our biblical standard allows our ministers to walk in the freedom of Christian unity and love by following the motto: "Unity in the essentials - Liberty in the non-essentials - Charity in all things." Ten Articles of Faith The Bible as the written Word of God ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-Canadian-Evangelical-Christian-Churches-CECC.htm

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The early use of "nomina sacra" indicates a canon was recognized ... The consistent system of abbreviating certain words (nomina sacra, fifteen in total) in Christian biblical codices points to the likelihood of recessions, i.e., editions of the New Testament that aimed at a standardized text for Christian worship. This may have happened in the second century, and at latest in the third century. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 376, 2002) Barton has observed that when nomina sacra (sacred names that are ... For example, in the Shepherd of Hermas (included in Codex Sinaiticus), first leaf first column, I see three occurrences- qeou (of God) abbreviated as QU in line 30, pneuma (spirit) abbreviated as PNA in line 35, and anqrwpoV (man) abbreviated as ANOS in line 38. (In the earliest manuscripts, S = s = V was written with the appearance of our letter "C".) There are more occurrences in each of the remaining columns." Jeff Smelser By Steve ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-nomina-sacra.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity Trinity of the Bible Vs. Trinity of Dogma economic or dispensational Trinity Vs. essential, immanent or ontological Trinity 1st Century Biblical Trinity Vs. 4th century Creedal Trinity Elemental Trinity Doctrine Vs. Developed Trinity doctrine Economic Trinity: The observed activity of God in the World (that is, early ... The Trinity that is found in the Bible vs. the Trinity that is not found in the Bible! For a full discussion click on the following links or see below. Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God Kelly, J.N.D.: Early Christian Doctrines Hastings, James, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics Eliade, Mircea, The Encyclopedia of Religion Warning: Before you ... To study the gradual transition from an unformulated Biblical witness to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took place. The Apostolic Fathers were witnesses to the Biblical data and the traditional ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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Encyclopædia Britannica ... 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. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Arianism, Vol. I, p.509) 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 presbyter Arius. It affirmed that Christ is not truly divine but a created being. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Arianism, Vol. I, ... He issued numerous laws relating to Christian practice and susceptibilities: for instance, abolishing the penalty of crucifixion and the practice of branding certain criminals, "so as not to disfigure the human face, which is formed in the image of divine beauty"; enjoining the observance of Sunday and saints' days; extending privileges to the clergy while suppressing at least some of the more offensive pagan practices. Constantine had hoped to be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm

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Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon ... The New Testament books, or at any rate the central "core" of the Gospels and the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, were already used very widely in the time before Marcion, and continued to be so used after him. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; John Barton, Marcion Revisited, p 343, 2002) II. What Scholars have said: Thus it is entirely possible to possess scriptures without having a canon, and this was in fact the situation in the first few centuries of the Christian church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Geoffrey Mark Hahneman, The Muratorian Fragment and the Origins of the New Testament Canon, 2002, p 380) The authority, of specific writings was questioned as early as the second half of the second century. Many older studies of the history of the canon, in my opinion, have drawn the wrong conclusion from this observation. The traditional interpretation asserts that these discussions reflect a debate about which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-earliest-evidence.htm

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Greek Scroll Twelve minor prophets Nahal Hever 50 BC: Septuagint ... "But as for you, Ephrathah (ie. Bethlehem) Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." (Translation of 8HevXIIgr, Micah 5:2) Click to View Digging up Bible stories! Dating to 50 BC, this is a Greek (Septuagint) ... Of special note is that all the scripture manuscripts were in Aramaic also known as "Square Hebrew". This is a different language and Mosaic Hebrew and modern Hebrew. Remember, in the first century Hebrew was almost extinct being used only by the Jerusalem temple elites. f. Three other special documents were found in the Cave of Letters ... Other documents found at the same time would use four stars **** as an early "nomina sacra" substitution. b. This substitution of Mosaic Hebrew for Greek in the name of God is probably the very beginning point of "nomina sacra". c. Nomina sacra developed into the Christian era and became almost ridiculous because they would ... ... ...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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Sunday: The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance ... Christians observe a new day in remembrance of their new creation and new redemption. Our new redemption is a greater redemption than freedom from physical slavery. The new redemption of the Christian is the redemption found in the blood of Christ. Those under the Law had been redeemed from Egypt, but they needed a greater redemption. Significance of Sabbath to Jews Significance of First Day to Christians Memorial of Genesis creation: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your ... "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons." (Galatians 4:4-5) "in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." (Ephesians 1:7) Notice that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-new-creation.htm

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Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon. For example, in his writing Against Marcion he clearly distinguishes gospels of apostolic origin and gospels written by disciples of apostles. He writes: "Of the apostles, therefore, John and Matthew first instill faith into us; whilst of apostolic men, Luke and Mark renew it afterwards."" Tertullian did not produce a ... Bible was a "fixed entity." (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 382, 2002) II. What was read aloud in weekly assemblies: What was read in the congregation was probably a key factor in most cases, but even this phenomenon needs differentiation. ... The early church possessed literature edifying as reading matter as well as writings with a higher authority. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 385, 2002) Use: The regular use of writings in the ancient ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-criteria-of-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods ... The numbers of Christians, including the most dedicated, were further thinned by the catastrophic, Empire-wide, epidemic of AD 251. It killed two-thirds of the population of Alexandria and five thousand people a day in the City of Rome, and hit rural areas just as hard.[iv] The years 250-251 also mark the end of the writing and preaching ministry of Origen, who was the most influential Christian preacher, Bible scholar, and writer of the first half of the third century. He wrote more about the faith than any other author before the ... Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ANF = The Ante-Nicene Fathers ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. American Reprint ed. by A. Cleveland Coxe (Buffalo, N.Y.: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885-96; continuously reprinted Edinburgh: T & T Clark; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans; Peabody, Mass.: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity ... When we think of the fact that the vast majority of those individuals do not have recourse to Ignatius' actual writings, so as to discover the truth for themselves, the grave responsibility that lies upon the shoulders of the Watchtower Society for this deception becomes clear. The venerable bishop of Antioch at the turn of the first century of the Christian era believed heartily in the deity of Jesus Christ. As he often confessed Christ to be His God, he was but following the Apostolic example seen in Thomas (John 20:28), John (John 1:1), Paul (Titus 2:13) and Peter (2 Peter 1:1). No amount of misrepresentation can hide the truth of the Christian belief summarized so well by Paul, "For in Him dwells all the fullness of Deity in bodily form" (Colossians 2:9). (Historical Dishonesty and the Watchtower Society, A Review of the Watchtower's Comments Concerning the View of Ignatius of Antioch and the Deity of Christ, By James White) Irenaeus "Naturally the Son is fully divine: 'the Father ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... ... The episcopal title, on the other hand, the name overseer, or bishop, was of Gentile origin, having been used among the Greeks to indicate an office involving a species of oversight. Originally both names related entirely to the same office. The New Testament recognizes no distinction between them. The words presbyter and bishop are used interchangeably." (Henry C. Sheldon, History of the Christian Church, Vol 1, p 123) "Clement of Rome, whose writings cannot well be placed earlier than the closing years of the first century, indicates no consciousness of any ... of Deacons, Youths, and Virgins.) 120 AD "If, then, any one who had attended on the elders came, I asked minutely after their sayings,-what Andrew or Peter said, or what was said by Philip, or by Thomas, or by James, or by John, or by Matthew, or by any other of the Lord's disciples: which things Aristion and the presbyter John, the disciples of the Lord" (Fragments of Papias, I) 130 AD "But thou shalt read (the book) to this ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) Two of these were Life Incidents in Connection with the Great Advent Movement, as Illustrated by the Three Angels of Revelation XIV, published in 1868, and in 1875 Sketches of the Christian Life and Public Labors of William Miller: Gathered from his Memoirs by the Late Sylvester ... But never once was it suggested that the heart of Adventist doctrine-such as the three angels' worldwide message that the church had applied exclusively to the Adventists, the shut door that left everyone else out in the cold, the 2300 days, the seventy weeks, the sanctuary doctrine, the United States in prophecy, the "mark of the beast," the image to that beast-had all come out earlier in James White's Life Incidents. The heart and ... Daniel 12:4. The apostle Paul warned the church not to look for the coming of Christ in his day. "That day shall not come," he says, "except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed." 2 Thessalonians 2:3. Not till after the great apostasy, and the long ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... ... It was prompted chiefly by belief in the divinity of Christ and later in the 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. By the close of the fourth century the orthodox teaching was in place: God is one ... At first the Christian faith was not Trinitarian in the a strictly ontological reference. It was not so in the apostolic and sub-apostolic ages, as reflected in apostolic the NT and other early Christian writings. Nor was it so even in the age of the Christian apologists. And even Tertullian, who founded the nomenclature of the orthodox ... Germ. Dreienigkeit) Adopted as the designation of the essential Trinity (or the doctrine of the tri-personal nature of God). (Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, James Hastings, Trinity, p 461) Of course the doctrine of our Lord's divinity itself partly implies and partly recommends the doctrine of the Trinity ... First, the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... 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, ... For Jehovah's Witnesses to quote Philip Schaff and try to make him say that Trinity is borrowed from Platonism is utterly preposterous and totally deceptive as you will see. First the quote, when you read the article, is not saying that Trinity is an error! The errors Schaff refer to are not trinity! Since Schaff is a trinitarian who believes the doctrine is based upon the Bible, it should be obvious that he is referring to something else that he considers "error and corruption". We begin with ... of the doctrine of the Trinity outside of Christianity or of the Bible, though in the eighteenth century efforts were made to derive the Christian dogma from Plato, and later from Brahmanism and Parseeism, or, later still, from a Babylonian triad. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Masada 78 BC ... This means that the correct Julian date for 10th Av is 23 days (3 weeks) earlier than incorrectly recorded online and in Bible encyclopedias. i. Correct: Monday 6th August AD 70 (Parker and Dubberstein) ii. Wrong: 29th August AD 70 (23 days later than correct date) d. Both Nebuchadnezzar and Titus burned the Jerusalem Temple on the exact same day of the year: 10th Av. e. Modern Jewish Rabbis and Jewish Scholars generally reject Josephus as a corrupted fabrication of Christians and date the burning of the temple to Av 9, one day earlier than Josephus. Of course even Josephus noted that the Jews of the first century were "creeped out" that the 10th Av ... Jesus warned the Christians in Jerusalem himself (Lk 21:20) and in the entire message of the book of Revelation, written in 66 AD, to flee Jerusalem when it was surrounded by Titus. c. Josephus records that Titus, according to Jesus' faithful word, did withdraw for one week and it was at this time the last faithful Christian LEFT ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Masada-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-genizah-Eleazar-ben-yair-manuscripts-papyrus-fragments-Hebrew-masoretic-78bc.htm

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When and how long is "This Generation"? ... get more than a days notice! Harold Camping predicted the very day, to the very hour: Sunset May 21, 2011. This is contrary to even the signs Jesus gave the Christians in the first century to keep alert when the temple would be destroyed. Just as Noah did not know the day till God told him to enter the ark, so too Jesus' disciples did not know the day until Titus surrounded the city with his army. Harold Camping's slogan, "Noah Knew" is as ridiculous as it is unbiblical. Perhaps Jesus used s simply a figure of speech like He used in Mt 5:18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. " (Matthew 5:18) III. No man knows hour "this hour" refers back to when heaven and earth will pass away. Pre-tribulation rapture teachers need to keep this in mind that date setting is forbidden in relation to the second coming and the end of the world. IV. One Left-One Taken: A Christian and a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-mt24-this-generation.htm

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Shem as Melchizedek: A test case for validating or falsifying ... ... In 160 AD, Shem became Melchizedek who transferred his priesthood to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Jews wanted to disconnect Jesus Christ from being a priest after the order of Melchizedek (book of Hebrews) so they corrupted the text in their Hebrew pre-Masoretic Torah to counter Christian theology. i. In 160 AD, Seder Olam Rabbah was the nasty fraudulent and corrupt chronological ... Dead sea scroll 11Q13 (11QMelch) features Melchizedek as a divine being (angel etc.) directly connected with the expectation of the Messiah. c. "Although 1QapGen 22:14-17 retells the story of Melchizedek without elaboration, in 11QMelchizedek (a fragmentary eschatological midrash from the first century A.D. or .B.C..) Melchizedek ceases to be an earthly figure. He rather becomes an angel called "the heavenly one" (˒elōhı̂m, cf. Ps 82:1), and he is a central figure in the eschatological drama. At the end of days he proclaims release to the captives (11QMelch. 2:6; cf. Lev 25:10), exacts "the vengeance ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Shem-was-Melchizedek-Masoretic-chronology-Messiah-Jesus-Christ-priesthood.htm

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Origin of Synagogues: 10 Reasons why Synagogues began in Alexandria ... The global distribution of the Septuagint was the engine that spawned the birth of Synagogues as a part of God's eternal plan to create a bridge between temple worship and the Christian Church. Introduction: 1. Although Ptolemy II wanted the Jewish scriptures translated into Greek in 282 BC for his father's (Ptolemy I) famous ... In Israel, the synagogue probably first made its appearance during the Hasmonean or Herodian periods, during the first century B.C.E." (The Synagogue in Late Antiquity, Lee Levine, p10, 1987 AD) 4. "The first archeological evidence for a synagogue appears in Schedia, near Alexandria in Egypt, in the third century bce. Although no ... We know from the prophecy of Dan 2:44 traces a providential path from the Judean Davidic monarchy, through Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and finally the church. b. "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom [THE CHURCH] which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Origin-of-ancient-Synagogues-first-century-originated-at-Alexandria-Egypt-began-spawned-by-Greek-Septuagint-translation-Tanakh-Babylonian-captivity-Nehemiah-280BC.htm

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Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! ... Otherwise what apology will he make to God who does not assemble on that day to hear the saving word concerning the resurrection, on which we pray thrice standing in memory of Him who arose in three days, in which is performed the reading of the prophets, the preaching of the Gospel, the oblation of the sacrifice, the gift of the holy food? (Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, book 2) Yes, church attendance is necessary if a person is to grow in the "Grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ". There are many very valid reasons as to why we should attend the worship services of the church. We might begin by asking ourselves some questions: First: Has God left man to his ... Jesus said in Matthew 18:20, "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them". Remember, Jesus has never forsaken an assembly and every Christian should want to meet with Him. Thirdly: Is Jesus just as pleased when we do not attend? Listen to his words recorded in Matthew ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance.htm

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The New Testament Jewish Sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ... Nor were they sects in the sense of A extremists.@ They were sects in the sense of being political-religious parties. We are totally missing the picture of Jesus= days if we think of these groups in terms of modern religious groups. Saldarini correctly notes that they were not A simple theological debating societies@ (14). ... When Jesus rebukes them for their love of the praise of men, He implies that they received the very things they coveted: Luke 20:46. c) filled a variety of roles: There were scribes in the Old Testament, like Ezra (Ezra 7:6), and by the first century scribes seem to have been a literate group that fulfilled a variety of roles in ... This sounds a lot like Matthew 5:34-37. Communalism: Josephus says A that those who come to them must let what they have be common to the whole order . . . among them all there is no appearance of poverty or excess of riches@ (J. W. 2.8.3). They owned no private property, but shared everything equally, and were very simple in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-jewish-sects-pharisees-sadducees-essenes-zealots.htm

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Neither the Pope or Constantine changed the Sabbath from Saturday ... B. But Adventist's have modified White's argument (corrected the inspired prophet) Listen to what Seventh-day Adventists now teach in their public "Revelation Seminars": "Sundaykeeping was introduced into the Christian Church rather innocently, and its first advocates never dreamed that it would take the place of the seventh-day Sabbath of God. Sundaykeeping had its origin in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the second century. Hadrian persecuted the Jews in Rome incessantly. In an attempt to separate themselves from the Jews and avoid being persecuted with them, these early Roman Christians ... She teaches that in the first centuries all Christians observed the Sabbath and it was largely through the efforts of Constantine that Sundaykeeping was adopted by many Christians in the fourth century. My research shows otherwise. If you read my essay HOW DID SUNDAYKEEPING BEGIN? which summarizes my dissertation, you will notice that I place the origin of Sundaykeeping by the time ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pope-changed.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... ... Daniel said that the Kingdom of God would be start during the days of the Roman Empire. d. This was fulfilled in 30 AD on the Day of Pentecost. e. The kingdom of prophecy is the church. f. The "last days" prophesies of Daniel were fulfilled in the first century. g. Learn that the first days began when Jesus walked the earth. 4. Zechariah 8:1-8 "Then the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.' "Thus ... Amos lived in 750 BC before both the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. b. Amos 9:11-15 is most certainly a prophecy of the restoration of Israel in the church. How can we be certain? Because Luke records the worlds of James in the Jerusalem council whose purpose was to determine if the Gentiles can be saved without keeping the Mosaic law and circumcision. c. James quotes Amos 9:11-15 as proof the Gentiles can be saved! i. "Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Payrus Inscription from Crocodilopolis, Egypt ... II) "For supplying water to the bath of Severianus 18 obols daily ; Pachon, Payni, and Epeiph 72 dr. 18 ob. per month ; Mesore 1-15 (36 dr. 9 ob.) ; Mesore 16-3o no bathing (14 dr. 5 ob.) instead of 36 dr. 9 ob. or total for Mesore of 52 dr. For five intercalary days 12 dr. 3 ob. ; 17th year 72 dr. 18 ob. for Thoth and Phaophi. ... Jesus the Messiah of the Tanakh: 1. First Century Jewish Messianic Expectation: As witnessed in the Dead Sea scrolls. 2. Looking for the wrong thing: Mistaken Jewish ideas of the Messiah in 30 AD. 3. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: Master list of fulfilled messianic prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Crocodilopolis-Arsinoe-Egypt-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-Trajan-proseuche-mikveh-water-tax-drachmae-113ad.htm

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Pseudo-Philo: 60 AD Creation in 5886 BC, Septuagint Chronology Attempts at connecting the work with a specific Jewish group (Essenes, Pharisees, Samaritans) have not been successful. Rather it is best seen as a reflection of how Palestinian Jews in the first century a.d. interpreted the Jewish Scriptures, as a source for the popular biblical theology of the period and as a repository ... and the use of a Hebrew biblical text-type that was suppressed around 100 C.E. (Perrot and Bogaert 1976: 22-74). Those who argue for a late 1st- or early 2d-century C.E. dating (James 1917) appeal to the parallels with 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch (both post-70 C.E.), the great interest in Jewish leaders, and the possible allusion to the fall of the ... was not until around 150 AD that the Jews altered the chronological numbers in their Hebrew Bible to rule out Jesus coming within the messianic window of the "Days of the Messiah" The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible Manuscripts 1446 BC Sinai Text (ST) 1050 BC ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Pseudo-Philo-Liber-Antiquitatum-Biblicarum-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-creation-5886BC-age-earth-60AD

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries "A dogma so mysterious presupposes a Divine revelation." (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, Trinity, p 47, As quoted in "Should you believe in the trinity?", Watchtower booklet) I. THE DOGMA of the Trinity-The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion-the truth that in ... For this reason it has no place in the Liberal Protestantism of today. The writers of this school contend that the doctrine of the Trinity, as professed by the Church, is not contained in the New Testament, but that it was first formulated in the second century and received final approbation in the fourth, as the result of the Arian and Macedonian ... The messianic baptism brought about the moral and religious recreation of the people of the new covenant that was promised by the Prophets (Ez 36.35-27; Jer 31.31-34). The actual out-pouring of this Holy Spirit at the first Christian Pentecost was a sign for the Apostles that the final days had come (Jl 2.28; Is 44.3; ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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CAN A CHRISTIAN BE LOST? Please explain to me what the day of Pentecost is and the speaking of tongues! . . Facts about the day of Pentecost and tongues: The day of Pentecost here in Acts 2, happened in about 33AD. This was the day the Holy Spirit fell upon the twelve apostles. Thousands gathered to hear the first gospel sermon preached by Peter. The masses were amazed that the apostles were speaking in tongues (human languages that they had not learned) The masses were divided as to why the men were speaking in ... Joel said his prophecy would be fullilled in the last days Joel's prophecy did not apply to the day of Pentecost . . Question: If the Apostles were speaking in tongues on the day of Pentecost and Peter said that this event fulfilled Joel's prophecy, when did the last days begin??? The last days started in 1947 AD when Isreal became a nation again. The day of Pentecost (33AD) was during the last days. The last days have not begun yet, but will surely begin by 2000AD I am not sure, let me review ... ... https://www.bible.ca/lastAx2.htm

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Biblical Age of the Earth is under 10,000 years old ... 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. C. Watts: "In Genesis 1:2a the verb is perfect. It indicates a fixed and completed state. ... Excludes pre-Adamic race. 2. I Cor.15:21-22; No death before Adam, Gen.1:30; Deut.14:21-22. 3. If death before Fall, Adam & Eve already destined to die. Return to dust anyway. Curse is meaningless. Kill and be killed, decay, cancers, all designed by God. C. In Six Days: H.&E. Created; "He spoke..."; First man D. Scripture Excludes Eons Before: No Hor E; No ... Cartoon: "Why six days?" 4. Ex.20:9-11. Comparison w/Sabbath day defines. 5. Gen.1:14; "days" used in contrast to "years". 6. Objective linguistic scholars; a) Prof. James Barr, Oxford: "So far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world class university who does not believe that the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-bible.htm

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Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... It was not until about 250 AD that a single bishop ruled his own local church where he worshipped, but even then, his authority was limited to his own local church. The Diocese (one bishop ruling over many local churches) did not begin to develop until after 250 AD. B. The case of Serapion, Bishop of Antioch 190-203 AD: In the "Introduction To The Gospel Of Peter" (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol 10) the following historical comment is ... the elders began to get special recognition: "After we cross the limit of the first century we find that with each board of elders there is a person to whom the name 'bishop' is especially applied." (History of Christian Church, George P. Fisher, p. 51) Development of where one of the elders began to get special recognition: "After the death of the apostles, and the pupils of the apostles, to whom the general direction of the churches had always been conceded, some one amongst the presbyters of each church was suffered gradually to take the lead in its affairs. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? ... For the first three centuries, then, the church observed the Lord's Supper each first day of the week. Testimony to this fact comes from Justin Martyr, one of the earliest church fathers. To those who were sick and unable to attend the assembly, the communion was carried to their homes. It was not till the fourth century that the church became careless and began to lose her first love. The Didache records in 90 AD: 90AD DIDACHE: "Christian Assembly on the Lord's Day: 1. But every Lord's day do ye gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give ... The Supper is a constant and beautiful reminder, not only of the death and resurrection of our Lord, but of His whole life and teaching, of His new and eternal covenant with all its promises and hopes, and of His glorious and triumphant return. When people become careless about the Lord's Supper, with its opportunity for meditation and constant renewal, they begin to lose interest and soon fall away. When churches also fail to observe ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Jews persecuting Christians ... ... But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. "After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered. "So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them ... E. Justin Martyr describes how Pharisees preached hatred of Christians in their Synagogues in 150 AD: 1. Just as Muslims today openly preach hatred and destruction of Jews in their mosques, so too the ancient Jews openly preached the identical hatred and destruction to Christians in the first century AD. 2. "Now you [Jews] spurn those ... Of a noble family related to the Macedonian dynasty, Theophanes became a monk shortly after marrying a patrician woman; he founded a monastery near Cyzicus. Advocating the early Christian tradition of using religious art to ornament worship, Theophanes, at the second general Council of Nicaea (787), argued for its continued ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70A-Justin-Martyr-patristic-apostolic-church-father-150ad.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Cana 40 BC ... This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days." (John 2:1-12) 2. "Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the ... mentions Cana as a small town he visited during the first century Jewish Wars (Vita 16.41). People in Cana in July 67 would have seen a large Roman army march along the Wadi (valley) Yodefat at the western base of their hill to fight and win their first major battle against the Jews at Yodefat (Jotapata), only 3 kilometers away. After the revolt, Cana grew, possibly from refugees fleeing battles around Jerusalem. But changes in the larger world were again to transform the town. Constantine gradually converted the Roman Empire to Christianity, and by the fifth of sixth century some unknown Christian group came to Cana and built what appears to be a large ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Cana-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-khirbet-qana-John2-miracle-water-wine-stoneware-pot-pillar-mikveh-30bc.htm

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The Old Testament Canon: The council of Jamnia: 90 AD ... Lee McDonald summarizes the case, "There is evidence that a discussion was held at Jamnia on the canonical status of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs, but this is not enough to suggest that any binding or official decisions were made regarding the scope of the biblical canon at Jamnia." (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, ... It is concluded that there is no real evidence for such a council nor for any binding canonical decisions at that time. Instead there appears to have existed a consensus on the content of the Old Testament in the first century AD which was already ancient at that time. (The Council Of Jamnia And The Old Testament Canon, Robert C. ... The concept of "Scripture" was much less well-defined than I had envisioned." (Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 5, p ) b. "Indeed, it may not have been until the Council of Jamnia (c. A.D. 90), well into the Christian era, that the Jews defined their canon." (THE ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-council-of-jamnia.htm

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Abram, Lot and the location of Sodom 15 (possible) Antitypes ... ... king of Sodom, tempting Abram to accept worldly riches after the promise of blessings from God from Melchizedek represents the devil tempting Jesus in the wilderness the same way in Mt 4. Melchizedek king of Salem was a antitype of David, physical king of physical Jerusalem. Both Melchizedek and David were antitypes of Jesus who is the spiritual King of a spiritual Jerusalem. Jews were first called "Hebrews" in Gen 14:13 just as the disciples first called Christians in Acts 11:26. Abram was called a Hebrew shortly after he settled near Jerusalem (future Jewish center of the world) Paul was first called a Christian shortly after Paul arriving in Antioch (the NT ... Paul came to spiritual life and was baptized in Damascus! A "great darkness" fell upon Abram (Gen. 15:12) which may be a type of the darkness that fell on Paul when he was three days without sight. (Acts 9:9) Both Abram and Saul had their names changed. Melchizedek blessed Abram after eating bread and wine. Jesus blessed the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-15-antitypes-gen14-15-abram-melchizedek-lot.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Alexandria, Egypt: 3 AD Hathyr 18, in the ... of those from the ... archisynagogos1 ... archiprostates2 ... Since Brasidas son of Herakleides ... 33rd year of Caesar3 ... in all ... and soundly, ... the expense ... days ... repair ... by word in ... crown ... with two ..." 2. Glyptic artifact: Greek Synagogue inscription on marble 3. Provenance: ... Jesus the Messiah of the Tanakh: 1. First Century Jewish Messianic Expectation: As witnessed in the Dead Sea scrolls. 2. Looking for the wrong thing: Mistaken Jewish ideas of the Messiah in 30 AD. 3. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: Master list of fulfilled messianic prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Alexandria-Egypt-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-archisynagogos-archiprostates-ruler-Augustus-Theodotos-3ad.htm

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Ancient synagogues of the Bible: Ephesus Synagogue: 43 BC ... Summary: "senate and magistrates, people of the Ephesians ...the Jews are not allowed to bear arms, or to travel on the Sabbath days ... I do therefore grant them a freedom ... in assembling together for sacred and religious purposes, and for collecting money necessary for sacrifices" (Josephus Antiquities 14.225-228, decree: 43 ... Agrippa 's order to Ephesus, in the same collection of decrees, states that men who steal the sacred money of the Jews and take refuge in places of asylum may be dragged out and turned over to the Jews, thus being treated in the same way as were temple robbers." (Common Judaism and the Synagogue in the First Century, E. P Sanders, p6) ... 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. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ephesus-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-apostle-Paul-43bc.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Ostia, Seaport of Rome, Italy ... See also: Greek Septuagint: The Standard Tanakh of every ancient synagogue b. The Septuagint was the "standard issue Tanakh", as an "accepted and trusted translation" in every synagogue much like the King James Version is in the Church today. c. Hebrew was extinct in Judea at the time of Christ, except for the ... It was originally cut into the tile near the end of the second century C.E. or the beginning of the third century C.E., that is, about 200 C.E. The first line is in Latin, the remaining six are in Greek, but cut by the same hand, though there is a suggestion that the last two lines containing the name of Mindius Faustus are in a second hand. FOR THE ... 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. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ostia-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-dedicated-Ark-of-Scrolls-Torah-Shrine-Septuagint-doma-gift-200AD.htm

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Acceptance of the "disputed" NT books: Hebrews, 2 Peter, James ... might be called the 'fringe,' but there was very little disagreement over what was at the core of the matter...The division of opinion...was not over the core, but over the 'fringe.'" (The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, Lee M. MacDonald, 1995, p 132) It is interesting Song of Solomon was never quoted by Philo. ... wisdom literature and Psalms, J. E. Smith) "The Muratorian canon, dating from the end of the second century, lists most of the books in our New Testament, but does not include James, Hebrews, 3 John, or 1 and 2 Peter. In addition to the Revelation of John, it also includes the Apocalypse of Peter. Certain books remained problematic for centuries. Hebrews remained controversial in the West until the end of the fourth century. Revelation remained controversial in the East even after it was generally accepted as canonical. The first extant list of New Testament books that exactly matches our canon is found in the Paschal Letter of St. Athanasius of Alexandria (A.D. 367). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-disputed-books.htm

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Has the Bible been lost, altered or corrupted over time? the King James Version, is based upon late medieval manuscripts and that in these manuscripts there are thousands of variations or differences. They point to the later English translations that differ from the King James, not only in the rendering of the language, but often in whole verses, sentences, or even paragraphs being left out. They say here is confusion, and since we don't have the original autographs, we don't really know that we have the Bible. In the face of these doubts the informed Christian and student of the Bible affirms his complete confidence in the fact that we have God's inspired word today. Modern studies and discoveries make this even more certain now than ever before. In the first place, it must ... Such great textual discoveries as the papyrus manuscripts of Chester Batey; the Bodlar manuscript of John and Luke, enrich our knowledge beyond the fondest dreams of textual critics of the last century, and still the sands of Egypt and the Middle East continue to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-lost-altered-corrupted.htm

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Jesus Our Hope! It is the law of love and liberty (made perfect by Jesus' sacrifice) that was revealed by Christ and His apostles in the New Testament which we, today, are to obey. (James 1: 25). It is by our obedience to God's will through our faith in Christ that puts us into the body of Christ, His church, and makes us acceptable to God. For details about obedience and its need and how to be pleasing to Christ, study the message , "The Importance of Obedience", and "What Must I Do To Be Saved?". The Christian life can be a glorious, hopeful existence even though the individual may face war, famine, illness, and other perils common to human existence. We do not, necessarily, hope for God to bless us with earthly riches, nor do we expect Him to redeem His ... But do not be dismayed for Christ is risen; the tomb where He was laid was empty that Sunday morning so long ago. He then walked among men for some 40 days thereafter, speaking to them and teaching them. His body was real for His disciples saw, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-Jesus-our-hope.htm

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