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| 1: | Church Creeds: The fuel of religious division
Church Creeds: The fuel of religious division In a historical trial in Waterloo, Iowa in 1951, the will of one who had left large sums of money to Christian charities was contested. In it, three Protestant clergymen were asked: "What is a Christian?" They responded by defining a Christian as one who believes in the Apostles Creed, the Holy Trinity, in God, the Divinity of Christ, and who subscribes to a confession of faith. Notice this definition denies to those refusing to accept the Apostles Creed and a denominational confession the name Christian. By it neither Peter nor Paul would qualify as a follower of Jesus, since such creeds ... And many years later, after alterations, it was known as the Apostles Creed, although it was not written by the apostles. This first human creed subscribed to by Christians was followed through the centuries by many other confessions of faith. The word creed is derived from the Latin credo meaning I believe. In a sense, what one believes is his creed. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-creeds=fuel-division.htm | 97%  Size: 4K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 2: | Official creed of the Orthodox church ... We are also exhorted to confess our sins directly to God (I John 1:9). The Orthodox Church has always followed the New Testament practices of confession before a priest as well as private confession to the Lord. Confession is one of the most significant means of repenting, and receiving assurance that even our worst sins are truly ... The creeds give us a sure interpretation of the Scriptures against those who would distort them to support their own religious schemes. Called the "symbol of faith" and confessed in many of the services of the Church, the Nicene Creed constantly reminds the Orthodox Christian of what he personally believes, keeping his faith on track. SPIRITUAL GIFTS SPIRITUAL GIFTS: When the young Church was getting under way, God poured out His Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, giving them spiritual gifts to build up the Church and to serve each other. Among the specific gifts of the Spirit mentioned in the New Testament are: apostleship, prophecy, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Orthodox.htm | 91% Size: 149K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 3: | Part1: Pagan Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... ... 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 ... How Is the Trinity Explained? Click to View The Roman Catholic Church states: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet ... was to be raised from the dead the apostles did not understand Jesus would die, be raised or believe in the second coming during Jesus ministry that Jesus Christ was the "Rock that followed" the Jews through the wilderness ... Eliade specifically includes the Arian view as a later development and not the original apostolic faith! But what is worse, ... debate, it is just as clear on the opposite side that confession of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-and hence an elemental ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-pagan-section.htm | 91% Size: 110K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 4: | Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ... ... 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 ... How Is the Trinity Explained? Click to View The Roman Catholic Church states: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet ... was to be raised from the dead the apostles did not understand Jesus would die, be raised or believe in the second coming during Jesus ministry that Jesus Christ was the "Rock that followed" the Jews through the wilderness ... Eliade specifically includes the Arian view as a later development and not the original apostolic faith! But what is worse, ... debate, it is just as clear on the opposite side that confession of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-and hence an elemental ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-frames-start-page-SYBTT.htm | 91% Size: 727 bytes Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 5: | Encyclopædia Britannica with the strength of the Christian church. Neither view is very likely (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1971, Constantine, Vol. 6, p. 386) The Watchtower portrays Constantine as a pagan sun worshipper who had no faith in Christ and was practically the sole author of the Nicene creed. ... The impression the Watchtower leaves, is that Britannica says that Trinity is a pagan development 300 years after the apostles. In fact ... The question as to how to reconcile the encounter with God in this threefold figure with faith in the oneness of God, which was the Jews' and Christians' characteristic ... The Christian doctrine of the Trinity has its ultimate foundation in the special religious experience of the Christians in the first ... motivated" means little in an age in which every Greek or Roman expected that political success followed from religious piety. ... ... The Council of Nicaea in 325 stated the crucial formula for that doctrine in its confession that the Son is "of the same essence ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm | 90% Size: 95K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 6: | Bulwarks of the Faith Foy E Wallace JR. Refuting Dogmas Catholicism ... ... I mean by the word "secular" that Jerusalem has its tem-poral history. I mean by the word "sacred" that it has its religious history. ... To the Jew it has a sacred significance in the things of the past; to the Christian it has divine significance in the things of the ... Old Jerusalem and new Jerusa-lem, old Israel and new Israel, the old fleshly nation and the new spiritual nation-the church of the Lord ... Thus, friends, runs the tragic story of Israel's dis-obedience to God, with the sad result of dispersion and exile. Third: The ... The cause was rebellion and disobedience. BULWARKS OF THE FAITH The cure was complete repentance, confession, and restitution, not only a return to Judea but a restoration ... That was a worthy work. Then Luther turned right around, »wrote a creed and put it on top of the Bible (puts books back on Bible); ... He prayed that those who believed the word of the apostles should be one in the belief of that word, in the church to be established. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic/Catholic-church-doctrine-Bulwarks-of-the-Faith-Foy-E-Wallace-JR-Refuting-Dogmas-Catholicism-Protestant-Denominationalism-1951AD.htm | 90% Size: 1.6M Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 7: | George Salmon's Infallibiliy of the church Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Click to View George Salmon's book... "The Infallibility of the church" A ... of the Church. [24] This is the pivot of the whole. If Catholicism cannot sustain this claim, all other claims are useless. [45] 1. Roman Catholics assume, as a self-evident truth, that God has appointed someone on earth to give infallible guidance to religious truth. [109] If they are right in this, no ... access to other sources of information besides Scripture as to the doctrine taught by our Lord and His Apostles? ... of Catholic apologetics), three maxims are laid down which, says the author, no rational Christian will dispute. ... nearly identical with that contained in the Apostles' Creed, all the Articles of which contain truths that lie on ... to have held some views which cannot be safely followed. [131] 6. Despite her professed reverence for ... The Church may get a new revelation but it cannot get a new tradition. [1331 a. We know, from the confession of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-salmon-infallibility.htm | 90% Size: 282K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 8: | Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee ... It being, as stated in all previous publications by the Society, the settled faith of the Church, from the ... Christian Church CHAPTER VII. - Rise of the "Two Witnesses" CHAPTER VIII.- Character of the Church of Christ's Second Appearing CHAPTER IX. - Mode of Worship CHAPTER X. - Doctrines of the Church of Christ's Second Appearing PART I. - Mosaic Sabbaths, Higher and Lower Law PART II. - Probation, and Heavens and Hells PART III. - God dual-Father and Mother PART IV. - Judgment-day, and Confession of Sins PART V. - The Bible Biographies of the Six ... and secret or open persecution, particularly of religious professors - are now becoming the popular views of ... twelve converts and most intimate friends, the Apostles, seem to give countenance to the idea, that some ... of Europe, and was followed by most remarkable religious revivals; out of which arose the "French prophets." ... James was gifted in public speaking. 24. This infant society practiced no forms, and adopted no creeds, as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm | 89% Size: 203K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 9: | Personal Evangelism 101 ... Confusion, chaos, and misery have always followed his attempts to do so. We need an authoritative standard; we need God's wisdom to direct ... Acts 20:28-32 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 1 Timothy 4:1-3 2 Timothy 4:1-4 2 Peter 2:1-2 Indeed, the apostles had their hands full keeping the ... "Vain" means "worthless, empty." Doesn't it make sense that if you are going to bother to be religious, you might as well do it so that you ... If 2 Peter 1:3 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17 are true, then what good are human creeds? Barton W. Stone was a person who believed in the importance ... On the day of his ordination in the Presbyterian church in 1798, when asked by his examiners how far he was willing to go in accepting the Westminster Confession of Faith, he replied, "As far as I see it consistent with the Word of God." Can any Christian rightfully say more? Does anyone have a right to ask us to say more; to ask me to accept not only all of the Bible but also a human creed book as my authority in religion? Let's look ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-brent-hunters-evangelism-101.htm | 87% Size: 450K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 10: | Seven Myths Of Denominationalism! ... However, there are a set of beliefs which have come to be known as "traditional Christian beliefs." Certainly, we are not ... Independent bible study will reveal that there is no such thing as a clergy class within the church. There is no need for someone ... Neither is there ever a stigma on challenging our religious leaders by comparing their teaching to the scriptures. Consider Acts ... Note once again that the honest study of God's word produces faith, a recurring theme throughout the New Testament. 3. As is true ... even in the first century when the Holy Spirit was directly inspiring the apostles and prophets to reveal the truths of the New Testament. Can anyone argue that God expected them to understand the scriptures? ... on the name of the Lord only? 6. We are saved by faith and confession (Romans 10:9): "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth ... It will be an event that is obvious to all people on the earth. 3. Jesus will appear in the clouds. 4. This will be followed ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm | 86% Size: 542K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 11: | Official creed of the Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church The Westminster Confession Of Faith Chapter I Of the Holy Scripture [6.001] 1. Although the light of nature, and the works ... Apostles II Thessalonians I John Romans I Timothy II John I Corinthians II Timothy III John II Corinthians Titus Jude Galatians Philemon Revelation All which are given by inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life. [6.003] 3.The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any ... and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are ... Chapter XXIII Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day [6.112] 1. The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and ... Unless otherwise indicated the [PCUS] constitution was followed Reference numbers, e.g. [6.001] are those found in the Constitution of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm | 84% Size: 67K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 12: | Official creed of the Evangelical church This statement of faith does represent the doctrinal understanding of the leadership of Evangelical , and it is our intention that the teaching and preaching at EEF reflect this understanding. Procedural standards for our church government can be found in our Constitution. Article I. - Creedal Statements (The Reformed Evangelical Confession) A. The Apostles' Creed (2nd century) I believe in God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth, and in ... We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. We believe in ... Because this is a constitutional document, a certain emphasis must be placed on creeds and confessions in what follows (Acts 15:1-31; ... Each church will adopt into its statement of faith the Apostles Creed, the Nicean Creed, and the Definition of Chalcedon (1 Tim. 6:12) ... If a man has been ordained outside the CRE, then the same procedures are followed as with a new candidate. Each candidate, regardless ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm | 84% Size: 86K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 13: | Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches ... himself fell as one of the many thousands who sealed their faith with their lives, his work has endured and will continue to endure. ... The confession stands as one of the best symbolical statements of Reformed doctrine. The translation presented here is based on the French text of 1619 and was adopted by the Synod of 1985 of the Christian Reformed Church. ARTICLE 1: THE ONLY GOD We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single ... Afterwards our God-- because of the special care he has for us and our salvation-- commanded his servants, the prophets and apostles, ... And so, in this matter we willingly accept the three ecumenical creeds-- the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian-- as well as what the ... Finally, this undermines the article of the creed in which we confess what we believe concerning the Church. II Who teach that the ... For this reason, the apostles and the teachers who followed them taught the people in a godly manner about this grace of God, to give ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm | 82% Size: 137K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 14: | Official creed of The United Church of Canada Creed of... The United Church of Canada Click to View Bill Phipps Head of United church denies Resurrection of Christ! Interview with ... Church of Christ in Canada, do hereby set forth the substance of the Christian faith, as commonly held among us. In doing so, we build upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone. We affirm our belief in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the primary source and ultimate standard of Christian faith and life. We acknowledge the teaching of the great creeds of the ancient ... and adherents of the negotiating Churches, as in substance agreeable to the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. 2.1 Article I. Of God. ... children, and other baptized children, and organized for the confession of His name, for the public worship of God, for the ... The story of the prodigal son is one of the great stories about that and there are other stories and many religious traditions. Q: What's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-Can.htm | 82% Size: 43K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 15: | Life of Mrs. E.G. White - Her Claims Refuted, by D.M. Canright ... Defining her position, she says: "In ancient times God spoke to men by the mouth of prophets and apostles. In ... I first accepted the Sabbath, and then other points of the faith, until I came to believe it all. Once among and of them, I found all stating in strong terms that Mrs. White was inspired of God. I supposed they knew, and ... with the whole history and belief of her church that I could not consistently separate them any more than a person could be a Mormon and not believe in Joseph Smith, or a Christian Scientist and not believe in Mrs. Eddy. ... He was of the purest character, and devoutly religious. Not a stain rests on his moral character. At the age of ... E.G. White - Her Claims Refuted" by D.M. Canright, 1919 "Seventh-day Adventists have no creed but the Bible." ... White's writings were left out, they say, and truly too. By their own confession, that church is not built upon ... Their disappointment was great. Then followed confusion, divisions, and the wildest fanaticism - dreams, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Life-of-White-her-claims-refuted-canright.htm | 82% Size: 336K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 16: | "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914 ... Religious freedom is the spirit of the age, and, most of all, the spirit of the age in America. Hence, we say, there need be no fears ... The work is done mostly by hard labor and argument, not by any such mighty power as attended the work of the Apostles, or Luther, or ... Where they convert one they confuse a score, who after that have no settled faith in any church, and are useless for any Christian work. Other conscientious persons are bothered and ... Their theory is that all churches but their own were utterly rejected of God in 1844 for not embracing Miller's doctrine. Thus Mrs. ... Gen 16:12. It is useless for them to deny this, for all know it to be true. They all do it. I was taught that way and followed it, and ... Hear his own confession: "That I have had in my experience occasional periods of trial, I do not deny. There have been times when ... The same article gives the creed to which every Catholic must swear obedience thus: "I promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Seventh-day-Adventism-RENOUNCED-by-D-M-Canright.htm | 80% Size: 749K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 17: | Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries central doctrine of the Christian religion-the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons the Father the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three Persons being truly distinct one from another. Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: "the Father is God, the Son ... and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This the Church teaches is the revelation regarding 'God's nature which Jesus ... is first found in Theophilus of Antioch about A. D. 180. He speaks of "the Trinity of God [the Father], His Word and His Wisdom" ("Ad. ... The Watchtower sets up a straw man then tears it down. Biblical trinitarians adhere to no creeds, including the Nicene and the Athanasius ... In fact none of the apostles believed in the second coming during Jesus ministry!" Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear ... established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. . . . ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm | 80% Size: 126K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 18: | Encyclopedia of Pentecostal History of Tongues: 150 AD - 1901 ... ... Other post-apostolic instances of glossolalia have been recorded throughout the history of the Christian church: among the ... The gift of tongues was also prolific among the Shakers, a celibate communal religious sect in the mid-18th century United ... ERE, III, 371. See The Teaching of the Thrive Apostles, 1.5 & 11.7; ANF VII, 377 & 380.) 100 Clement of Rome ... to the Church of God the Father, and of the beloved Jesus Christ, which has through mercy obtained every kind of gift, which is filled with faith and love, and is deficient in no gift, most worthy of God, and adorned with holiness... ... The Ranters appealed to an inward Christ, denying the external authority of creeds and clerics in much the same way as did ... followed in the Quaker faith. Gunner Payne was the person who initially had the primary influence in John Wimber's life. Doctrine: Quakers (Friends) beliefs are a little hard to quantify, since Friends do not believe in having a fixed Creed or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-history.htm | 80% Size: 295K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 19: | Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Therefore, we do not defend the Nicene creed or the Athanasius creed, but are content to simply prove the deity of the uncreated ... The key word is "explicit", for it means: "trinity, as defined in the Nicene or Athanasius creeds is not taught in the Bible.". ... compelled the Church to face the duty of formulating a full doctrine of the Trinity for its rule of faith." (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) In the immediate post New Testament period of the Apostolic Fathers no attempt was made to work out the God-Christ (Father-Son) relationship in ontological terms. ... At first the Christian faith was not Trinitarian in the a strictly ontological reference. It was not so in the apostolic and ... thought forms already present in the philosophical and religious environment, in order that, with the help of these, it might ... of the mystery of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, as the Rock that followed the Jews through the wilderness, was not made to the Jews." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm | 80% Size: 17K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 20: | Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible! Present day Catholics want people to believe that the Catholic Church has faith in the Bible, is the church of the Bible, and ... can, for the Christian, be no question." (Plain Facts for Fair Minds, p. 26). "Is it not strange that if Christianity were to be learned from the Bible only, that Christ himself never wrote a line or commanded his apostles to write; for ... The Old Testament declares that God built the temple (1 Kings 8:16,20), but God did not actually come down and build it ... We have enough to give us life in His name. Luke said, "...It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for ... The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." (The Faith of Our Fathers, pp. ... "The Bible does not pretend to be a formulary of belief, as in a creed or catechism. There is nowhere in the New Testament a ... "In sharp contrast with the sorry spectacle of Protestantism with its hundreds of warring sects and creeds, agreeing with one ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-attitude-towards.htm | 80% Size: 84K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 21: | The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity ... not even in the Pauline and Johannine theology, although ample witness is borne to the religious experience from which the doctrine springs. ... Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took place. ... Triadic Consciousness in the Primitive Revelation. The formulation "one God in three Persons" was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this ... and debate, it is just as clear on the opposite side that confession of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-and hence an elemental ... the words of the Athanasian Creed: "the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God." ... doctrine of the Trinity such as was subsequently elaborated in the creeds of the early church." (New International Dictionary of New Testament ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm | 80% Size: 31K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 22: | Harnack, Adolf: Outlines of the History of Dogma ... It was also in the 1890's that Prussian ecclesiastical bodies were divided over the question of assent to the Apostles' Creed as a ... conception of the universal reason was thereby justified. Even religious syncretism is already found in Philo; but it is something ... career as church historian and, despite his eminent position, he never was given any position of authority or honour by the Church." ... He naturalized theology, that is, he saw Christianity in terms of anthropology. "The Christian faith was reinterpreted through 'general ... voiced the neo-Protestant credo as follows: the 'proper object of faith is not God in his revelation, but man himself believing in the divine." (Carl ... Paul and the other apostles may be discarded as representing values for them which are no longer values for us. Hence the Ritschlians ... To clear the table and to honor the truth in our confession and instruction, that is the great feat required of Protestantism today-almost ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Harnack.htm | 79% Size: 52K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 23: | "Cast Out For The Cross Of Christ" by Albion F. Ballenger, 1909 ... Until thus tested they know not their great ignorance. And there many in the church who take it for granted that they understand what they ... I fear not the valley of humility, for those who have read the little book "Power for Witnessing," know that in my Christian experience ... should demand a plain 'Thus saith the Lord' in its support;" that "God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the ... represent, and the voices of the majority, - not one or all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith. ... receive nothing, however plainly revealed in the Scriptures, that is contrary to their creed or the established teaching of their church. ... "Having then a great High Priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not ... This is shown first by the prayer of Solomon on the day of the dedication of the temple; and by the promise of the Lord which followed that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-1909-ballenger-cast-out-for-the-cross.htm | 79% Size: 220K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 24: | Bible Quiz: 100's of questions for Outdoor Fairs & Home Shows ... Identify which doctrine is in the Bible. Infant baptism. Tithing 10% to the church collection. Jesus had many brothers and sisters. Jesus was once the created angel Michael. Apostle Peter was married. Christians kept the weekly Sabbath. Every Christian is both saint and priest. ... "Pray the sinners prayer and thou shalt be saved" "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now" "A man is justified by works and not by faith only" "Baptism is an outward sign of an inward grace" "Baptism now saves you" "Baptism is a public confession of faith" "Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins" ... Since 2 Peter 1:3 tells us that the Bible is a complete guide for our lives and doctrine then we Need man-made creeds and church Catechisms. Should learn the Bible's blueprint for moral conduct & religious doctrine then imitate the pattern ... An idle mind is the devil's workshop. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Apostles' Creed As the twig is bent, so shall the tree grow" As you ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-fairs-home-shows.htm | 79% Size: 80K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 25: | Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers ... (see Gary L. Ward, "Allen, Asa Alonzo," in J. Gordon Melton, Religious Leaders of America [Detroit: Gale Research, 1991], 9) Arnott, ... One man I observed actually hit a woman in the side with his "sword." (John Arnott, Lake Boren Christian Center A/G, D.V.H. in an ... I believe we are going to have the latter rain and I am looking forward to it." (Paul Cain, Toronto church on May 28, 1995) "Though ... in Mary's womb was nothing more than the Word of God....She conceived the Word of God." (Charles Capps, Dynamics of Faith and Confession (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1987), 86-87; cf. ... Cardale's sister Emily also began to speak in tongues and prophesy, and others followed them. The end result was that Rev. Irving was ... Irving's organization later began to promote to concept of restored prophets and apostles. Irving also believed that tongues and ... The miracle he was referring to was a true love and unity between races and creeds that he considered to be fundamental Christianity. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-encyclopedia-pentecostal-preachers.htm | 79% Size: 247K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 26: | Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD ... The issue of Sabbath-keeping never arose after the Council of Jerusalem. Even if the Apostles happened to be wrong in their ... day for a moment followed by an announcement that everyone should remember that He ended His creation of Planet Earth on it. ... The widely Sabbatarian-touted story of how the Catholic Church supposedly "changed the day" is now the laughing stock of the Christian world. Apologist Brendan has been deceived by a religious environment characterized by denial and Ostrich head-burying in regard to the truth about Sabbath abandonment. The early founders of the Christian Faith argued against a Creation ... The conspiracy theory of Sabbath abandonment is pleasing to those who want to feel like they are specially chosen by God, ... the obsolescence of the Sabbath, including Martin Luther and, later, the Lutherans who drafted the Augsburg Confession. ... It is her inalienable property as the Mother Church of Christendom (vide Nicene Creed, Article 9), which, without a single ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lying-for-god-Kerry-Wynne.htm | 79% Size: 2.6M Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 27: | Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... Paul covers with his caution the whole of the Christian dispensation down to the year 1798. [356] No such message has ever ... The apostles did not make such a proclamation. On the contrary, they plainly inform us that the day of the Lord was not then ... is represented by the union of marriage. [230] "And there followed another angel, saying Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that ... Now a woman is always in the Scriptures, when used as a symbol, taken to represent religious organizations, the true church being represented by a virtuous woman.... The term Babylon, from Babel, where God confounded the language of men, ... It was in harmony with- those seasons of humiliation, rending of heart, confession and complete consecration of all, which are ... and sneers of a scoffing world, was a terrible trial of faith and patience. [182] True believers had given up all for ... Another general council! A world's convention! Evangelical alliance, and universal creed"-Sermon on "The Bible a Sufficient ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.htm | 78% Size: 61K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 28: | Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd ... How simple is that and how amazing is the Holy Spirit! "666" has no special religious meaning except it is the "number of a name" ... In both cases, the unbelievers walked by sight and took comfort in their human armies but the believers walked by faith abandoned the city ... So the Christians correctly understood Babylon/Egypt/Sodom/Harlot was Jerusalem. c. The non-Christian Jews would NEVER connect Babylon/... waste!' "Rejoice over her [destruction of Jerusalem], O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her." ... been slain on the earth. [crucifying Jesus and persecuting the church]." (Revelation 18:18-24) C. Jerusalem was the city of "Many ... Jew before AD 100, including Josephus in AD 70 (5467 BC) and Philo in AD 30 (c. 5500 BC) followed the autograph Septuagint Chronology. ... He got one of his Centurion buddies to arrest Ptolemaeus upon confession of being a Christian. g. A second Christian, Lucius, intervenes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/revelation/ | 78% Size: 3.0M Depth: 7 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 29: | The Dugger-Porter Debate on Sunday as the Lord's Day W. CURTIS PORTER, MONETTE, ARKANSAS Associate Editor of the Bible Banner and Evangelist of the Church of Christ Covering two questions The ... We believe the Scriptures teach that Saturday, the seventh day of the week, is the Christian Sabbath to be observed by Christians in this ... THE PORTER-DUGGER DEBATE 11 dictionary gives the definition for the word "sanctify": "To be set apart for religious use." This is what ... He says those who are saved at╖e the ones "keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus" (Rev. 14:12). In the New Testament we are repeatedly ... shadow of things to come, but the body is Christ" Whatever this was blotted out it was something against the apostles and contrary to them. ... His attention was directed to this in my first negative and in others that followed. How did Dugger answer? His usual silence prevailed. My ... These and many more could be taken from her works, to prove that she pleads guilty of the charge. That she makes a self confession of being ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-debate-porter-dugger.htm | 78% Size: 525K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 30: | A Review of the creed of The Evangelical Christian Church in ... A Review of the The Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Formerly: Canadian Evangelical Christian Churches) (ECCC) "Ten Articles of Faith" "Position Statement" Doctrine Our Confession Of Faith The ten Articles of Faith is considered to be the Doctrinal Statement of the Canadian Evangelical Christian Church. We do not advocate any other doctrine unless it is consistent with whole ... This has fanned the blaze of a spiritual fire of religious freedom that has burned brighter through the years. It held spiritual UNITY as its benchmark ... creed but Christ, and no book but the Bible. Our biblical standard allows our ministers to walk in the freedom of Christian unity and love by following the motto: "Unity in the essentials - Liberty in the non-essentials - Charity in all things." Ten Articles of Faith The Bible as the written Word of God ... No believer is destitute of such gifts. Creeds Our only creed is the Bible and Christ. However, we believe in a reform position within the Restoration ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-Canadian-Evangelical-Christian-Churches-CECC.htm | 76% Size: 13K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 31: | REFUTED: Full-Preterist, "Realized Eschatology", "AD 70 doctrine ... ... But My servants will be called by another name (Jew-after captivity/Christian)." (Isaiah 65:8-15) 16. Jerusalem, Christ, ... I stretched out my hands all day long to a people who broke faith and opposed, to those who walked in a way that was not good ... The world would end followed by the 1000 year reign of the messiah which the Jews called the "days of the messiah" who brought ... Today we know that the spiritual CHURCH is both the spiritual KINGDOM of God and the spiritual TEMPLE that fulfilled all ... The 12 apostles even rejected Mary's testimony that Jesus had risen from the dead! c. The disciples were expecting Jesus to not only conquer the entire world, including Rome, they understood he would usher in a new religious order that ... Jesus understood that they hadn't yet comprehended the crucifixion and the spiritual nature of the kingdom of God. They ... to approach the New Testament as a creed book, nicely indexing theology with precise chronology and accurate geography. a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Refuted-Full-Preterism-Realized-eschatology-debunked-exposed-second-coming-Parousia-rapture-destruction-Jerusalem-70AD-Doctrine-Revelation-Commentary.htm | 76% Size: 1.1M Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 32: | 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 ... For Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders to refer to these creeds as proof of an oral tradition in the early church, is as unscholarly as it is deluded. Between 180 - ... As time went on, more creeds and canons were produced, but they became less dependant upon scripture. Today, every major denomination has followed the error of creedalism, each claiming their creed teaches exactly what the Bible says. The solution is to do away with all creeds including the "apostles creed" and the "Nicene ... After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep" "By common confession, great is the ... Irenaeus 180 AD Tertullian 200 AD "believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; who, because ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-4-creeds.htm | 75% Size: 31K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 33: | Official creed of Reformed Baptist church Reformed Baptist Church The Baptist Confession of Faith Billy Graham Click to View [4 minutes] (On Larry King Live, January 22, 1997) See video of Billy Graham saying he has "wonderful fellowship" with the Pope and Mormonism. Larry King: "What do you think of Mormonism, Catholicism, other faiths within the Christian concept?" Billy Graham: "Well I think I am in wonder fellowship with all of ... do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and his will which is necessary unto salvation. ... Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, The Acts of the Apostles, Paul's Epistle to the Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, ... Chapter 22: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day. The light of nature shews that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good and doth good unto all; and is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-ref.htm | 75% Size: 87K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 34: | Start here: Introduction and Overview to Sola Scriptura Defining Sola Scriptura correctly. It means just what it says, the bible alone! Is your church a "Pseudo-Sola Scriptura" church? Beware of both anti-sola Scriptura ... B. Sola Scriptura means: The Bible alone without creeds. (ie Apostles creed, Nicene creed.) The Bible alone without councils. (ie Ecumenical Councils.) The Bible alone without church canons. (ie Canons of Dort.) The Bible alone without statements of faith. (most churches create one.) The Bible alone without oral ... Any church that believes in Evangelicals, Baptists All Reform churches, (Dutch Reformed, Christian Reformed, Classical Reformed) because they not only believe in personal ... convinces, together with a comparison of these things with the inspired Word of God, the Holy Scriptures." (Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1959, p. 607-608) Ecclesiastically & ... such things as are revealed in the Word" (Westminster Confession of faith, 6:6) "The ecumenical creeds represent the hermeneutical consensus already reached by the Church. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-start.htm | 75% Size: 52K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 35: | Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... They are Trinitarian and this is correct. Article #2: correctly states the nature of Christ being both uncreated God and man and the virgin birth and the ... Alliance Statement of Faith, Article 3). The error is in applying these functions to believers today, when the original context of the functions was a supernatural empowering to the apostles and other first century Christians who were empowered through the laying on of the apostles hands, with supernatural power. When the Christian Missionary Alliance church applies this to ... Their members, ministers churches and seminaries are required to "pledge allegiance" to the Alliance Creed (Statement of Faith). This means that the ... 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 ... Seminaries that ordain ministers are controlled by Headquarters who demand the creed be followed even if it teaches false doctrine: "The doctrinal ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm | 74% Size: 13K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 36: | Official creed of Anglican/Episcopal Church is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. ... And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth not apply them to ... Although the Law given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the Civil precepts thereof ought of necessity to be received in any commonwealth; yet notwithstanding, no christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral. VIII. Of the Three Creeds. The Three Creeds, the Nicene Creed, Athanasius's Creed, and that which is commonly called the ... to us in holy Scripture: and in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God. ... being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Anglican.htm | 74% Size: 54K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 37: | Welcome to the Hamilton church of Christ, in Ontario Canada This is the church that Jesus Christ shed his blood for, the Apostles preached about and the early Christians were members of. Wouldn't you like to learn more about this church that was established in 33 A.D.? We feel that the solution to the vast religious division is for the Bible to be the only source of religious authority for worship, doctrine & morality. We believe that human creeds, catechisms & statements of faith cause religious division because they compete with the authority of ... Jesus likened the Bible to seed in the parable of the sower. We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that it will produce exactly the same ... Whereas denominations have a human creed or catechism to enforce unity, our unifying force is that each congregation uses the Bible alone without creeds. Because the ... You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to any denomination bound by no denominational laws or obligations. If such freedom appeals to you, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/churches/hamilton-church-of-christ.htm | 74% Size: 19K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 38: | About who we are! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca This is the church for which Jesus Christ shed his blood, about which the Apostles preached and the church in which the early Christians were members. Wouldn't you like to learn more about this church that was established in 33 A.D.? We feel that the solution to the vast religious division, is for the Bible to be the only source of religious authority for worship, doctrine and morality. We believe that human creeds, catechisms and statements of faith cause religious divisions because they compete ... Jesus likened the Bible to the seed in the parable of the sower. We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that the seed will produce ... Our local churches are organized autonomously. Whereas denominations have a human creed or catechism to enforce unity, our unifying force is that each congregation ... You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to any denomination bound by no denominational laws or obligations. If such freedom appeals to you, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/seek-about.htm | 74% Size: 40K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 39: | Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston David W. T. Brattston 2013 AD There are strongly-held differences as to whether God wishes Saturday or Sunday to be the main weekly day of Christian assembling and worship. As with many religious issues, both sides appeal to the Bible; then, when arguments based on ... Consulting early Christian practices and customs is a good idea because they record how Christians lived their faith when the unwritten teachings and Bible interpretations of Christ and the apostles were still fresh in Christian memory, and reveal the consensus of ... Tertullian probably wrote On Idolatry in his earlier, "catholic" period, when he was a member of the mainline or "Great Church", between AD 198 and the ... Acts 20, Justin 1 Apology 67, and Didascalia 13 included listening to the Bible readings and sermons there. The Didache 14 would add the confession of sins ... It was the Roman Church, wrote the proponents of the papacy, that changed the day to the practice now followed by most Protestants (indeed, most ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm | 73% Size: 60K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 40: | Official creed of the Wesleyan Church Church of England in the 1700's and the founder of the Methodist movement. He added to Arminius' insights an emphasis on the assurance of salvation believers can enjoy through the inner "witness of the Spirit." He also taught about the entire sanctification of believers by which their hearts are made perfect in love for God and other persons. Wesleyans are convinced that the Bible is God's written Word and the final authority for all Christian beliefs and practices. Therefore, our statements of faith... It involves a willful change of mind that renounces sin and longs for righteousness, a godly sorrow for and a confession of past sins, proper restitution for ... The crisis of entire sanctification perfects the believer in love and empowers him for effective service. It is followed by lifelong growth in grace and the ... secret societies and lodges which are oath bound, believing that the quasi-religious nature of such organizations divides the Christian's loyalty, their secret ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-wesleyan.htm | 73% Size: 39K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 41: | Lesson 24: The Lord's Church The church the Lord built is to be overseen by a plurality of elders. The qualifications of elders who are to oversee each congregation of the ... If we really accept the Bible as our only authority, we will want to worship God only as He has specified. We must reject human traditions and doctrines that members are required to follow such as creed books, catechisms, manuals, articles of faith, the book of Mormon, the Koran, constitutions, disciplines and other guidelines of men, all of which produce new religious doctrines. We are warned in Colossians 2:8, "Beware lest ... It would be a tragedy to find out on Judgment Day we have been cheated of our eternal reward in heaven because we followed the doctrines of ... Besides doing all that he tells us to do, we glorify the name of Christ by wearing the name "Christian". I Peter 4:16 says, "Yet if anyone ... For example honor and glory are given to Martin Luther, the day of Pentecost, the apostles, the methodical way of doing things, the town of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-24-lords-church.htm | 73% Size: 11K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 42: | A Short History of the Watchtower Organization that followed is public knowledge. Jehovah's Witnesses, likewise, trace their roots back to the Adventists. But they do not often admit this to outsiders; nor do many Witnesses know the details themselves. JWs are accustomed to defending themselves against the charge that they are a new religious cult. They will often respond that theirs is the most ancient religious ... He had begun to doubt not only church creeds and doctrines, but also God and the Bible itself. At this critical juncture a chance encounter restored his faith and placed him under the influence of Second Adventist preacher Jonas Wendell. For some years after that Russell continued to study Scripture with and under the influence of various Adventist laymen and clergy, notably Advent Christian Church minister George Stetson and the ... Church (which Jehovah's Witnesses see their organization as encompassing) should not be under one-man rule, but rather should be governed by a body similar to the twelve apostles. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm | 72% Size: 22K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 43: | Official Creed of Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI ... Independent Baptist Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI) The BBFI Handbook Statement of Faith We are Bible Believing Baptists. A Bible Believing Baptist is one who believes in a supernatural Bible preserved for us in the King James ... and therefore is, and shall remain to the end of the age, the only complete and final revelation of the will of God to man; the true center of Christian union and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried. 1. By "The Holy Bible" we mean that collection of sixty-six books, from Genesis to ... of salvation by Christ, we turn to God with unfeigned contrition, confession and supplication for mercy; at the same time heartily receiving the Lord Jesus Christ and openly confessing Him as our only and all-sufficient Savior. Psalm 51:1-4,7; Isaiah 55:6-7; Mark 1:15; Luke 12:8; 18:13; Acts 2:37-38; 20:21; Romans 10:9-11,13 Of The Church We believe that a Baptist church is a congregation of baptized ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Baptist-BBFI.htm | 72% Size: 20K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 44: | The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! Click to View Confession to priests? Click to View Clerical Dress Click to View The Catholic Priesthood Click to View ... We Speak truth in LOVE tell us if we have misrepresented Catholic Faith Click to View Apostolic Succession Catholics are taught that Peter was the first Pope and that there has been a succession, one after the other, of Popes that followed Peter. ... as taught by the Catholic Church. Our intent is to secure an accurate knowledge of God's truth that we might abide therein. We ask our readers to investigate with open minds and honest hearts the things presented. God requires this of everyone. ... God, therefore, makes known His will to us today through His Son. Jesus makes known God's will through His apostles and ... Please notice the following from a Catholic source: "...The Christian faith has been taught, and was intended by its Divine ... Call None "Father" The Catholic Church has a multitude of religious titles and addresses that are given to their officials. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm | 72% Size: 96K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 45: | Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... Click here to view: 95 Theses or 95 Articles of Martin Luther, 1517 AD The Augsburg Confession (1530): The Augsburg Confession is the first of the great Protestant Confessions. All orthodox Lutheran church bodies base their teachings upon this treatise because ... The same Christ shall openly come again to judge the quick and the dead, etc., according to the Apostles' Creed. ARTICLE IV: OF JUSTIFICATION. Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for Christ's sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor, and that their ... Therefore inexperienced and profane men judge ill concerning this matter, who dream that Christian righteousness is nothing but civil and philosophical righteousness. Heretofore ... These statements became known as Luther's 95 Theses and they started a very important period in Europe, the Protestant Reformation. Luther continued in his fight for religious ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm | 72% Size: 38K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 46: | Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... Constantine favoured Athanasius over Arius in the Nicene council. The fact that Athanasius, who was in agreement with the creed, was personally banished by ... When Constantine came upon the temple mount in Jerusalem, he destroyed the temple of Jupiter that had been built in 135 AD by Hadrian. In building the "Church ... Constantine's Conversion and Genuineness of Faith Assessment. The reign of Constantine must be interpreted against the background of his clear and unambiguous ... ascribed his success to his conversion to Christianity and the support of the Christian God. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) Yet to suggest that Constantine's conversion was "politically motivated" means little in an age in which every Greek or Roman expected that political success followed from religious piety. ... ... In any case, he permitted himself to be more fully instructed about many things by his episcopal counselors. The decisive catchword of the Nicene confession, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm | 72% Size: 63K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 47: | Four positions on the day of Christian worship ... Click to View 80 questions Sabbatarians don't like to be asked False Sabbatarian view: Christians originally kept the Sabbath right from the time of the apostles, but due to the influence of ... The Millerites for the most part never accepted the Sabbath or the 1844 experience. Those who remained "Adventists" formed the Church of God (Abrahamic Faith), the Advent Christian (1861) and the Evangelical Adventist who are now ... (Exod. 20:8; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2; Acts 20:7; Rev. 1:10) (Reformed Baptist Church, The Baptist Confession of Faith, 1689 AD, Chapter 22, Article 7) Such churches will be hard pressed to justify ... of the Baptist Manual) "Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history as a religious day, as we learn from the Christian Fathers and other sources. ... for keeping Sunday holy instead of Saturday as we have for every other article of our creed; namely, the authority of the [Catholic] Church . . . whereas you who are Protestants have ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-4-positions.htm | 72% Size: 54K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 48: | Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? Such a guide cannot be produced by man because he is sinful, changeable and perishable. It cannot reside in a religious ... Christ did not give His church the right to make laws. He gave the apostles and prophets the authority to reveal His laws, e.g., ... it is not the Lord's church but the great apostasy: "Now the Spirit expressly says that in after times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of devils, speaking lies hypocritically, and having their conscience branded. They will forbid marriage, and will enjoin abstinence from foods, which God has created to be ... He instructed them to teach His commandments, "teaching them (all nations) to observe all I have commanded you" and He followed ... The relationship that the church sustains to Christ is the same as that of the individual Christian. As long as the individual ... A verbal confession of Christ is also necessary before baptism. "For if thou confess with thy mouth that Jesus is the Lord, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm | 71% Size: 51K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 49: | Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Click to View Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church quoted in, Should you ... The decisive catchword of the Nicene confession, namely, hoinoousios ("of one substance"), comes from no less a person than the emperor ... a term already found in Tertullian (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p51-53) Comment: The Watchtower misleads you to believe that Constantine was totally uniformed and came up with the Nicene creed all by himself, yet he leaves out the important comment ... highly reputed; and Alexander of Alexandria, with his following." (God in Three Persons, Millard J. Erickson, p82-85) More misused quotes: ... Further, Anti-trinitarians mislead the reader with the quote they supply about Justin Martyr. Boer, therefore is saying that the faith of ... For the Greeks the creation of the world and the incarnation of the Son of God were major religious and intellectual problems. How can God ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm | 71% Size: 18K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 50: | Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International The Official Creed of: United Pentecostal Church International UPCI Click to View See modalism as taught by the UPCI Refuted at: Modalism Click to View "Sixty Questions On The Godhead" ... We believe tithing is God's financial plan to provide for His work, and has been since the days of Abraham. Tithing came with faith under Abraham, Moses' law enjoined it, and Israel ... That Jesus is coming again the second time in person, just as He went away, is clearly set forth by the Lord Jesus Himself, and was preached and taught in the early Christian church by the apostles; hence, the children of God today are ... to that same time" (Matthew 24:3-8, Dan. 12:1), and that period of "tribulation" will be followed by the dawn of a better day on earth and that for a thousand years there shall be "peace ... We disapprove of school students attending shows, dances, dancing classes, theatres, engaging in school activities against their religious scruples, and wearing gymnasium clothes which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm | 71% Size: 24K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
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