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What Early Christians believed about DISCIPLESHIP What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Discipleship, Self Denial, Carrying Cross Click to View 140-230 AD Tertullian, encouraged a group of local Christians ... The blood of Christians is seed.... For after thinking about it, who among you is not eager to find out what is really at the bottom of it ... of God's grace?" (Tertullian, First Apology chap. 50) 260-330 AD Lactantius "He who chooses to live well for eternity, will live in discomfort for the present. He will be subjected to all types of troubles and burdens as long as he is on earth, so that in the end he will have divine ... "When people see that men are lacerated by various kinds of tortures yet remain unsubdued even when their very torturers are worn out, ... But they endure it willingly because they put their trust in God." (Lactantius Institutes bk. 5. chara. 13) 250 AD Ignatius "It is necessary, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Carry-Cross.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Hell & Eternal Punishment What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Hell & Eternal Punishment Click to View 150 AD Second ... righteous, who have done good, and who have endured tortures and have hated the luxuries of life, will give glory ... Martyr: And hell is a place where those are to be punished who have lived wickedly, and who do not believe that those things which God has taught us by Christ will come to pass. (The First Apology of Justin, Chap. ... fire, the fire which will punish even to the end those who are delivered to it, then you will condemn ... damned forever" (Against Heresies, 4:28:2). 197 AD Tertullian "After the present age is ended he will judge his ... (Octavius 34:12-5:3). 250 AD Ignatius of Antioch "Corrupters of families will not inherit the kingdom of God. ... 58:10). 307 AD Lactantius "[T]he sacred writings inform us in what manner the wicked are to undergo punishment. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-hell.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Mt 24 & destruction of Jerusalem ... What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Matthew 24 Fulfilled in 70AD Destruction of Jerusalem Click to View rapture-second-coming-end-of-world-end-times-last-days-tribulation-bible-chronology-chart.jpg 71+AD The Jewish Sibylline ... martyrdom under the prefects.(17) Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the holy place, having proved himself a striking example of patience." (Chap. ... many words, find His coming and death, and cross, and all the rest of the tortures which the Jews inflicted on Him, and His resurrection and assumption to ... Recognizing them, therefore, we have believed in God in consequence of what is written respecting Him.' " (Miscellanies 4:15) 160AD Tertullian Chap. Viii.--Of ... Behold, your house shall be left unto you desolate."[6] (Three Books Of Testimonies Against The Jews., 6) 250AD Lactantius "And the prophets had predicted that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Mt-24-destruction-jerusalem-70AD.htm

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Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd ... we have heard a wonderful Quran, Guiding to the right way, so we believe in it, and we will not set up any one with our Lord [Trinity]: And ... December day in 1945." (Nag Hammadi Codices Shed New Light on Early Christian History, James Brashler, BAR 10:01, 1984 AD) 9. "I dream ... Eph 3:17 Christ dwells in your hearts Matt 28:20 I am with you to the end of the age Father indwells the Christian: 2 Cor 6:16 I will dwell ... As Tertullian said, Christians do not swear oaths to demon possessed Caesars, instead they cast the demons out! D. Julius Caesar as a case example of emperor ... Orosius who said "an order was given that the race of David be searched out and killed by cruel tortures and bloody inquisitions". vi. ... The combination, 'the Catholic Church,' appears for the first time in the letter of St. Ignatius to the Smynaeans (purported: AD 110 but ... Lactantius, De Mort. Pers. 11, 320 AD) b. The two cases of Christian martyrs Maximilian (AD 295) and Marcellus (AD 298) who refused as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/revelation/

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Encyclopedia of Pentecostal History of Tongues: 150 AD - 1901 ... ... Be ye strong, I pray, in the power of the Holy Ghost." (Ignatius, Epistle to the Smyrnaeans, superscription & 12, ANF I, 86 & 92.) ... He related how a man named Marcus, an early Gnostic, seduced gullible women of their means by promising them the gift of prophecy. ... During the middle of the second century, however, two movements arose alongside or within the main body of Christians, presenting a ... And after the people have been dismissed at the end of the service it is her custom to relate to us what she has seen.... "Among ... follow, of persons named and known to his readers.] (Tertullian, "To Scapula," chap. 4, written between A.D. 196-212) 175 Montanus Click to View There is said to be a certain village called Ardabau in ... and believes on Him, does not now speak in the tongues of all nations, are we not to believe that he has received the Holy Ghost? ... Lactantius "And as He Himself before His passion put to confusion demons by His word and command, so now, by the name and sign of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-history.htm

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Early Christian faith on Trinity, deity of Christ, personality ... Earliest Christians taught Trinity! (50 - 600 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Trinity Deity and eternal pre-existence of ... these things, as deserving to be worshipped, as God and as Christ." - Dialogue with Trypho, ch. 63. 150 AD Justin Martyr in Chap. ... to the counsel of the Father, for the salvation of those who believe on Him, He endured both to be set at nought and to suffer, that ... form of God is God." (The Instructor, Book 1, ch 2) 200 AD Tertullian 200 AD Tertullian "Never did any angel descend for the purpose ... He Proves from the Gospel that Christ is God., 235 AD) 250 AD Ignatius of Antioch 250 AD Ignatius of Antioch "We have also a Physician ... 250 AD Ignatius of Antioch "Jesus Christ . . . was with the Father before the beginning of time, and in the end was revealed. . . . ... God of the hidden powers'" (Against the Pagans 1:42). 307 AD Lactantius 307 AD Lactantius "He was made both Son of God in the spirit ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-trinity.htm

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Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD ... Appendix II - J. N. Andrews On The Didache 320 Appendix III - Tertullian: Was He Sabbatarian or Anti-Sabbatarian? 324 Appendix IV - D. M. ... the Great Flood? Why did St. Paul instruct the early church not to require Sabbath-keeping of the new Gentile converts (Colossians 2:14-17)? ... Please review the dual requirements of the Sabbath commandment. Both requirements apply to Jews. Christians who keep the Jewish Sabbath seem ... Would God have to give you a special dispensation to break His law so you wouldn't end up with the Mark of the Beast? On top of all this, ... their idea from skeptical scholars from the past who believe that the Hebrews borrowed the Sabbath idea from the pagan nations around them. ... As evidence that Rome did not have such power, we can note: Ignatius does not greet a bishop of Rome. Irenaeus disagreed with the bishop of ... For the complete text of the 1873 edition of Andrews' book, go to the Wikipedia article, "J.N. Andrews," and click on the link to the book. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lying-for-god-Kerry-Wynne.htm

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What Early Christians believed about death being a separation ... What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Death being a separation of body and soul Nature of man Conscious life after death READ: Bible texts that ... as much as the former are from the first created immortal, and continue to exist without end by the simple will of their Maker, and men, in respect of the soul, have from their first ... (book 7 chapter 12) 200AD Tertullian: Such severance, however, is quite natural between the soul and the body; for when the body is deserted by the soul, it is overcome by death. ... book 1, Oration on the Psalms 307AD Lactantius And the force of this is not that it altogether annihilates the souls of the unrighteous, but subjects them to everlasting punishment. ... Chapter XII.-Of the Soul and the Body, and of Their Union and Separation and Return. 250 AD Ignatius The Lord has taught with very great fulness, that souls not only continue to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-nature-man-definition-death.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Water Baptism Essential to Salvation Water Baptism in name of Father Son & Holy Spirit Click to View Water ... of sins, and for the remainder, to live sinless lives." (Justin Martyr, Trypho chap. 44) 110-165AD Martyr "Those who are convinced that what we teach is true and who desire ... Heresies, bk. 1, chap. 21, sec. 1, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, pg. 345.) 140-230 AD TERTULLIAN "After the world had been hereupon set in order through its elements, when inhabitants ... is in everyone the innate stains of sin, which are washed away through water and the Spirit" (Commentaries on Romans 5:9). 250 AD Ignatius of Antioch "Let none of you turn deserter. ... to keep all whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you all the days, unto the end of the world" (The Diatesseron 55). 211 AD Tertullian "When we are about to enter the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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"Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914 Ch 18: The Decalogue Examined Ch 19: The Two Covenants Ch 20: What Law Are Christians Under Ch 21: Forty-Seven Prominent Texts used by ... They assume to know that they have the right key to prophecy - that they have the "Present truth." They believe and teach that the Seventh-Day ... THEO. NELSON. Click to View Chapter I - Doctrines and Methods of Seventh-day Adventists From "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D.M. Canright, 1914 Seventh-day Adventism originated about seventy-five years ago in the work of Mr. Miller, who set the time for the end of the world in ... Thus: "I saw them look up to the throne and pray, Father give us thy spirit; Satan would then breathe upon them an unholy influence." Early ... the woman in Rev. 17, and the lamb-like beast in Chap. 13. Hence, of course, it does the same work that the little horn of Dan. 7 does. ... Epistle 58, section 4. A.D. 200. Tertullian in Africa: "We solemnize the day after Saturday in contradiction to those who call this day their ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Seventh-day-Adventism-RENOUNCED-by-D-M-Canright.htm

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Bulwarks of the Faith Foy E Wallace JR. Refuting Dogmas Catholicism ... Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE tell us if we have misrepresented Catholic Faith Click to View CONTENTS OF PART ONE ... To that I dedi-cated my life early, and I have never consciously deviated from that early resolution. I shall not deviate ... The accomplishment of this end is of necessity an achieve-ment of unity. While rebuilding the walls and withstand-ing the ... Wherever you find a body of people who so believe and do, who are not bound by human creed, order, or organization, there you find the unity for which Christ prayed, in that body of Christians whether large or small. It is not pseudo-unity, a false, ... upon which stress has been placed, "is utterly vague," and the same is true of Dionysius, Ignatius, Phlegon and Papias. ... of their bodies. (Page 83) 6. It is also stated that Tertullian "enlarged upon the theory enunciated by Irenaeus," but ... Catholic faith is reduced to four chapters, with a proemium and a conclusion. Chap. I. treats of God as the Creator; Chap. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic/Catholic-church-doctrine-Bulwarks-of-the-Faith-Foy-E-Wallace-JR-Refuting-Dogmas-Catholicism-Protestant-Denominationalism-1951AD.htm

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What Early Christians believed about ABORTION What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Abortion-Not A 20th Century Phenomenon Click to View Click to View Read the story about the baby holding the surgeons finger from within the womb ... their very bowels, thus committing murder before they even give birth." (Mark Felix, Christian Lawyer, Octavius chap. 30) 177 AD Athenagoras "What man of sound mind, therefore, will affirm, while such is our character, that we ... For the same person would not regard the fetus in the womb as a living thing and therefore an object of God's care, and at the same time slay it, once it had come to life." (Athenagoras Plea, ch.35) 210 AD Tertullian "Among ... but they do not cast out their offspring." (Letter of Diognetus (late 2nd or 3rd century; ch.5, vs.6) 307 AD Lactantius "When God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Abortion.htm

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What Early Christians believed about ETERNAL SECURITY What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Can A blood bought Christian be lost? 120-205 AD Irenaeus "Christ will not die again on ... 6:4-6). (Irenaeus, pupil of Polycarp, Against Heresies bk. 4, chap. 27, sec. 2) 140-230 AD Tertullian "Some people act as though God were under an obligation to bestow even on the unworthy His intended gift. They turn His liberality into slavery.... For do not many afterwards fall out of grace? Is not this gift taken away from many?" (Tertullian On Repentance chap. 6.) 200-258 AD Cyprian "It is written, 'He who endures to the end, the same shall be saved' [Matt. 10:22]. So whatever precedes the end is only a step by which we ascend to the summit of salvation. It is not the final point wherein we have already gained the full result of the ascent." (Cyprian Unity of the Church sec. 21) Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-fallaway.htm

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Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ... ... The latter (Joseph Bates) has been instrumental in helping the early Adventists and other Christians to rediscover the Sabbath. Historically, it was in ... Although Adventists believe that a tiny unknown remnant has always kept the Sabbath day, (like the Seventh-day Baptist preacher mentioned above) only in the 19th century did God, through the Seventh-day Adventist church, restore in any measurable way, by direct revelation, the truth that the day Christians worship was Saturday. See the extensive historical quotes below. Click ... kind. (About three years after the death of Ignatius in 250, an important official communication was sent from one Pliny to Trajan the Roman emperor. ... On one day, the first of the week, we assemble ourselves together (On Fate) 200AD TERTULLIAN: "We solemnize the day after Saturday in contradistinction ... [of the week]. Looking forward to this, the prophet declared, "To the end, for the eighth day," on which our life both sprang up again, and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries Too many to number here. See below. Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries Click to View Since the majority of Jehovah's Witnesses are former Catholics, ... The term may, of course, have been in use before his time. Shortly afterwards it appears in its Latin form of trinitas in Tertullian. ... It is manifest ... Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, Trinity, p 47-49, As quoted in "Should you believe in the trinity?", Watchtower booklet) B. Old Testament.-The early Fathers were persuaded that indications of the doctrine of the Trinity ... or that Christians called themselves "Jehovah's Witnesses." "Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication of the second coming. ... "The doctrine of the Lord's Supper is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]. In the N[ew] T[estament] the oldest evidence is near the very end of Jesus 3 ... Yet, neither Clement nor Ignatius nor any other writer of this most ancient period raises the question that would turn out to be decisive: precisely how ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Encyclopædia Britannica Extensive quoting that misleads the reader to a conclusion opposite to what Britannica actually says. Encyclopædia Britannica Click to View Encyclopædia ... The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies." ("Should you believe the trinity" and Watchtower, Aug. 1, 1984, p. 21; ... The watchtower magazine deliberately misrepresents the article! Britannica states that in the very next sentences that the early Christians understood the Gospel of John to ... compatible with the baptized state delayed the ceremony until the end of his life. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) Assessment. ... doctrine in the so-called Atbanasian Creed (c. 500), una substantia-tres personae ("one substance -three persons"), reached back to the formulation of Tertullian. ... This is the account given by the Christian apologist Lactantius; a somewhat different version, offered by Eusebius, tells of a vision seen by Constantine during the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm

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Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston ... Until 230 his work centered in Egypt, thereafter in Palestine. Usually half or more of the citations and quotations in my 230± writings on early Christian ... The best translation is that Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Lord every Sunday, not only once a year or on Saturday. Thus it is plain that the chief ... Not according to Barnabas 15, the Acts of Peter, or Tertullian's On Idolatry 14, although Tertullian is not clear in his other treatises. It certainly was not for Ignatius, bishop of Antioch in Syria, who was martyred around AD 107. ... any references to it in Christian Scriptures denotes the permanent rest at the end of time, a common belief among early Christian writers. In the 220s Origen wrote that all Christians believe that neither circumcision nor Sabbath rest nor animal sacrifices in the Bible ... version of this booklet was published in the Spring 2012 issue (vol. 126 no. 1) of The Churchman, Watford, England. Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity: Apostolic Fathers, Apologists, Nicene Era, Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Origen Apostolic Fathers B. Old Testament.-The early Fathers were persuaded that indications of the ... All, except perhaps Hermas, subscribe to the divinity of Christ. I Clement coordinates Christ with the Father and the Holy Spirit in an oath. Ignatius calls Christ God 14 times. ... ... Paul's recurrent use of the terms God, Lord, and Spirit. (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965, "Trinity, in the Bible", p306) "To End of 2d Century. Among the Apostolic Fathers, Clement of ... In other words, Boer is saying that Justin's view of Jesus being a created agent to do God's work was of pagan origin! We believe that Subordinationism is taught in the New Testament. ... But he was not an Arian subordinationist for he did not make the Son a creature and an adopted son of God. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, p59-61) By Steve Rudd Click to View Go To ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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242 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters! But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." Jesus Christ. Click to View Date ... Return of Christ; Hyppolytus (170-236) and Lactantius (250-330) said 500 would be the time for the second coming of Christ (Luther Martin, ... Dated variously early tenth century, or, according to Huygens, to second half of the tenth ("Un témoin de la crainte de l'an 1000: La lettre ... mid-century crises that had provoked widespread alarm and fear of an end-time apocalypse.(5) Five years later, Abbo of Fleury heard a preacher ... Various prodigies and natural disasters provoke the expulsion of the Jews from Mainz and lead some to believe that the world was "returning to ... (Historia 3.46-7, 49, 52, 56, 59, 62; see Landes, Relics, chap. 6). 1026-7: Large collective pilgrimage to Jerusalem led by Richard of St. ... McKibbens Jr) 1996-OCT-23: Since 1658, many Christians have accepted the calculations of James Ussher, an Irish archbishop, who estimated that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm

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Friday crucifixion three days and three nights Nisan 14 sign ... Friday crucifixion: 3rd April AD 33 Sunday resurrection: 5th April AD 33 Click to View Three days and three nights Jesus said: Luke 13:32 ... consideration." (First apology of Justin, Weekly Worship of the Christians, Ch 68) 2. 250 AD IGNATIUS: "On the day of the preparation, then, ... The (Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, chapter 9) Links within this document: I. Bible Proof Jesus rose on Sunday A. Mark 16:9 B. The Road ... These three translations absolutely state that Sunday was resurrection day: NASB: Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week ... These two misunderstandings are the primary impediments to the truth that the last supper was not a Passover meal. Some believe Christ held ... His hour had come that He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. ... By the time of Tertullian (c. A.D. 160-225) paraskeue had already become such a fixed name for Friday that he even argues that this had been ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-3-days-and-3-nights.htm

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George Salmon's Infallibiliy of the church ... Finally, to Gary, Kelly, and Steven-God's children and mine-I dedicate this work. Kenny Chumbley Ludlow, IL 60949 31 December 1996 Click to ... Errors of the Infallible Church/Pope Private Interpretation Does Catholicism Really Believe in Infallibility? Modern Revelations Purgatory ... Is the Church's Infallibility Self-evident? 4. In Bishop Milner's End of Religious Controversy (at one time viewed as the most effective ... B. Catholicism claims that Christ intended us to learn His religion, not from the Bible but from the Church. The first Christians, they tell ... Chr. ii. 8, vol. iii., 22). [90] c. When any of the early Fathers has occasion to make an enumeration of the truths which Christians ought to ... The occasion of it was that Tertullian-whose turn of mind led him, whenever a question was raised as to what was permissible to a Christian, ... The bishop only addresses foreign Churches as the mouthpiece of his Church. [379] 5). Among non-canonical writers, Ignatius is the first ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-salmon-infallibility.htm

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Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ... ... No single bishop controls the world-wide church. This was documented in the previous study and is not discussed here. Click here for more: Outline: 150-250 AD ... At the end of this period, in 451 AD, we see that Constantinople takes equal rank with Rome. With the trend towards centralization, the stage was set in 451 AD, for ... the single pope thus giving it a monarchial organization." (Everett Ferguson, Early Christians Speak, p 16) "Taking the Church at large, the only primacy accorded to the ... It is obvious that the rise of metropolitans, or archbishops has begun to manifest itself. What Tertullian mocked in 200 AD, (bishop of bishops) later become a ... Remember, the Bishop of Rome did not even preside over this council, which he would have, if he was as powerful as Roman Catholic's would lead us to believe he was. ... He conceded to the pope merely a primacy of honor, not a supremacy of jurisdiction. He calls the bishop of Antioch (Ignatius and Flavian) likewise a successor of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-250-451AD.htm

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Sabbathgate 1888 by Kerry Wynne ... The 7-day week was by no means universal in these ancient cultures. Finally, we must be willing to believe that the early church was so theologically bankrupt that ... The Wikipedia article, "Persecution of Early Christians During the Roman Empire," sums things up this way: PERSECUTION UNDER DOMITIAN According to many historians, Jews and Christians were heavily persecuted toward the end of Domitian's reign. [17] The Book of Revelation is thought by many scholars to have been written during Domitian's ... "We keep the eighth day [Sunday] with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead" (Letter of Barnabas 15:6-8 [A.D. 74]). 3. Ignatius of ... that of your fathers" (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 18, 21 [A.D. 155]). 5. Tertullian [A.D. 203] "[L]et him who contends that the sabbath is still to be observed ... in piles of dough and salving your conscience by paying plenty of tithe to keep the hired-archy gainfully employed.... Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbathgate-1888ad-Kerry-Wynne.htm

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Sola Scriptura debate charts by Pat Donahue Orthodox/Catholics Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Formal Public Debates Click to View The word of God is the sword of the Spirit! 1 ... Conclusion: "In That Day" in Zech 13:1-4 CANNOT be referring to (the time of) the 2nd Coming of Christ, or to the End of the World, therefore ... the things referred to in Deut 29:29, I Jn 3:2. * Does my opponent believe that the Apostles were guided into all the truth (Jn 16:13) or not? ... (II Pet 1:3) in this life, parts of the completed N.T. law for Christians in the N.T. age. 2. Is not revelation of things like Deut 29:29 ... Confirm.; Romae, 1522; apud D'Aubigne, bk.10, chap.2) Pope Adrian VI said the Pope is fallible  was he right? - then Pope is fallible  was ... And these things indeed are said of the typical and symbolical body. Tertullian ("Against Marcion" 4:40:3): ... having taken the bread and ... The early church knew the apostles & N.T. prophets, and knew who wrote each book. God providentially chose the books to be included in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-debates-donahue.htm

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Lunar Eclipses at birth and death of Christ: 1 BC and 3 April ... ... This is why scientifically informed Christians now steer clear of AIG in general, for this is their modus operandi. They think they are the ... If we will just believe, repent, confess and be immersed in water for the remission of our sins, we will then contact the blood of the Lamb ... Tertullian records that Pilate wrote a report of all the events surround-ing the Crucifixion and sent this to the Emperor Tiberias ... The manuscript fragments that we possess of the "Report of Pilate" are all of later date, but may be partly based on this very early lost ... The NASA Lunar Java script shows that the end of U4 (Umbral ends) at 18:33 when the moon was 2 degrees above the horizon This proves that the ... Here is a video of a penumbral eclipse high in the sky. Click on photo below to view video. This video shows a penumbral eclipse when the moon ... "Eusebius here makes the reign of Augustus begin with the death of Julius Cæsar (as Josephus does in chap. 9, § 1, below), and he puts the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/jesus-christ-died-death-cross-eclipse-red-blood-moon-sun-darkness-earthquake-bodies-raised-resurrection-temple-veil-torn-in-two-centurian-son-of-god-3-april-33AD.htm

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What Early Christians believed about the 70 Weeks of Daniel 9 What did early Christians believe about... Click to View The 70 Weeks of Daniel 9 fulfilled on 3 April AD 33. (Resurrection) (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Notes: 1. The 70 weeks of Daniel equal exactly 490 years to the solar day: 458 BC - 5 April AD 33 2. See outline on Daniel 9:24-29 3. Although the weeks are symbolic of different time periods, they are sequential without any gaps where the prophecy clock stops. 4. Here is the correct view of the second coming and the end of the world: rapture-second-coming-end-of-world-end-times-last-days-tribulation-bible-chronology-c... The sum total of the years of the Persian monarchy is two hundred and thirty-five years. (Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, book 1, chapter 21) c. 160AD Tertullian "Vespasian, in the first year of his empire, subdues the Jews in war; and there are made lii years, vi months. For he reigned xi years. And thus, in the day of their ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-70-weeks-daniel.htm

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Textbook of Disturbances of Mental Life, Johann Christian August ... ... Click to View Click to View Textbook of Disturbances of Mental Life or the Disturbances of the Soul and Their Treatment, Johann Christian ... We all begin to experience this opposition early in life, even in our childhood. Opposed to the Self and to the strivings of the Self, there ... But the man of reason also knows just as surely that a selfish man of the world can know nothing and believe nothing of this destiny. Such a ... But striving for material property and for existence, insofar as it is not a means to a higher end but an end in itself, is a state of sin and ... are not enough, since he believes that the person degrades to a state that only physical moral treatments, punishments, tortures will fix. ... §91. According to the account of Josephus [Flavius ] [Book VIII. chap. iii. 5. Antiq., Book VI. chap. viii. 2.], King Solomon already ... and theurgy - gained ground first among Jewish Christians and, through them, among non-Jewish Christians in the Orient and the Occident. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/textbook-of-disturbances-of-mental-life-or-the-disturbances-of-the-soul-and-their-treatment-johann-christian-august-heinroth-1818ad.htm

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What Early Christians believed about EVOLUTION What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Six (24 hour) day creation VS. Evolution Young earth creationists! Click to View Click to View 170-215 AD Mark Felix "Some men deny the existence of any Divine power. Others inquire daily as to whether or not one exists. Still others would construct the whole fabric of the universe by chance accidents and by random collision, fashioning it by the movement of atoms of different shapes." (M. Felix Octavius chap. 30 [Notice the term "atom" isn't a twentieth century invention, but a term coined by Greek philosophers.]) 181 ... those who, taking the words in their apparent signification, said that the time of six days was occupied in the creation of the world" (ibid., 6:60). 260-330 AD Lactantius "Some people teach that the first men lived nomadic lives among the woods and plains. They were not united by any bond of speech or laws. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Darwin.htm

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On hallucinations: a History and Explanation, Alexandre J. F ... On hallucinations: a History and Explanation Alexandre J. F. Brierre De Boismont (Doctor) 1859 AD Click to View Click to View Click to View ... This case is an example of a number of persons seeing the same hallucination. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, Dr. Lee declared, ... of Europe during the Middle Ages. Like them, they believe in a zoological metamorphosis, which is the exact counterpart of lycanthropy. ... amongst the Eastern nations, with genii and gnomes; and amongst Christians, with fays, sylphs, angels, and devils, were the sources of those ... their blood in 1696. Soon after this they were separated by Desfontaine's removal to Caen. * Walter Scott: A Legend of Montrose, chap. xvii. ... A few minutes before his death, his mind appeared to be undergoing the tortures of the damned. lie held up his two hands, and cried, "Away! ... There are many exceptions to this rule, and instances have occurred of children being subject to hallucinations at a very early age. Example ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/on-hallucinations-a-history-and-explanation-alexandre-j-f-brierre-de-boismont-1859ad.htm

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What Early Christians believed about PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC ... What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Prophets outside the Apostolic Age Click to View What Do The Early Church Fathers Say Regarding Prophets In Their Day? 160AD Clement of Alexandria (On the end of Apostolic revelation) "Mystagogues of the souls of the impious. " "They do not make a right but a perverse use of the divine words. " ... "For the teaching of our Lord at His advent, beginning with Augustus and Tiberius, was completed in the middle of the times of Tiberius. And that of the ... He should even endure tortures, and be affixed to the accursed cross; and when they could defend and refute all these things neither by talent nor learning, for they did not thoroughly perceive their force and meaning, they were perverted from the right path, and corrupted the sacred writings, so that they composed for themselves a new doctrine without any root and stability. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-prophets.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Occult, spiritism & astrology What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Occult, spiritism & astrology Click to View 170 AD Tatian the Syrian "[Under the influence of demons] men form the material of their apostasy. For, having shown them a plan of the position of the stars, like ... For the delineation of the zodiacal circle is the work of the 'gods' . . . . But we are superior to Fate, and instead of wandering demons, we have learned to know one Lord, who wanders not" (Address to the Greeks 9). 211 AD Tertullian "We observe among the arts also some professions liable to the charge of ... And the rest of the books of these contain the same method, if it were agreeable to anyone to wade through them all" (Refutation of All Heresies 5:10). 317 AD Lactantius "Demons are the enemies and harassers of men, and on this account [the sorcerer Hermes] Trismegistus calls them wicked angels; so far was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-occult-spiritism.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Hades: where conscious dead ... What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Hades, the temporary two part receptacle of the conscious dead who are awaiting judgment (Luke 16:19-31) Click to View Irenaeus Book II Chapter XXXIV.-Souls Can Be Recognised in the Separate State, and are Immortal ... in order that they may be immortal, or if they have had a beginning in the way of generation, that they should die with the body itself-let them learn that God alone, who is Lord of all, is without beginning and without end, being truly and for ever the same, and always remaining the same unchangeable Being. ... Tertullian "Thus, too, Eleazar in Hades, attaining refreshment in Abraham's bosom and the rich man, on the other hand, set in the torment of fire compensate, by an answerable retribution, their alternate vicissitudes of evil and good. (Tertullian, on Idolotry, ch 13) Tertullian "The Soul's Corporeality ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-hades.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Reincarnation, New Age What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View See also Reincarnation is not taught in the Bible! Click to View See also: Major outline: A Christian Analysis of Reincarnation in Contemporary American Society. Click to View Reincarnation, New Age Click to View ... For if the cup of oblivion, after it has been drunk, can obliterate the memory of all the deeds that have been done, how, O Plato, do you obtain the knowledge of this fact . . . ?" (Against Heresies 2:33:1-2). 197 AD Tertullian "Come now, if some philosopher affirms, as Laberius holds, following an opinion ... men, on leaving their human bodies, pass into cattle and other creatures" (Against the Pagans 2:14-15). 317 AD Lactantius "What of Pythagoras, who was first called a philosopher, who judged that souls were indeed immortal, but that they passed into other bodies, either of cattle or of birds or of beasts? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-reincarnation.htm

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What Early Christians believed about deviant sex What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View What Christians believed about deviant sex! Click to View 151 AD Justin Martyr "[W]e have been taught that to expose newly-born children is the part of wicked men; and this we have been taught lest we should do ... and fornications, and homosexualities, and avarice, and in lawless idolatries, there will be wrath and indignation, tribulation and anguish; and in the end, such men as these will be detained in everlasting fire" (To Autolycus 1:14). 190 AD Clement of Alexandria "All honor to that king of the Scythians, ... Such gods let your boys be trained to worship, that they may grow up to be men with the accursed likeness of fornication on them received from the gods" (Exhortation to the Greeks 2). 220AD Tertullian "[A]ll other frenzies of the lusts which exceed the laws of nature, and are impious toward both [human] ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-deviant-sex.htm

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What Early Christians believed about TELEVISION Roman R-Rated Entertainment Television: Psalms 101:3 "I will set no worthless thing before my eyes" Carefully sensor what television you and your children watch! Did early Christians have TELEVISION too? Sure sounds like it! Immorality, Sex and violence! 260-330 AD Lactantius "I am inclined to think that the ... They teach adultery by acting it out. How do we expect our young people to respond when they see that these things are practiced without shame and that everyone eagerly watches." (Lactantius Institutes bk. 6, chap. 20, paraphrased) 140-230 AD Tertullian "The father who carefully protects and guards his virgin daughter's ears from every polluting word takes her to the ... in this public homicide. When God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits the violence that is condemned by public laws, but he also forbids the violence that is deemed lawful by men. (Lactantius Institutes bk. 6, chap. 20, paraphrased) Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/H-R-Rated.htm

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What Early Christians believed about SALVATION BY WORKS What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Salvation By Works? 30-100 AD Clement of Rome "[We] are not justified by ourselves. Nor by our own wisdom, understanding, godliness, or works done in holiness of heart. But by that faith through which Almighty God has justified all men since the beginning." (Clement of Rome Corinthians chap. 32) 69-156 AD Polycarp "Many desire to enter into this joy, knowing that 'by grace you are saved, not of works,' but by the will of God through Jesus Christ [Eph. 2:8]." (Polycarp Philippians chap. 1) 125 AD Barnabas "To this end the Lord delivered up His flesh to corruption, ... was not justified by works, but by faith [Rom. 4:3]. Therefore, even if they do good works now, it is of no advantage to them after death, if they do not have faith." (Clement Miscellanies bk. 1, chap. 7) Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Works.htm

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Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church Click to View "Constantine, like his father, worshipped the Unconquered Sun; ... his conversion should not be interpreted as an inward experience of grace ... It was a military matter. His comprehension of Christian doctrine was never very clear, but he was sure that victory in battle lay in the gift of the God of the Christians." (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "What role did this unbaptized emperor play at the Council of Nicea?" ... The Watchtower quote, leaves the false impression that Chadwick is saying Constantine worshipped the sun as a pagan, at Nicea in 325 AD, even up to the end of his life. In other words, Jehovah's Witnesses are deceived by their ... "The Christians believed the one God whom they worshipped had given Constantine victory. Lactantius, the Latin apologist who taught rhetoric at Nicomedia in Asia Minor, tells of a dream granted to Constantine directing him to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm

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What Early Christians believed about HUMAN FREEWILL What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Free Will and Obedience 110-165AD Justin Martyr "We have learned from the prophets, and we hold it to be true, that punishments, ... For neither would a man be worthy of reward or praise if he did not of himself choose the good, but was merely created for that end. Likewise, if a man were evil, he would not deserve punishment, since he was not evil of himself, being unable to do anything else than what he was made for." (Justin First Apology chap. 43) 185-255 AD Origen "He makes Himself known to those who, after doing all that their powers will allow, confess that they ... by the unavoidable necessities of fate, are guilty of impiety toward God Himself, making Him out to be the cause and author of human evils. " (Methodius The Banquet of the Ten Virgins discourse 8, chap. 16) Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Freewill.htm

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What Early Christians believed about SALVATION BY FAITH ONLY What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Salvation by Faith Alone? 30-100 AD Clement of Rome, who was a, wrote, "It is necessary, therefore, ... keeping ourselves from all unrighteousness." (Polycarp, personal companion of the apostle John, Letter to the Philippians chap. 2) 125 AD Barnabas "He who keeps these [commandments], will be glorified in the kingdom of God; but he who chooses other ... We must obey His precepts and warnings that our merits may receive their reward." (Cyprian Unity of the Church sec.16) 260-330 AD Lactantius "Why, then, did He make [man] frail and mortal? ... [So] He might set before man virtue, that is, endurance ... For this reason He has given us this present life, that we may either lose the true and eternal life by our sins, or win it by our virtue." (Lactantius Institutes bk. 7, chap. 5) Go Back to last menu Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Faith-Only.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Unlike Arians, Modalists actually destroy the Son of God once and for all after Judgement! "Submerged into God's plan" means the "Son" will go back to being just a thought in the mind of God as he was before his incarnation! In other words, the Son had both beginning and END! What heresy! Click to View History of Modalism: Modalist false account of History: Truthful Historical record: Click to View ... To state early Christians didn't believe in the "trinity" is to assume the point to be proved! In fact Modalism, is historically unrecorded until it made its first debut through Sabellius. The concept of trinity is clearly seen in many of the early writings of uninspired Christians. We have documented 84 historical quotes at: www.bible.ca\H-trinity.htm proving that Modalists (UPC) deliberately mislead their members into believing a falsified historical record! True History of Modalism: We get much of our information on the Modalists from Tertullian (died c. 225), who wrote a treatise ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... The water of baptism washes away sin: Acts 2:38; 22:16. You don't get your sins forgiven until you are immersed in water! Water is a symbol of the blood that literally removes sin. For Roman Catholics and Orthodox to believe in "real ... Indeed, if there were any change in the substance of the elements, his argument that our bodies-in reality, not in appearance-are raised would be subverted." (Early Christians Speak, Everett Ferguson, 1981, p 114) 3. Tertullian (200 AD): Tertullian comes right out and states that the bread is ... Complex calendar of fasting must be kept to partake weekly. Must fast the entire weeks of the four Lents. Who is right? Click to View Click to View Click to View Click here to locate the nearest congregation of Christians who follow ... The Language of the Real Presence About the Lord's Supper: "This is my body" Some New Testament Texts: Mark 14:22 and parallels; John 6:35-65; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Timothy 4:4. SOURCES IGNATIUS: [The Docetists] avoid the eucharist ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.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 ... 91, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "And many of the early Christians, in turn, found peculiar attractions in the doctrines of Plato, and employed them as weapons for the defense and extension of Christianity, or cast the truths of Christianity in a Platonic mold. ... The philosophy of Plato is eminently theistic. God," he says, in his " Republic " (716 A), " is (literally, holds) the beginning, middle, and end of all things. He is the supreme mind or reason, the efficient cause of all things, ... appears to make the only difference " (cf. 11 Apol., xiii.). "Justin" (says Ackermann, Das Christliche im Plato, chap. i., Ham burg, 1835; Eng. transl., The Christian Element in Plato, Edinburgh, 1861), " Justin was, as he him self ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed man-made creeds were tradition ... Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Introduction: The "Rule of faith" (creeds) of the early church was the scripture itself. By 180 AD, oral and written creeds ... B. Two early man-made creeds (regula fidei) are as follows: "Rule of faith" (regula fidei) tradition where the Christians made short uninspired summaries of the faith based directly upon the inspired written and oral traditions of the apostles and prophets. These would have the same type of origin, as a sermon outline based upon the scripture. Unfortunately, these creeds began to be looked at as authoritative with Irenaeus (180 AD) and Tertullian (200 AD). ... of the Father; sent instead of Himself the Power of the Holy Ghost to lead such as believe; will come with glory to take the saints to the enjoyment of everlasting life and of ... Memorizing this creed, which is scripture, is how you "hold fast the traditions" (2 Thess 2:15) this is how you "write them an the table of your heart (2 Cor 3:3). So in the end, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-4-creeds.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... Again, we view all Ignatius' writings as forgeries. They purport to be written by Ignatius, who lived about 110 AD. We believe it is clear, however, that they are all no earlier ... early an age could have uttered such high episcopal notions as appear in the so-called Ignatian Epistles." (Henry C. Sheldon, History of the Christian Church, Vol 1, p 147) B. Roman Catholics and Orthodox love to quote Ignatius because he is the first writer who documents the unbiblical concept of one bishop over a body of elders (presbyters). Yet even Ignatius has no hint of diocesan bishops, where one bishop is over many local churches. Click ... Church, Philip Shaff, Vol 2, ch 4) "But I am content to leave the whole matter, without comment, to the minds of Christians of whatever school and to their independent conclusions." ... Polycarp alludes to him in his Epistle to the Philippians (chap. ix.), and also to his letters (chap. xiii.). Irenaeus quotes a passage from his Epistle to the Romans (Adv. Haer., ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... No single bishop controls the world-wide church. (Click on graphic for high resolution) Click to View Click to View Graphical Mouse Rollover of gradual change of organization over time ... The territory presided over by a bishop is now called a diocese." (Everett Ferguson, Early Christians Speak, p 16) "By the close of the second century, the Roman bishops began to magnify ... Among the early writers, Irenaeus and Cyprian used the terms most flattering to Rome. Tertullian, to be sure, in one instance applied to the Roman bishop higher epithets than are anywhere else found in the literature of the first three centuries, calling him the ... Heresies, book 3, Chapter XIV.-If Paul Had Known Any Mysteries) 250 AD Ignatius: We take the view that all of Ignatius' writings are forgeries and unreliable. There are fifteen books attributed to Ignatius. Eight are surely forgeries and spurious. Seven are considered by some as genuine, although many scholars also believe they are all forgeries. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm

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Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods Test tube meat production, genetically modified foods, soya beans, corn, chicken, pork, beef, soya oils. click to view EARLY LIGHT ON A MODERN DEVELOPMENT Introduction: ... 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 sixteenth century. Consensus Early that all Meat is Clean What the Bible says. The early general consensus was that no food is common/unclean for Christians. Jesus Himself taught in Mark 7: "There is nothing outside ... in one's powers of reflection mislead some hyper-scrupulous Christians to believe that some foods are.[vii] He forbade making judgments concerning the uncleanness ... And the reason which forbids the use of strangled animals for food is also applicable to the use of blood.[xxvi] Tertullian was a prominent Roman lawyer before his ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed View Constantius (Constantine's son) exiled and crushed by force, the Trinitarians Click to View Arius triumphed for 50 years after Nicea, then was defeated till the 19th century. ... Constantine's personal "theology" emerges with particular clarity from a remarkable series of letters, extending from 313 to the early 320s, concerning the Donatist schism in North Africa. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) The reasons for Constantine's conversion to Christianity have been much debated. Some believe that it was an astute stroke of policy, designed to win the support of the Christians, or a wise act of ... for actions hardly compatible with the baptized state delayed the ceremony until the end of his life. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) During ... and it was probably nothing more than a Greek translation of a term already found in Tertullian (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p51-53) Opposition to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... 30-150AD: Church organization the same as you can read about in the Bible Blueprint! Click to View Learn from the Bible Blueprint, how the church was organized by the apostles! Click to View Find a ... of the New Testament and the earliest post-apostolic writings indicate that at the end of the first century the general pattern of church organization was for local churches to be presided over by a plurality of elders, also called bishops, who were assisted by deacons." (Everett Ferguson, Early Christians Speak, p 15) "The presbyters, or elders, were the highest local authority in a church. ... to the Corinthians, Chapter LIV.-He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored to the Church.) 100 AD "to be bishops and deacons of those who should afterwards believe. ... The apocryphal martyrdoms of Peter and Paul are falsely ascribed to Linus (see Tischendorf, Acta Apost. Apocr. p. xix. sq.). Eusebius (chap. 13, below) says that Linus was bishop for twelve years. In ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet: "The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely ... All any honest Jehovah's Witness needs to be shown to trash the entire booklet's ("Should you believe in the Trinity?") credibility is this one quote by Weigall. If they can read all what Weigall ... in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p37) The name Mary is of pagan origin: "the early Christians in the days before Theology took hold of the Faith, that in His incarnation He was simply the ... are increased when it is realised that such an ascension into the sky was the usual end to the mythical legends of the lives of pagan gods, just as it. was to the very legendary life of Elijah. ... At the beginning of the Fourth Century Lactantius, 'a Christian Father', stated that Jesus was Chief of the Angels, and never pretended to be God, but only God's, messenger ; and as late as A.D. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Part1: Pagan Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... If John 17:3 excludes Jesus from being "True God", then Jesus is also excluded from being a Saviour or King. Click link for more. Various Trinitarian concepts exist. ... They also believe that the holy ghost is not a person but God's spirit, his active force. Click to View Supporters of the Trinity say that it is founded not only on religious tradition but also on the Bible. Christians do not found the trinity upon tradition at all. We reject all human creeds and abide ONLY in the concept of ... No one can paint to a certain moment as the beginning of time. And it is a fact that, even though our lives end, time does not. We do not reject idea of time because ... Shortly afterwards it appears in its Latin form of trinitas in Tertullian." However, this is no proof in itself that Tertullian taught the Trinity. Satanic quote! ... Remember, Weigall is the Watchtower's "star witness" and is used as the key quote in the introduction and throughout their booklet. Taught by Early Christians? DID ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-pagan-section.htm

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