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Apostate church organization: From 606 AD to the present time ... This is the way it has been to this very day. 622 AD: The Muslims wipe out Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria leaving Rome and Constantinople as the two dominant centers of power in the church. "The patriarchates of Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria were distracted and weakened in the course of the fifth and sixth centuries by the tedious monophysite controversies, and subsequently, after the year 622, were reduced to but a shadow by the Mohammedan [Muslims, Islam] conquests." (Philip ... The Pope of Rome is just one among 15 but for reasons of pride, refuses to humble itself in the face of reality. In the 6th century, when the Constantinople (Orthodox) and Roman Catholic churches went their separate paths of organization. They evolved differently. The Orthodox has retained the 6th century a 5 tiered, multi level organization. The Roman Catholic church has only three levels: Pope, Bishops, Priests, and has actually simplified its organization since the 6th century. Rome took powers away ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-606AD-today.htm

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Sola Scriptura was not invented by 16th century Protestants, ... No Father or council of the early Church ever asserted that the Scriptures, in and of themselves, with-out any reference to the Church, are the all-sufficient rule of faith. The Reformation principle of sola Scriptura was an invention of the Reformation itself. ... This means that from the Day of Pentecost to October 31, 1517-a span of approximately 1488 years-the kind of theology which Protestantism exalts as being "authentic" could not have existed. In other words, the early Church, to ... The idea that Sola Scriptura was "an invention of the sixteenth century" is proven wrong by the fact that the earliest apostolic Fathers clearly taught Sola Scriptura. The Bible and Apostolic Fathers taught it. Then between 200 AD and 1500 AD, there was a gradual move towards the adoption of human creeds and traditions. By the time Luther came along, the Roman Catholic church had become so tradition bound, that the church barely resembled the one you can read about in the Bible. Luther simply restored ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-anti-refuted-unscriptural.htm

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Conclusion to the 500 year historical overview: The "poors box" seen in the animated Robin Hood movie, where the church mice gave their last farthing to friar Tuck, is how the poor were supported out of altruistic Christian charity. However, this all changed at the time when King Henry VIII divorced his wife and married Anne Boleyn. The recent collapse of Feudalism drove the poor into the cities as beggars and the Renaissance and the Enlightenment had just dawned. The Roman Catholic church was rife with corruption and indulgences triggered the ... The insane lived undifferentiated from other poor, unemployed beggars in the work houses. From work houses to Mad houses. Because church ministers were historically viewed as the exclusive experts in insanity, the families of the rich, propertied upper classes began in about 1650-75 AD, to make direct payments to these church ministers to "board out" their insane relatives in the very first mad houses ... a luxury poor families could not afford. This housing of the rich insane by church ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-conclusion.htm

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Official creed of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) "Disciples always have opposed...the use of creeds to exclude persons from the church. It was (the) use of creeds as 'tests of fellowship' that the Disciples' founding fathers fingered as the major cause of division among Christians...(So) unlike most other churches, we Disciples do not have an official doctrinal statement we can refer to when someone asks, 'What does the Christian Church believe?'" Kenneth Teegarden The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a community of believers ... In recent years (1970s following), the Disciples of Christ denomination has sought to broaden its "liberality" and has endorsed the following anti-Biblical positions: ordained women ministers ordained women elders denied the requirement of immersion for salvation as essential to salvation, as they did when they were first founded. participated in unity discussions with the Roman Catholic church, apparently acknowledging the latter's claims and doctrines. A few have denied the virgin birth of Jesus A ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Disciples-C.htm

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Sola Scriptura was not impeded by a 10% of people could read ... ... Acts 17:10-11 "And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks." Acts 18:4 Paul told Timothy that the scriptures were to be read every Lord's Day: "Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching." 1 Timothy 4:13 All the heretics between 100 - 400 AD possessed the scriptures and would engage the church by quoting them directly. If the ability to read is an essential pre-condition to sola Scriptura, then how do illiterate Catholic and Orthodox pew-dwellers know the Catholic and Orthodox Catechisms? Would not the same logic apply to illiterates in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches? If Catholic and Orthodox laity can "know the truth" by hearing the catechism read to them, then why not illiterate Christians when they hear the Bible read? If the ability to read is an essential pre-condition to sola Scriptura, then how do the illiterate Catholic and Orthodox commoner know for certain that the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-illiteracy-rate.htm

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Sola Scriptura: 2 Timothy 2:2 does not prove apostolic succession ... Shouldn't Timothy have been a bishop at Rome if this teaches succession? The tradition that Timothy was bishop of Ephesus is very late and most scholars believe it is a fabrication. The Orthodox church, with nothing else, just blindly accept it at true. No tradition says that Timothy was Paul's successor. We have no line of successors in history either. Why didn't Paul make this claim of succession to someone who was to be bishop of Rome. And why didn't Peter make this statement? Finally, it is indeed odd for Roman Catholics to claim this verse teaches succession when the church at Ephesus, where the fabricated tradition says Timothy was bishop, is under the umbrella of the Greek Orthodox church. If I were Roman Catholic I would never use any verse that implied Timothy was specifically included in succession of any kind. Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View More Anti-Sola Scriptura arguments refuted! by Steve Rudd Click to View Go To Start: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-refuted-succession-2-timothy-2-2.htm

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Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries But it is deceptive to mention that a misquote is from a Trinitarian but not tell you when they are quoting from a fellow Arian. To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "Summing up the historical evidence, Alvan Lamson says in The ... The Church of the First Three Centuries, written in the mid 1800's is a rare, obscure and out of print book that most libraries don't even have! Deception Exposed: The Watchtower is guilty of a kind of self-quoting, while leading you to believe that he is a trinitarian! JW's don't want you to know that the greatest historical authority they use to summarize all the historical data in their book "Should you believe the Trinity", is an ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lamson.htm

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Werner, Martin: The Formation of Christian Dogma The Primitive Christian conception of the Messiah as a high angelic being also explains for us the fact, which is of great doctrinal importance, that in the Primitive Christian era there was no sign of any kind of Trinitarian problem or controversy, such as later produced violent conflicts in the Church. The reason for this undoubtedly lay in the fact that, for Primitive Christianity, Christ was, in terms of late-Jewish apocalyptic, a being of the high celestial angel-world, who was created and chosen by God for the task of bringing in, at the end of the ages, against the ... In a dispute about Christ, which was conducted in such a manner, this problem could not come up for discussion." (The Formation of Christian Dogma, An Historical Study of its Problems; Martin Werner, p298) "Consequently one now began to talk of a divine 'Trinity'. In the Nicene confession-formula of A.D. 325 this concept had been, significantly, lacking. 'Tinitas' = Trias did not signify a kind of 'unity of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Werner.htm

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Sola Scriptura: "Paul quoted an early hymn from tradition in ... Isaiah 60:1. "Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you." Isaiah 52:1 "Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk from the Lord's hand the cup of His anger; The chalice of reeling you have drained to the dregs." Isaiah 51:17. Therefore, there is no reason to think the saying comes from tradition, when ... When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification." Notice that all this is done with the direct guidance of the Holy Spirit. Why would it surprise us if Paul quotes one of these inspired hymns that was familiar to the early church. Of course for Roman Catholic and Orthodox oral tradition defenders, create a huge problem for themselves since they possess no record of inspired hymns from the first century and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-awake-o-sleeper-Eph-5-14.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the church by the Holy Spirit ... It also makes all books on earth understandable without the Holy Spirit, except for the Bible, which we are, according to this false doctrine, prevented from understanding until the Holy Spirit illuminates the meaning for us! Click to View The illumination of the church by the Holy Spirit to correctly interpret the Bible is false doctrine! Sola Scriptura home page Click to View The church is not an infallible interpreter of scripture! I. Oral Traditionalists: Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches "But the appeal to antiquity is both a ... The standard is necessarily individualistic, and therefore the standard is necessarily relativistic." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 247) If using the Bible alone without creeds is true, "then much of the Church was left without any standard of truth for centuries. In the early centuries of the Church it was not possible to go to a local Christian book store and buy a copy of the Bible. Manuscripts of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-church.htm

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Did the New Testament Church have a world headquarters? ... Bishops were elders, and they are two terms that describe a single office, just like you see in the Bible. This is proven by the record of history from 1 Clement, Polycarp to the Philippians. After 150 AD a trend started where one of the men who made up the presbytery, became elevated within the local church. He began to exclusively wear the title of Bishop, and the rest of the men were called "the Presbytery". Now we have the first stage of apostasy. Although Bishop and Elders were one ... B. Congregational: Every member gets an equal say in church government. Church buildings are owned by the local church. (Congregational, Baptist, Pentecostal, Brethren) C. Episcopal: Episcopal is a transliteration of the Greek word for "bishop or overseer". All local churches are ruled from a central point. The Roman Catholic church with its Pope in Rome and the Jehovah's Witnesses with their "Governing body" in New York city are excellent examples. Local churches have no say on theology and local ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-headquarters.htm

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Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... This means that the creed has precedence over the Bible itself and actually competes with the Bible as a sole standard of authority. As you will plainly see, the Bible is NOT the sole standard of faith, but a human origin creed is. Although the Christian Missionary Alliance church would argue that the creed merely teaches the Bible, in fact all church creeds make the same claim, yet they contain contradictory doctrines both between themselves and the Bible. All doctrine determined from central point like Roman Catholic faith: "The General Assembly," [world headquarters] "is the ultimate authority under God of The ... with the doctrines and teachings of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, may be approved by The Christian and Missionary Alliance as a minister of the Gospel." (The Manual, Christian Missionary Alliance church) "A candidate shall state on the provided forms, knowledge of Bible doctrine and acceptance of doctrinal distinctives of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Jehovah's Witnesses have a "new light" or "brighter light" theology where God reveals through the Watchtower new things never before understood. But herein lay the hypocritical paradox for Jw's in regard to Trinity doctrine. How can Jw's reject "doctrinal development" of the first 3 centuries yet teach they have the doctrinal ... Therefore, we do not defend the Nicene creed or the Athanasius creed, but are content to simply prove the deity of the uncreated Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. But for Jw's the rejection of Catholic doctrinal development, while teaching the identical thing themselves, is typical of the wild contradictions that exist within ... First it is important to note that we do not defend anything but the concept of trinity as taught in the New Testament. We do not defend the developed Nicene concept of the trinity. The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the deity of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... Click to View Who is the ANTICHRIST? Click to View Does Revelation prophecy today's current events? A. False assumptions of Rapture and premillennialism. 1. False: The kingdom is something distinct from the church. Truth: The kingdom is the church which was established on the day of Pentecost in 33 A.D. We are in the kingdom now: Col 1:13; Rev 1:6,9. 2. False: Reviving the Roman empire to keep time prophecies of Dan 2,7,8,9 from failing. Truth: The final kingdom Daniel saw was Rome. God set up his kingdom during the Roman empire which began in 30 BC and was destroyed in 397 AD. The kingdom is the church which was started on Pentecost. ... Given the amount and degree of direct persecution these churches were facing (or soon would be), there was a very pragmatic purpose to reassuring them that this fierce threat would be short-lived and the perpetuity of the church was certain. Were this book to be describing events 19 centuries (or more) into the future, it would seem unlikely that it would ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

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Early and Latter Rain Theology Refuted ... Of course Latter Rain promoters argue over when the Latter rains began and with their numerology, some teach the latter rain began in 1948 when Israel became a nation. (how convenient again.) 4. While Joel 2:28ff clearly prophecies the outpouring on Pentecost in Acts 2, the theology of "latter rain" is speculative and without any Bible support. A. "Latter Rain" violates "Sola-Scriptura" 1. Sola-Scriptura means "using the Bible only as ... This is called "Irresistible grace" e. your church uses ecclesiastical tradition that is not found in the Bible 5. Four types of inspiration from the Holy Spirit that complete with the Bible: a. Ecclesiastically Illuminated, Traditionalist, Creedalists: Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches maintain that the scriptures can only be interpreted in light of what the current church organization proclaims. The scriptures are not understandable by the common man in the pew and that the Holy Spirit communicates with the organization to correctly understand ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-prediction-end-of-the-world-early-and-latter-rains-god-told-me-inspired-illuminated.htm

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When the Bible was first viewed as having both an "Old and New ... Jeremiah 31:31 "Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, Luke 22:20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. 1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in ... Cyprian a few years later used the terminology of "old and new," without the word "covenant," in reference to the scriptures: "As you examine more fully the scriptures, old and new, and read through the complete volumes of the spiritual books"" (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Everett Ferguson, Factors Leading to the Selection and Closure of the New Testament Canon, p 308, 2002) II. Roman Catholic and Orthodox get Marcion wrong: Father James Bernstein, an Orthodox church leader wrote: "It is not until ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-old-and-new-testament.htm

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4 Competing Views of Church Organization ... Within each local church, the pattern is that of a plurality of men who meet the qualifications of 1 Tim 3 and Tit 1, with total control over the congregation. Under them are deacons, who serve as servants of the elders to assist, as instructed, to govern the local church. Pulpit preachers have no more authority than common ... They object to the Roman Catholic monarchy because it would mean one of two things: 1. That God repudiated the decisions of the Ecumenical councils and changed his mind in favour of monarchal power at Rome. Such is difficult for the Orthodox mind to accept, for they see the decisions of the Ecumenical councils as being inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit. Therefore it is like changing the Bible itself. 2. That there was a three stage evolution of church government first, with the simple Biblical arrangement of autonomous local churches, then the trends towards centralization at produced the Patriarchal system of the 4th and 5th centuries and finally the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-perspective.htm

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Bible texts taught Sola Scriptura and the all-sufficiency of ... Click to View "How could 2 Timothy 3:16 teach the all-sufficiency of scripture, when several New Testament books were not even written yet?" "No Orthodox Christian would deny that Paul's affirmation of the inspiration of the Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16) applies to the New Testament by extension. However, at the time Paul wrote to Timothy-and for almost three centuries thereafter-there was no official New Testament canon. Indeed, at that point, not all of the books of the New Testament had even been written. If Paul were asserting the sole sufficiency of the Scriptures (i.e. the Old Testament), it would obviate the need for the New Testament." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 122) Click to View Refutation of the false Roman Catholic and Orthodox argument: "How could 2 Timothy 3:16 teach the all-sufficiency of scripture, when several New Testament books were not even written yet?" Bible texts taught Sola Scriptura and the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-anti-refuted-2-timothy-3-16-canon.htm

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Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD ... Are we living in the last days yet? 3. Who is the ANTICHRIST? 4. 50 ways Rapture and pre-millennialism contradicts the Bible A. False assumptions of Rapture and premillennialism. 1. False: The kingdom is something distinct from the church. Truth: The kingdom is the church which was established on the day of Pentecost in 33 A.D. We are in the kingdom now: Col 1:13; Rev 1:6,9. 2. False: Reviving the Roman empire to keep time prophecies of Dan 2,7,8,9 from failing. Truth: The final kingdom Daniel saw was Rome. God set up his kingdom during the Roman empire which began in 30 BC and was destroyed in 397 AD. The kingdom is the church which ... If you surveyed Southern Baptists, you would likely find many who hold to the "Pre-Tribulational" view of the rapture, others who hold to a "Mid-Trib" view, some to a "Post-Trib" rapture, some who hold to historical premillennialism, and perhaps even a few who don't agree with any of these views. b. Baptist: The Doctrinal Statement of the Cornerstone ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm

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They are digging up Bible stories! Start Page ... time as the "Pottery Neolithic" age began. The solution for the wise and discerning Bible student is to take this time scale and squish it down to fit between the Flood and the time of Abraham. This means that Kebaran cannot be any older than 3298 BC and Neolithic Pottery would date to about 3000 BC. We call this the "Accordion time scale solution": Accordion time scale solution to current archeological dates Suggested archeological time scale of Bible believers. Fictitious archeological time scale of Bible trashing Ph.D. archeologists. 3298-3100 BC Kebaran: 14,000-50,000 years old 3000 BC Mushabian: 13-14,000 years old 2900 BC Natufian: 10,500-13,000 years old 2800 BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic: 7,500 - 10,500 BC. 2700 BC Pottery Neolithic: 7,500 years old B. The problem of theological bias: Theological bias has played a devastatingly negative role in entrenching errors in all Bible maps. For example, the Roman Catholic and Orthodox church both accept Constantine's mother's choice of Mt. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-start-here.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? But at the dinner, according to Luke's account in Chapter 22:19-20, "He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me. And the cup in like manner after supper saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you". Jesus was ... 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 thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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Hislop, Alexander: The Two Babylons While this had been the original way in which Pagan idolatry had represented the Triune God, and though this kind of representation had survived to Sennacherib's time, yet there is evidence that, at a very early period, an important change had taken place in the Babylonian notions in regard to the divinity; and that the three persons had come to be, the Eternal Father, the Spirit of God incarnate in a human mother, and a Divine Son, the fruit of that incarnation. (Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, p. 18) Our comments Anti-Trinitarians quote profusely from Alexander Hislop in such a way so as to make the reader think that Hislop held believed that Trinity was of Pagan source and that Hislop rejected trinity. Having checked the book, Hislop is conservative minded and does not trash the whole of Christianity, like all who say Trinity originated with the pagans. What Hislop refutes is not the Trinity, but the vain attempts of the Roman Catholic Church to use a triangle to represent the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hislop.htm

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Pentecostalism: The religion founded by women who usurp their ... ... Agnes Ozman beginning of modern Pentecostalism 1901 The modern Pentecostal movement began on January 1, 1901, in Bethel Bible College in Topeka, Kansas, operated by Charles Parham, a minister with a background in the Holiness movement. The students began to seek the baptism of the Spirit with tongues, and Agnes Ozman was the first student to experience speaking in tongues. She claimed she spoke in several languages immediately. She is the first woman in North America to speak in tongues! ... Founded and headed the Foursquare Gospel Church, led a controversial life and died of a drug overdose in 1944. Kathryn Kuhlman Kathryn Kuhlman was ordained a Baptist minister, but did not associate her ministry with any denomination She was heavily influenced by the Azusa street revival, and by the Roman Catholic church. She was well known for the manifestations that occurred at her meetings, including "laughter". She is said to be responsible for the introduction of the manifestation of "Slain in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-women-usurp.htm

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Scientology is anti-Christian, Satanic and Neo-Gnostic? ... Scientology and Reincarnation "The Egyptians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jainists, Sikhists, Brahmans, NeoPlatonists, Christians, Romans, Jews and Gnostics all believed in reincarnation and the rebirth cycle. It was a fundamental belief in the Roman Catholic Church until 553 AD when a company of four monks held the Synod of Constantinople, (without the Pope present) and decided the belief could not exist. They condemned the teachings of reincarnation as heresy and it was at this time that references to it were ... Gnosticism parallels Scientology: "Even for specialists, Gnosticism is hard to define. It is a set of forms of religious belief that probably came into existence in the first century BCE as a heretical form of Judaism. Gnosticism flourished in the second to fourth centuries CE as heretical forms of Christianity. It is, as Pheme Perkins correctly argues, not a systematic set of ideas but of "mythemes" and speculations that were combined in a host of different ways both within and without ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-christianity-compared.htm

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The Water Supply and Distribution System of the Nabataean City ... This demonstration of engineering capability indicates a high degree of cognitive skill in solving complex hydraulic problems to ensure a stable water supply and may be posited as a key reason behind the many centuries of flourishing city life. Positioned between Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, many influences ... Following conquest by Alexander and the later division of his empire, conflicts arose between the Nabataeans, Antigonus of Macedonia and Ptolemaic forces for control of the lucrative trade routes passing through Petra. With the decline of Seleucid and Egyptian influences, a Nabataean state emerged in 64 BC. Roman intervention began when ... Most likely, dams were in place in other wadis to store water and to limit erosion or depositional problems within the urban environment. The water stored behind dams additionally served to raise the water table, supplying wells as a backup for the cisterns. A well exists in the Byzantine church east of (45 in B;2), and there ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-water-supply-of-petra-charles-r-ortloff-2005.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The rock of the wilderness that followed them ... False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove oral extra-scriptural church tradition are refuted. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View "The rock of the wilderness that followed them was recorded only in Jewish tradition, not scripture. 1 ... If we are to accept that a literal rock followed them, the wide range of contradictory details in the legends means that only by direct inspiration, did Paul isolate which part of the tradition was in fact correct. This certainly is possible, but gives no help to Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders of oral tradition because the oral ... The rabbis said that it was round, and rolled itself up like a swarm of bees, and that, when the tabernacle was pitched, this rock came and settled in its vestibule and began to flow when the princes came to it and sang, `Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it.' It does not, of course, follow from this allusion that St. Paul or even ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-christ-rock-followed-1-cor-10-4.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 325 AD: Athanasius ... We simply point out that until the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches can point out a single place where Athanasius or any early writer tells us: "This is a doctrine not found in scripture, because the Bible is not all-sufficient... this doctrine came directly from the extra-biblical oral tradition of the apostles." Until that time, we see Athanasius doing exactly what all churches today should do: Base their "church traditions" directly on scripture. We think Athanasius is a good example in this regard! Athanasius doesn't help the Roman Catholic and ... can correctly interpret the Bible, Athanasius really believed that scripture was understandable by the common man by simply reading it (Eph 3:3-5)! Notice it is addressed to the "Christ-loving man", to all! This kind of statement from Athanasius, should be troubling for Catholics and Orthodox alike, since, he is the a church leader who is not supposed to ask us to use our own powers of interpretation to know truth, he is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-athanasius.htm

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Rejected books, widely used in the first two centuries, but not ... ... Metzger puts the date at about 125 - 150 AD. (The Canon of the New Testament, Bruce Manning Metzger, 1987, p 184) Some have noted that the book has similarities in style with the much later "Dante's Inferno" (1300 AD) Gospel According to the Egyptians: Metzger puts the date at about 150 AD. (The Canon of the New Testament, Bruce Manning Metzger, 1987, p 169) It was accepted only in Egypt. It has heretical doctrinal slant of the Gnostic Encratites. "Literally, "abstainers" or "persons who practised continency", because they refrained from the use of wine, animal food, and marriage." (New Advent Catholic Enyclopedia, Encratites) Gospel According to the Hebrews: The date of the book is difficult to know but may be as early as the first century. The book has been forever lost: "The Gospel according to the Hebrews" was a work of early Christian literature to which reference is frequently made by the church Fathers in the first five centuries, and of which some twenty or more fragments, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-rejected-books.htm

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"The Sensational speech of Bishop Joseph Georg Strossmayer in ... ... "Finding no trace of the papacy in the days of the apostles, I said to myself, I shall find what I am in search of in the annals of the church. Well, I say it frankly - I have sought for a pope in the first four centuries, and I have not found him. None of you, I hope, will doubt the great authority of the holy Bishop of Hippo, the great and blessed St. Augustine. This pious doctor - the honor and glory of the Catholic church, was secretary in the Council of Melvie. In the decrees of this venerable assembly are to be found these significant words - 'Whoever wills to appeal to those beyond the sea ... These are facts which, for the honor of the Holy See, we should wish to ignore; but when it is to define a dogma which may provoke a great schism in our midst, the love which we bear to our venerable mother church, Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman, ought it to impose silence on us? Scene 9: Papal Sins And Excesses "I go on. The learned Cardinal Baronius, speaking of the papal court, says (give ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-joseph-georg-strossmayer.htm

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Church ministers were the first Psychiatrists!: The history of ... ... Leland V Bell, 1980 AD, p 1-4) The insane were under the jurisdiction of church ministers and churches, just like any other willful sin: "For at least two centuries (the thirteenth and fourteenth) the plight of the mentally ill was entirely the domain of the theologians, whilst lay physicians dealt as best they could with ... Suddenly church ministers found themselves with a whole new set of duties to be round the clock caregivers for the insane in their own homes for a price. This was a grave mistake. Church ministers began to function like "foster parents" to care for the needy and unwanted for cash. Was it a profit seeking motive for the ministers? Perhaps. But ... Trust is vital to the professional because he or she needs to secure assent to claims to possess, not just skills and knowledge that the laity lacks, but skills and knowledge the professional argues the public is not even in a position to assess with any degree of precision. Likewise, the laity must come to trust that members ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-church-ministers-first-psychiatrists.htm

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Introduction: Standardized Architectural Synagogue Signature ... evidence, Strange (2003:53-57) holds that the seven Tem-ple period synagogues in Israel (Capernaum, Gamla, Herodium, Jericho, Qiryat Sefer, Masada and Modiin) followed a kind of cultural template, consisting of a distinctively Jewish type of basilica inspired by the Second Temple courts. ... Christianity's rhetoric increasingly distinguished between itself and neighboring Jews, Christianity seems to have been strongly tied to the model of the synagogue for indications of how it should develop artistically and functionally. The impact of synagogues on early Christian church buildings has been obscured by the lack of extensive evidence in the crucial period of the late first through late third centuries. ... But if this scenario is correct, there is little doubt in my mind that such similarities as there were derived from Christian borrowing from Jewish synagogues, not the other way around." (Building Jewish in the Roman East, Peter Richardson, p343, 2004 AD) 4. "Almost all buildings ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Architectural-Introduction-master-Summary-chart-ancient-synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-prototype-spiritualized-similarities-into-church.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, ... However, Harnack differed at a decisive point from Zahn by sharply distinguishing between the public reading from a Pauline collection and the formal recognition of the corpus' canonicity." (The New Testament as canon, Brevard S. Childs, 1984, p 422) III. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue: 1. False claims by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-earliest-evidence.htm

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Great Bible Doctrines! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca Tombs opened, saints resurrected 6 PM: Sunset & moonrise at precisely the same time Eclipsed blood-red moon rises (NASA) Read more The Six Trials of Jesus: 3 Jewish and 3 Roman The Jews found Jesus guilty 3 times. The Romans found Jesus Innocent 3 times. Read more Click to View Hermeneutics: The science of how we interpret the Bible. Why We Must Obey God's Silence: Acts 15 God's Road map on how to determine doctrine from the Bible 1. The doctrinal dispute in Acts 15 2. Examining the four argumentation methods 3. Generic and specific authority 4. A critical lesson from the US Constitution! 5. A critical lesson from the driver's handbook! 6. Gifts of benevolence from the church treasury: The Bible Pattern If you drove your car the way you ... to Man 4. Is Doctrine Important? 5. What is the true Bible "Christmas" story of the birth of Jesus? (separating fact from Catholic myth) 6. Sunday is the day Christian's worship! 7. What will happen at the End Of The World? 8. What is the 1000 Year ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexdoctrine.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Hippolytus Against Noetus, ch 9) Click to View This is a powerful contradiction and refutation to the modern Roman Catholic and Orthodox view of tradition. Although Hippolytus was fully aware that the gospel was first preached 100% orally through the apostles and prophets even before the first book of the New Testament was written, in 200 AD, he recognized that scripture was the only source of authority. This also proves that although Hippolytus may also have recognized the witness of church tradition, he saw that tradition was ultimately derived from scripture, since none of the inspired apostles were alive to consult with. ... Hippolytus implies that the Quartodecimans keep all other "apostolic tradition", except for rejecting how to properly calculate Easter. Now the "Easter controversy" is an example of how man-made doctrine began to infiltrate the church which no one in the first century practiced. Yearly Easter celebrations are found neither in scripture or the apostolic fathers. What we ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hippolytus.htm

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Synagogue Basilica and Byzantine Church Octagonal Architecture ... Cathedral of SS Sergius, Bacchus and Leontius in Istanbul (Turkey) j. Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna: 548 AD k. Dome of the Rock: 684 AD. There was an octagonal church foundation on the temple mount that the Muslims wrongly assumed was the ... his entire life. [B] "It was a kind of large basilica, with one colonnade inside another. [C] "Sometimes there were [55b] twice as many people there as those who went forth from Egypt. [D] "Now there were seventy-one [Y.: seventy] golden thrones set up there, one for each of the seventy-one elders, each one worth twenty-five talents of gold, with a wooden platform in the middle. [E] "The minister of the synagogue stands on it, with flags in his hand. When one began to read, the other would wave ... Sukk. 5:1, I.5.A-H, describing the second temple synagogue in Alexandria, 400 AD) c. "The word "basilica" is regularly used of churches and synagogues. The Roman basilica was a civic building, used for a variety of pur-poses: market, hank, stock ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Byzantine-Churches-Octagonal-Basilica-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-copied-adopted-similarities.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Gap Theory refuted. The church age ... Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' " And he said to me, "These are true words of God." " (Revelation 19:7-9) 8. We proclaim the Lord's death every Sunday in church with the Lord's supper till Christ returns. Harold Camping had the proclaimation of the death of Christ end in 1988. For 23 years between 1988 and 2011, Camping did not obey the command to have weekly communion: a. "On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. " (Acts 20:7) b. "In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This ... Daniel saw a vision of four human kingdoms and prophesied that the Kingdom of God would be established during the days of the Roman empire of 63 BC to 396 AD: Dan 2:44 d. The 70 weeks of Daniel 9, although symbolic periods of time, are concurrent and sequential. To have 69 weeks ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-tribulation-rapture-gap-theory-church-age-parentheses-dispensationalists-premillenarians.htm

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History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ... Glait and Fischer, who had been taught the false doctrine of the Catholic and Lutheran churches, that Sunday is the Sabbath, were astonished to read in the Bible that the Sabbath was indeed the 7th day! When they began to teach this, theologians were sent to persuade them to abandon what they called the "Jewish Sabbath." Both of them suffered a martyr death, largely due to their Sabbatarian views. Sabbatarians owe a debt of gratitude to these Sabbath pioneers whose work later influenced the origin of the Seventh-day Baptist church. The latter (Joseph Bates) has been instrumental in helping the early Adventists and other Christians to rediscover the Sabbath. Historically, it was in 1844 the ... Click to View Guess #1: the Pope introduced Sunday worship. Click to View The Roman Catholic Pope DID NOT change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. Yes Catholics do claim they changed the Sabbath, but they also claim that Peter was the first pope! Sabbath Keepers ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

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Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black ... III. ANALYZING SCIENTOLOGY In this section, an analysis of Scientology will be made in relation to the above dimensions. For convenience in exposition, the order in which the dimensions will be considered is not exactly the same as that adopted above. III.I. THE DOCTRINAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DIMENSION The Scientology Handbook (page i) states that: "The essential tenets of Scientology are these: You are an immortal spiritual being. Your experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. And ... The Executive Director International is assisted by eleven senior executive officers, each of whom oversees a particular activity or function of the Church. The bureaucratic structure of the Church of Scientology International (CSI) bears some resemblances to that of the Roman Catholic Church, though the tasks of the various officials within the CSI are specific to Scientology, reflecting the organizational and administrative theories propounded by L. Ron Hubbard. The Church of Scientology places ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-is-a-religion-black.htm

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Reconstructing Petra Smithsonian: June 2007; Vol 38 Num 3 By ... Two millennia ago our now deserted track was a well-engineered caravan route, bustling with itinerant traders on foot, Roman soldiers on horseback and rich merchants on camels. Directly ahead is a sheer cliff lined with elegant carvings reminiscent of Greek and Roman temples, a surreal vision in this remote mountain valley surrounded by desert. This is the back door to Petra, whose very name means rock in Greek. In its heyday, which began in the first century tic. and lasted for about goo years, ... An ingenious water supply system allowed Petrans not just to drink and bathe, but to grow wheat, cultivate fruit, make wine and stroll in the shade of tall trees. During the centuries just before and after Christ, Petra was the Middle East's premier ... Then, on May 19, A.D. 363, a massive earthquake and a powerful aftershock rumbled through the area. A Jerusalem bishop noted in a letter that "nearly half" of Petra was destroyed by the seismic shock. A church used until the seventh canton. A.D. and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-smithsonian-june-2007-vol38-num3.htm

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Pentecostalism: Worshipping God with your mind in neutral! What is incredible is that this very type of worship is totally foreign to the Bible yet seen in occult world religions EXACTLY the same as in Pentecostal churches. Read carefully the quotes below and take heed! Montanus 150 AD Click to View Montanus opposed formalism in the church and boldly intimidated Christians by claiming his followers were more spiritual than those who had only the "dead letter" of the Scriptures. (Earle E. Cairns, Christianity Through the Centuries (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1954), 110- 11.) (Charismatic Chaos, John F. MacArthur, 1991, p. 74) Quakers Click to View At its best Quaker silent worship involves a kind of letting go, a lack of strain or ... Click to View While I was a student at U of M through the influence of some friends I went to a series of meetings called "Life In the Spirit" seminars hosted by the Word of God Community. At the end of the 6 weeks two brother laid hands on me and I began to speak in a language that was not my own, nor did it seem to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neutral-mind.htm

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Footnoting Policy of Watchtower, and actual footnotes to their ... Further, they quote several times from non-English resources that are not translated into English. The Watchtower was kind enough to translate their little deceptive quote, but such quotes in an English resource makes it difficult to even check it they quoted it right! Of course "making it difficult to check on them" is exactly why the Watchtower designed the format of the book in the first place. They cannot argue that it would take too much space up to ... XII, (Charles Scribners Sons, NY) p. 461. 35. "New Catholic Encyclopedia", 1967, Vol. XIV, p. 299. 36."The Church of the First Three Centuries", Alvan Lamson, 1869 edition, p 56-57, published by the British and Foreign Unitarian Association, (Horace B. Fuller, Boston, MA). Section 4: How Did the Trinity Doctrine Develop? 43. "Babylon the Great Has Fallen!", Watchtower Society, 1963, p. 477. 44. "The Early Church," by Henry Chadwick, 1967, (Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England) pp. 122, 124. 45. "Encyclopaedia ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-footnotes.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) It is surprising what a little leaven will do to a whole lump. Even today Adventists speak of the non-members as "outsiders," "brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law of the church," or slipping once in a while, "the unsaved." In fact, in the Adventist concept, both earlier and later, just about everybody was and is unsaved. The first reason for this, the "shut door," was soon dropped because those who missed the boat of 1844 began to die off. Afterward, the unsaved, even down to our time, became all those who didn't accept Christ. All Christians knew that, but to make it a little different, and perhaps to add charm, the Adventist view came to mean anyone who worshiped on Sunday (Catholic or Protestant); anyone who smoked, chewed, drank, wenched, ... In most libraries, the religion department is under the subject heading of philosophy-and that is what it is, the defining and redefining of terms and ideas that have defied defining for centuries. Ellen and her helpers were masters at reworking past ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH2-shut-door.htm

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Lohse, Bernard: A Short History of Christian Doctrine ... At the same time, however, there are in the New Testament the rudiments of a concept of God that was susceptible of further development and clarification, along doctrinal lines. ... Speaking first of the person of Jesus Christ ... In other passages of the New Testament the predicate "God" is without a doubt applied to ... upon the oneness of God and, hence, do not yet contain a doctrine of the Trinity. (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p37-39) When in the year 324 Constantine the Great, after his victory over Licinius, had become ruler also of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, lie found the Eastern church embroiled in bitter controversy. ... They read as follows: "But as for those who say, There was when He was not, and, Before being born He was not, and that He came into existence out of nothing, or who assert that the Son of God is of a different hypostasis or substance, or is created, or is subject to alteration or change these the Catholic Church ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lohse.htm

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Official creed of Anglican/Episcopal Church ... XXX. Of both kinds. The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people: for both the parts of the Lord's Sacrament, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect ... Click to View The 39 articles of Religion of the Anglican Church of USA are found on pp. 867-876 of the 1979 revision of their Book of Common Prayer The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion USA As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth day of ... The Nicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture. The original Article given Royal assent in 1571 and reaffirmed in 1662, was entitled, "Of the Three Creeds; and began as follows, "The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Anglican.htm

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Synagogue Perimeter Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ: ... Synagogue Triclinium Perimeter Benches Metaphor of our Equality in Christ Jas 2:1-4; Gal 3:27 Architectural Similarities between Ancient Synagogues and the Church Christians borrowed from Jewish synagogues, not the other way around. Standardized ... Synagogue seating emphasized equality of each attendee as opposed to the Temple clergy/laity distinction and separation. b. Synagogue benches were inward focused others in attendance and to the person reading or speaking as opposed to Temple worship ... This layout of the hall functioned as a kind of theater in the round; all those sitting on the benches could watch and participate. " (Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research, Rachel Hachlili, p43, 2013 AD) d. ... elsewhere, no reflection of Jerusalem. no liturgical foci. and no distracting visual decoration." (Building Jewish in the Roman East, Peter Richardson, p131, 2004 AD) 3. People of the same working trade would sit together in groups: a. "Now these ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Benches-triclinium-seating-Metaphor-Equality-Christ-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-church.htm

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The transition from Temple to Synagogue to church: God's eternal ... ... C. In 2BC Jesus was born "when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son" (Gal 4:4) and the explosion of Christianity that began in Judea, spread throughout the world and synagogue worship was the bridge between Mosaic Judaism and Christianity 1. The birth of Christ signalled that God was ready to make the final transition from Synagogue worship to Christianity a. There was a modern Roman roadway system for easy travel of evangelists. b. The Hebrew scriptures translated into Greek in all the Synagogues around the world. c. This laid the foundation for the first century church to quickly spread throughout the world. 2. There was an expectation of the Messiah in the first century: a. "Now while the ... The High Priest who was a Sadducee, (sect of Temple Elites) conducted Jerusalem Temple services in Hebrew to an audience who didn't understand Hebrew. g. The Temple services were conducted in Hebrew to a Greek/Aramaic audience, the same way Catholic priests speak Latin to an ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gods-eternal-plan-purpose-providential-transition-from-Temple-to-Synagogue-to-Church-prophecy-fulfilled.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) weapons but to control the mind with print. Freethinkers have always gotten into trouble. In the time of Moses, if anyone started a fire on his own to enjoy a cup of hot herb tea on Sabbath, he was stoned, and not in the modern sense of the word either. ... founded a church and saw a lot of things others didn't see, some of which came to pass. The leader of the Shakers in America, Ann Lee, like Ellen, had no education but wrote "testimonies" to the members. Also like Mrs. White, she required "a peculiar kind of dress," and "opposed war and the use of pork." In 1792 Joanna Southcott, a domestic servant, of poor parents and little education, announced herself a prophetess and said that her trances told her that Christ was to have a speedy advent 4 Joseph Smith of Mormon fame had just passed off the scene in 1844. That was a great disappointment to both him and his followers, as he was shot. His trip was short. He was born in 1805 and he died in 1844, the year Mrs. White began to have her ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH3-aint-so.htm

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Scientology: Hubbard believed he was Satan incarnate! When I was younger, I participated in private orgies with him and three or four other women. His theory was that one has to open or crack a woman's soul in order for the satanic power to pour through it and into him. It got kind of far out, culminating in a variety of sex acts. Dad also had an incredibly violent temper. He was into S & M and ... Just a month before, he had been in London, where he had finally been able to quench his thirst; to fill his cup with the true, raw, naked power of magic. The lust of centuries at his very fingertips. "To stroke and taste the environs of the Great Beast, to fondle Crowley's books, papers, and memorabilia had filled him with pure ecstasy! In London he had acquired, at last, the final keys; enabling him to take his place upon the Throne of the Beast,' to which he firmly believed himself to be the rightful heir. The tech gushed forth and resulted in the Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures." Courtesy of Mike Go to church of Scientology EXPOSED ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-satanism-Hubbard-jr.htm

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Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed It lasted sixty years, involved the entire eastern church, the western church in part, and occupied the attention of eleven emperors. The long discussion began with Arius, a presbyter in the church in Alexandria. He was a disciple of Lucian, who in turn was a student of Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch from 260 ... He was not God because the Logos that was in him was created; he was not man because he did not have a soul. Moreover, the Logos was subject to change: he could become a sinner. Such was the teaching which Arius began to set forth in about 311. Alexander, the Catholic bishop of Alexandria, convened synods which condemned his views, and he was forced to leave ... Theology almost universally taught that the Son was subordinate to the Father, but Arius expressed this kind of Christology in a provocative way. ... The slogan of Arius and his allies soon came to be this: "There was when he was not." (Gods and the One God, Robert M. Grant, p160) Arius and Jw use same line of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX: 10 Archeological proofs the Septuagint Tanakh ... ... Christians recognized the name Jesus replaced YHWH as the name of God because Jesus, being creator, is both YHWH and Jesus the Nazarene (ie branch of David) c. The Holy Spirit chose in the New Testament to universally translate the Hebrew YHWH as Greek "KURIOS" (Lord) 3. Nomina sacra: "Sacred Names" a. Jews around 100 BC began to practice "Nomina sacra" where they would use substitutions for the name of God YHWH. b. Christians also practiced this in a wide range of ... Therefore the book of Isaiah was not even part of the Septuagint translated by learned Jews thousands of years ago, as [Christian] missionaries routinely claim. Rather the book of the Tanach is a part of the Prophets, the second section of Jewish scriptures, and was forged by the church many centuries later. ... The first century Roman historian Josephus Flavius, similarly states that under Ptolemy Philadephius, only the Law was translated" (Let's Get Biblical, Tovia Singer, Missionaries Defends Matthew by citing the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-entire-Tanakh-39-books-translated-complete-by-150BC.htm

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