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Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) ... Church of Jesus Christ glorious. The Church is God's instrument to extend His purposes in the earth today. It is the instrument of the Kingdom. Eldership Church Government. We believe that God has a plan and pattern for government in the local church. It is the same form of government that God has used in every institution that He has established. We refer to this as team ministry or an "eldership" form of government with a senior pastor or chief elder. This is a form of government that involves equality and headship which is modeled in the Godhead, established in the natural family, set up by God in Israel, used in the synagogue and ordained for the Church in the ... We believe that the gifts of the Spirit enumerated in I Corinthians 12:7-11 are not only for today, but should be desired, sought after and evidenced in every church. If there was ever a time that these gifts were needed, it is today. We do not believe that these gifts were only for the embryonic church of the first 100 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

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Differences between three different types or Mormons So, also, when Jesus said, "I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it", we see the timeless, unchanging character of that church. From the earliest days of the restoration of the "fullness of the gospel" (1 Nephi 10:14, Utah Book of Mormon), we have told the world that this included a restoration of divine priesthood authority, and by which the true Church of Christ would be restored as in the time of Christ and the ancient apostles. This was, in fact, the intent of God as revealed in the Book of Commandments 4:5, in March 1829: "And thus if the people of this generation harden not their hearts, I will work a reformation among them, and I will put down all lyings, and deceivings, and priestcrafts...and I will establish my church, like unto the church which was taught by my disciples in the days of old." This is deleted from all books of Doctrine and Covenants, which was first published in 1835, two years after publication of the Book of Commandments! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/mor-church-of-christ-temple-lot-mormons-1830.htm

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Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge Watchtower publication) "Trinity is a very marked feature in Hindooism, and is discernible in Persian, Egyptian, Roman, Japanese, Indian and the most ancient Grecian mythologies." (Religious Dictionary, Lyman Abbott, p944, as quoted in by anti-Trinitarians) Example of selective quoting (Blue is Jw quote from ... But when I came to study the teachings of Jesus with my fellow students in this Congregational Bible Class, I found that he never mentioned vicarious atonement or the Fall of Adam or the Trinity" ("What Christianity Means to me, A spiritual autobiography by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p16) "The notion that Jesus organized a Christian church to ... Incarnation means to me more than that the Spirit of God dwelt unrecognized by the world centuries ago for a few years in Jesus of Nazareth; it also .means to me that the-, same Spirit still dwells in the world, carrying on now with the followers of Jesus the work of serving and saving men which the same Spirit carried on ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Abbott.htm

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Dunn, James D. G.: Christology in the Making, 2nd edition, 1989 A wide variety of quotes are used by anti-Trinitarians that are supposed to prove trinity is a false doctrine What they fail to tell the same article also says: Dunn rejects the deity of Christ: "So too the argument that Jesus is divine because he forgave sins ..." (Christology in the Making, James D. G. Dunn, 2nd edition, 1989, foreword, xxi) The first great Christological battle of the Christian period was not over docetism (Ignatius) or modalism (Tertullian); it was over monotheism. ... That presumably is why the first internal debates which capture the attention in the second and third centuries are those which take for granted the deity of Christ (docetism and ... In fact there are pagan parallels that pre-date Christianity in all four major positions of Christology, namely 1. Trinitarian, 2. Angel-Christology of Jw's, 3. logos-theology of Christadelphians, 4. Modalism of United Pentecostal church UPCI. We side with Dunn in his view that parallels don't automatically imply that one ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dunn.htm

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Gibbon, Edward: History of Christianity Many of the pagan tenets, invented by the Egyptians and idealized by Plato, were retained as being worthy of belief." (Edward Gibbon's History of Christianity, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) ("History of Christianity", by Edward Gibbon, 1891, p. xvi) Look at what they left out of the quote! "If Paganism was conquered by Christianity, it is equally true that Christianity was corrupted by Paganism. The pure Deism of the first Christians (who differed from their fellow Jews only in the belief that Jesus was the promised Messiah,) was changed, by the Church of Rome, into the incomprehensible dogma of the trinity. Many of the pagan tenets, invented by the Egyptians and idealized by Plato, were retained as being worthy of belief. The doctrine of the incarnation, and the mystery of transubstantiation, were both adopted, and are both as repugnant to reason, as was the ancient pagan rite of viewing the entrails of animals to forecast the fate of empires!" ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Gibbon.htm

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Henderson, Ian: Encyclopedia International Although Henderson correctly says that the "Nicene concept of Trinity" is not in the Bible, he would say that early Christians and the scriptures clearly taught that Jesus was both pre-existent and fully divine! The deception is in creating a false dilemma that attempts to say: If Nicene trinity is not taught in the Bible then that proves the Bible doesn't teach Jesus is divine. But we could just as easily say this to Jw's: "The doctrine of the prohibition against blood transfusions did not form part of the apostles' preaching, as this is reported in the New Testament, but developed over many centuries... 20 to be exact!" "The doctrine the church being governed from one world headquarters did not form part of the apostles' preaching, as this is reported in the New Testament, but first developed in 606 AD in Rome. (1300 years before Brooklyn and 2000 years to late to be in the Bible!) Jw's use this quote to create a false dilemma: They think that this quote proves trinity wrong. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-HendersonI.htm

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Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... ... Does not say, "when He who is perfect comes" but "when THAT" Perfect refers to a thing, not a person and certainly not Christ. Jesus is a person, not a thing! The Greek forbids this interpretation. "Perfect" refers to the second coming or our perfection in heaven. Neither heaven nor eternity is mentioned anywhere in this context. We have already proven that gifts must cease before the second coming and that faith and hope must abide LONGER than the gifts. Such facts Pentecostals cannot account for without employing an unbiblical definition of faith and hope that extends them both into all eternity. If Paul is saying that the gifts will continue until the Second Coming, then logic must force us to conclude that the Church will never have a complete written revelation of God's truth. And if such is the case, then why did the N.T. end at the close of the First Century? If this view is correct, then the NT would or should contain many more books, especially books from other centuries, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

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A Short History of the Watchtower Organization An interesting side-note: The Branch Davidians who died at Waco, Texas, under the leadership of David Koresh also trace their roots to the same Millerite source through a different line of descent. In 1935 the Seventh Day Adventist Church expelled a Bulgarian immigrant named Victor Houteff, who had begun teaching his own views on certain passages of the Revelation or Apocalypse, the last book of the Bible. Houteff set up shop on the property at Waco. After first referring to his tiny new sect as The Shepherd's Rod, Houteff and his people in 1942 incorporated and renamed themselves Davidian Seventh Day ... 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 group, older than Catholic and Protestant churches. In fact, their book Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose asserts ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm

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Footnoting Policy of Watchtower, and actual footnotes to their ... ... 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. ... IX, (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI) p. 91. 62." The Church of the First Three Centuries", by Alvan Lamson, 1860 edition, p. 34. 63. "Outlines of the History of Dogma," by Adolf Harnack, 1957 edition, (Beacon Press, Beacon Hill, Boston, MA) p. 194. 64. "Ibid". 65. "A Statement of Reasons", by Andrews Norton, 1872, Fifth edition, (American Unitarian Association, Boston, MA) pp. 94, 104. Section 5: What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus? 66. "A Critical History of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-footnotes.htm

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Conclusion to the 500 year historical overview: Conclusion to the History of Psychiatry: The master conclusion of the 500 year summary of all the historical documents in this section. Click to View Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Master Conclusion to the 500 year historical overview: The origin of modern psychiatry has its origin in England during the era of King Henry VIII (1509 - 1547). Click to View Click to View Before 1600 AD, church ministers, not medical doctors, were almost universally considered ... Insanity was viewed as a collection of odd or sinful behaviours not a disease. Insanity was believed to be caused by sinful living contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ and unless the "insane" committed a crime, they were never jailed but instead ... Poor laws were created by Henry's successors that outlawed begging, but provided food and shelter in workhouses - a medieval "work for welfare" program! At first these laws ordered local churches to tax their perisioners to support the work houses ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-conclusion.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... The Triunity represents the effort to think out the Trinity, and so to afford it a reasonable basis. The first Christians had with St. Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; and the theologians of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in logical terms of reason. In the effort they were led, inevitably, to effect an alliance between the gospel of their salvation and the speculative philosophy, and more especially the Platonism, in which they had been trained, while, in making room for the Christian gospel within the world-not altogether hospitable of the Greek philosophy, they found themselves translating their empirical knowledge of God-the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ-into a doctrine of diversity or multiplicity, as distinguished from merely abstract unity, within the divine Nature itself. In other words, in thinking out the Trinity they arrived at the Triunity. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon. ... The early church possessed literature edifying as reading matter as well as writings with a higher authority. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Peter Balla, Evidence for an Early Christian Canon: Second and Third Century, p 385, 2002) Use: The regular use of writings in the ancient churches was also an important factor in their ... V. What was written during the apostolic age: Antiquity: The traditional understanding of canon formation is that the church at first recognized only the Old Testament writings as scripture. Later, as the Gospels and Epistles (at first only Paul's) began to circulate among the churches they too were accorded scriptural status. Barton, however, challenges the traditional view, noting that in the first two centuries Christians generally referred to their own writings more than to the Old Testament. They did not cite the Old Testament equally until it was becoming finalized for the church. He also notes that during the second ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-criteria-of-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise on Madness, John Monro, 1758 ... And those, who are much used to hypochondriacal people, will find them in general less weakened with vomits than purges." The Monros were no friends of Jesus since they viewed earnest religious devotion and strong Bible preaching as actually driving people insane. Under John Monro preachers were forbidden to even enter Bedlam, since he believed ministers of churches drove the patients to further madness. In 1772, under the indirect advice of John Monro, the British Government passed a law that allowed a person to be committed to Bedlam with a single doctor's medical certificate, and suddenly for the first time, church preachers were stripped of any official role in the process. Today, this has gone so far that insurance companies forbid church preachers from even engaging in "counseling their flock", unless they get a certificate from a secular, atheistic institution. (Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise on Madness, John Monro, 1758 AD) "Hellebore, an herb used by the ancient Greeks to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/remarks-on-dr-batties-treatise-on-madness-john-monro-1758ad.htm

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Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about ... II. Jesus and the Old Testament: Jesus, like all the Jews of the first century, divided the Old Testament into three "collections": the law, the prophets, the psalms. Jesus said: "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be ... Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote-Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." John 1:45 e. After the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-jesus-favored-old-testament-textual-manuscript.htm

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50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, which was made popular by Billy Graham in 1935. 4. Here are 50 ways that Rapture doctrine contradicts the Bible. 5. Christians ... It was a non-event... again. 9. False: The prophetic clock stopped in the 69th week of Daniel's prophecy when the Jews rejected Christ as their earthly king because God wasn't expecting the Jews to reject Jesus. Each of the first 69 weeks was a period of seven years, but he last week has already been almost 2000 years. The prophetic clock ... 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 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

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Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... ... On this day we are commanded to rest from our labors and worship God, following the teachings and example of Jesus, the apostles and the New Testament Church. We believe in observing the New Testament Passover on the night of the 14th of Abib, the anniversary of the death of our Savior. We believe in the commanded observance of the seven annual Holy Days given to ancient Israel by God and kept by Jesus Christ, the apostles and the New Testament Church. These Holy Days reveal God's plan of salvation. We believe that those meats that are ... Through that Spirit, our Father has made us one in the body of Christ, and, individually, members one of another. He has given us gifts that differ according to His will and has entrusted His Spirit to each of us so that we might exercise those gifts with humility, gentleness and patience in submission, first to Jesus Christ, and then to one another. By the establishment of this Constitution, we acknowledge the truth of Scripture that all members have a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm

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Why Are There So Many Different Churches? Notice in this passage that the term church is singular, not plural. Jesus did not say that He would build his churches, but rather simply that He would build His church. Listen to the passage again. "Upon this rock, I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against IT." Again in the book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul wrote, "That the church is the body of Christ, and that there is only one body." Ephesians 1:22,23 & 4:4-6. A simple reading of the New Testament reveals ... The Bible is quick to point out that the same doctrine was preached in all of them (I Corinthians 4:17). Perhaps you're wondering in view of the unity of the first century why there are so many conflicting denominations and by what authority they exist. The purpose of this lesson then is not to be critical of sincerity of good intentions of anyone, but to find a bible answer for these important questions. Down through the centuries, it has always been a tendency of mankind to attempt to improve ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-why-1000-churches.htm

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100 Sabbath keeper stumper questions. Why is Moses the first one to see a stone tablet written by the finger of God? 4. Why is the weekly Sabbath commandment never quoted in the New Testament? 5. Why is the Sabbath the only one of the ten commandments that are said to be "throughout your generations", the usual phrase that indicates it was a temporary ceremonial law only for the Jews? 6. Why is there no example of exclusively Christians coming together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer meeting after the resurrection of Christ? 7. Why is there no command in the New Testament for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy? 8. While Paul taught in the synagogues up to 84 times, why does the Bible never say he kept the sabbath? 9. If Paul's action of preaching to non-believers 84 ... The title character of this book is said to be the most righteous and religious man that ever lived (next to Jesus), but with that being the case, how come his story is completely void of any reference to the Sabbath or any other law/restriction ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-questions.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 350 AD: Hilary of Poitiers ... Instead, they would say, "The reason the heretics are wrong, is the fact that it is impossible for them to understand the scriptures because only the church can correct interpret the Bible"! If Hilary were Roman Catholic, he would have said, "Its not because of your "ignorance and lack of skill" it's the fact that you are trying at all! Just ask me what the correct interpretation is!" Or even simpler, "Be silent heretic, and read the Nicene creed for yourself!" "In order to solve as easily as possible this most difficult problem, we must first master the knowledge which the Divine Scriptures give of Father and of Son, that so we may speak with more ... While we feel it would have been better in the "Arian wars" for even the Nicene Fathers to simply maintain the personality of the Holy Spirit and the uncreated divinity of Christ, at least it bothered Hilary to venture into area where the scriptures were silent, like the question of whether Jesus was made up of the same stuff as the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hilary.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... On this account are we bound to avoid them, but to make choice of the thing pertaining to the Church with the utmost diligence, and to lay hold of the tradition of the truth. For how stands the case? Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient ... Written and oral tradition together got the job done." (Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 18) In the illustration, the "carpentry manual" represents the Bible and the carpenter represents a minister for a church. First, we find offensive the idea that God was unable to ... The Bible says it is possible to fall away from grace." "The Bible says deviant sex is a perversion. ... The Bible says deviant sex is morally acceptable." "The Bible says Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. ... The Bible says Jesus Christ is a created being." "The Bible says . . . Wait a minute!" "How can so many ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Catholic doctrinal Flip-Flops: Baptism: Changed from immersion ... Colossians 2:12 "Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life." Romans 6:3-4 The Orthodox church never changed and immerses to this day! More on baptism as immersion. The Apostolic Fathers always baptized by immersion. C. The Roman Catholic church admits baptism by immersion was practiced till 1311 AD: "Baptism took place by immersion in ancient times." (New Interpretation of the Mass, p. 120). "Catholics admit that immersion brings out more fully the meaning of the sacrament, and that for twelve centuries it was the common practice." (Question Box, p. 240). "Baptism used to be given by placing the person to be baptized completely in the water: it was done in this way in the Catholic Church for 1200 years." (Adult Catechism, pp. 56-57). "The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-flip-flops-baptism-immersion-sprinkling.htm

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Book of Mormon Witnesses all later DENIED its truthfulness! Joseph Smith, Jun., the translator of this work, has shown unto us the plates of which hath been spoken, which have the appearance of gold ; and as many of the leaves as the said Smith has translated we did handle with our hands; and we also saw the engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work, and of curious workmanship. ... Imagine if any one of the apostles denied their witness that Jesus rose from the dead, were kicked out of the early church, then returned again. Their testimony would be of no value. Remember that all three denied the Mormon faith at one point, and one never came back to the Mormon church going to his grave denying his testimony, yet Mormons still use his testimony for the book of Mormon. In fact, David Whitmer never returned to the LDS church that he was a witness for, but joined splinter groups that denied the original LDS church he was first a member of. C. Specific details of the three witnesses: False Witness #1: Martin Harris: Was known ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-witness-book.htm

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Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Certainly not because of any Biblical conviction. "Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology," says A Short History of Christian Doctrine. The first emperor to become a Christian, Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology. ... This mystery aspect of the person of our Lord has never been lost in genuine Christianity. However, it has often been pressed into the background. This is what happened during the fourth through eighth centuries, when the person of Jesus Christ became a subject of intense theological debate not always very spiritual in character. There were three outstanding reasons for the church's concern with the question: a. The spread of the gospel to the Gentiles introduced Greeks into the church. The educated Greek mind was highly studious and intellectual. It loved to reflect on difficult problems in theology and philosophy. b. Greek ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm

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Lachatre, M. Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel (New Universal Dictionary ... This Greek philosopher's conception of the divine trinity ... can be found in all the ancient [pagan] religions."(French Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel [New Universal Dictionary], Vol. 2, p. 1467, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication and copied from translation in August 1, 1984 ... The dictionary suggests, but clearly indicates it is not sure, ("appears to be" is not certain) that there is a connection between the Christian trinity and the "Platonic trinity". In other words, the dictionary is guessing! Deception Exposed: First the quote does not say that the church got the "rational for trinity" from Plato, but the "rational of the ... In utter deception, Jehovah's Witnesses know there are many similarities in Pagan religions that, using the same bad logic, could prove that the Watchtower borrowed the doctrines of the virgin birth, incarnation, blood atonement, the ascension, even the name Mary for the mother of Jesus, from the Pagans! Lachatre, M., ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lachatre.htm

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Lohse, Bernard: A Short History of Christian Doctrine There has been no lack of attempts to find the initial form of the doctrine of the Trinity in Plato, or in Hinduism, or in Parsiism. All such attempts may be regarded today as having floundered. It is another question, of course, whether or not the church, in developing the doctrine of the Trinity, had recourse to certain ... 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 Christ (A Short History of ... The emperor therefore stepped into the controversy and extended invitations for a great council to be held at Nicaea (325), the imperial residence not far from the sea of Marmara in Asia Minor. ... Constantine's conversion had come on the heels of the Diocletian persecution, which had been the most ruthless the ancient ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lohse.htm

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Ai, Israel: Khirbet El-Maqatir: Master Index of Free Bible Maps ... Find a dig! Join us Excavating Ai of Joshua, Ephraim of Jesus, in Israel (Khirbet-el-Maqatir) May 22 - June 11, 2016 Here is your Professional Dig Staff who will make your visit to Israel amazing and memorable Join the Dig! Click here to view dig details of Ai under the direction of Scott Stripling ... Four Archeological time periods you can help dig! 1. Late bronze: 1400 BC. The time of Joshua during the conquest. 2. Iron 1: 1200 BC. The time of Judges when Deborah lived. 3. Time of Christ: 50 AD Roman house 4. Byzantine: 350 AD Church marking Ai of Abraham. Events at this location: 1. Abraham built an altar near or at Ai when he first arrived from Haran: a. "Then he proceeded from there to the ... Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will go into exile Together with his priests and his princes. " (Jeremiah 49:3) Master Index of Bible Study Maps: (600+ Bible places) click to view click to view By Steve ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/maps/bible-maps-master-index-ai-israel-khirbet-el-maqatir.htm

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No infant baptism until AD 450 First individual meetings were held with a member of the clergy, who exorcized him or her with prayers for deliverance from sin. Then there was a daily three hour lecture by the bishop, at first in regard to the interpretation of the Bible and then the Christian creed. The catechumen was baptized before the ... The oldest complete set of lessons to catechumens that is known comes from the pen of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, who was bishop of Jerusalem in the middle of the fourth century C.E." (Christian Worship in the Byzantine Period, John Wilkinson, Ancient Churches Revealed, p17, 1993 AD) C. The Roman Catholic church admits baptism by immersion was practiced till 1311 AD: "There ... Whereas the early Church baptized adults only, the baptism of children soon became the usual practice." (Sanford, Alexander E., MD, Pastoral Medicine: Handbook for the Catholic Clergy, 1904, p 32-33) "Where in the fourth and fifth centuries the doctrine of original sin became better known, the practice of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-flip-flops-baptism-infant.htm

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Romans 8 Study The Gift of the Holy Spirit If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brethren, we are ... Notice Paul contrasted enemies and imposters who did not have the spirit miraculously, with Christians who did. b. False apostles made promises and prophecies BUT HAD NO POWER. They were without the spirit. c. Promises and prophecies made in the first century church were assured to be true because men were present who "had the spirit" (ie. ... Being led by the Holy Spirit indicates an honest, seeking, obedient heart, not some ethereal supernatural idea. 2. Sin or the Holy Spirit controls us. a. It is a battle of our will with God's will b. Jesus said you can only obey one master. c. Paul said you are a slave to the one you obey! d. Are you a slave of sin or of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Romans-8-Study.htm

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Acts 20:7 Proof of weekly communion on Sunday But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas. We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days. And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, ... This proves the natural reading of the passage is a communion service within a Christian assembly regardless of what day is mentioned. There is nothing that would PREVENT this from being a church communion service of Christians. Meeting at Troas Acts 20:7 Paul in Synagogue What Do You See? Click to View An Assembly, Sunday, Christians Breaking Bread (Lord's Supper), Preaching to ... Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?" (1 Cor. 11:22). "But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment" (1 Cor. 11:34). "For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking" (Rom. 14:17) Jesus commanded disciples to partake of the Lord's Supper (Matt. 26:26-28; Lk. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-communion-acts-20-7.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based ... Sola Scriptura: Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based upon tradition Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Proverbs 8:22 "The created wisdom woman" The first historical reference to wrongly interpreting Prov 8:22 as referring to Christ is 150 AD, Justin Martyr, in Dialogue, Ch CXXIX. Widsom in Prov 8:22 is a woman! God went out of His way to make sure we didn't apply it to Christ! To show the folly of this literal interpretation of poetic language, if Jesus is Wisdom, then who is Prudence? "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion." Prov 8:12 Clark Carlton, and Orthodox defender, highlights that many of the recorded "church fathers" had initially interpreted the wrong view of Prov 8:22. This ... And this is exactly what this reference says they did: "In the long-recognized scriptural testimony for the Logos-doctrine provided by Prov. viii, 22ff. the exegetes of the second and third centuries had found the creation of the pre-existent Logos-Christ set ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-fathers-mistakes.htm

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Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! ... do not keep away, but attend upon them; and not only those upon the place, but those living far distant do the same; and in their public shows all come together, as into a synagogue: in the same manner those which are vainly called Jews, when they have worked six days, on the seventh day rest, and come together in their synagogue, never leaving or neglecting either rest from labor or assembling together... ... Yes, church attendance is necessary if a person is to grow in the "Grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ". There are many very valid reasons as to why we should attend the worship services of the church. We might begin by asking ourselves some questions: First: Has God left man to his choice about the matter? The Bible says in Hebrews 10:25, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching". After the Lord's church was established on Pentecost, it's members ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance.htm

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The Exodus Route: Goshen and Ramses ... for his father's Library of Alexandria and the result is the Septuagint (LXX). The translation of the Septuagint was the seed that spawned the Synagogue system in 280 BC in Alexandria when spiritually thirsty diaspora Jews gathered in homes to read their new Greek Torah for the first time in their lives and pray to YHWH. Since Hebrew had been was extinct among the Jewish population since 500 BC, this became the standard "pulpit Bible" in the thousands of synagogues all around the world and was used exclusively in Judea at the time of Christ and the Apostles. Only the Temple Sadducees continued to speak Hebrew in their worship services to an Aramaic and Greek speaking audience the same way Roman Catholics today use Latin in English speaking audiences. These Jerusalem Temple approved scholars were the ones who anachronistically updated the ancient Hebrew place-names to reflect their current name. They updated 4 Bible verses that are helpful for us today in understanding the Exodus Route. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-goshen.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... ... PALM SUNDAY: Sunday before Easter: Jesus' entry into Jerusalem d. MAUNDY THURSDAY: night Jesus broke bread with disciples before death e. GOOD FRIDAY: Friday before Easter: Day Jesus died f. ASCENSION DAY: Thursday, 40 days after Easter: Lord's ascension g. WHITSUNDAY or PENTECOST: Sunday, 50 days after Easter: birthday of church h. TRINITY SUNDAY: Sunday after Pentecost: dedicated to the "Trinity7 Click to View III. Origin of Christmas: A. The word "Christmas" comes from "Christ + Mass" 1. from the Catholic "mass" 2. term first used in 1038 AD B. Date of Christ's birthday is unknown: best guess is spring of 6BC 1. year: between 4-7BC a. Dionysius, a Roman monk, ... of be most well known festivals of ancient Rome was the saturnalia, a winter festival celebrated from December 17-24. Because it was a time of wild merry making and domestic celebra6ons, businesses, schools, and law Courts were closed so that the public could feast, dance, gamble, and generally enjoy itself to the fullest. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the church by the Holy Spirit ... The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the primary -and certainly normative - written element of the apostolic tradition. Taken out of that necessary interpretive context, however, the Scriptures become just another set of ancient texts, open to as many interpretations as the imagination of man can conceive. (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 109) Just as some argue that the age of miracles ceased when the last Apostle drew his last breath, so Evangelicals argue that the age of oral tradition suddenly stopped at the end of the first century. Surely it is a dangerous practice to start picking and choosing ... 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-church.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 250 AD: Cyprian ... Roman Catholic or Orthodox apologists are willing to dissolve the authority of all diocesan bishops before they attempt to ever "use Cyprian" as an example of "apostolic tradition" apart from the Bible. "in conformity with the requirements alike of the sanctity and the truth of the divine tradition and ecclesiastical institution, we have directed our letters to you. Moreover, bringing these same things trader the notice of our several colleagues throughout the province, we have bidden also that our brethren, with letters from them, be directed to you" (Cyprian, Epistle 41, 1)."The point is whether, according to the most ancient custom and ecclesiastical tradition, it would suffice, after that baptism which they have received outside the Church indeed, but still in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord" (Cyprian, Treatise on Rebaptism, 1). Click to View Cyprian believes the current practice is the same as in the first century. What did you expect him to say? But he would also say these ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyprian.htm

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Lesson 15: Weekly Observance Of The Lord's Supper Master index of 23 studies: "Determine if you worship in Spirit and Truth!" Click to View Lesson 15 Weekly Observance Of The Lord's Supper Many people do not want to remember the Lord's death for us very often since they only partake of the Lord's supper monthly, quarterly, annually, or not at all. The excuse is given that ... This would be like saying that we should only pray two or three times a year, for if we prayed more often then prayer would lose its meaning. This would be absurd. Does the Lord's death really mean anything to us? But Jesus requested in Luke 22:19, "Do this in remembrance of Me." Do we really care to regularly remember the ... This memorial of our Lord is called "the Lord's Supper" in 1 Corinthians 11:20 and "the Lord's table" in 1 Corinthians 10:21. In 1 Corinthians 10:16 it is referred as "the breaking of bread" and "communion". But the church in the first century met every first day of the week to observe the Lord's Supper. We are told in Acts 20:7, "Now on ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-15-communion-weekly.htm

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Sunday: The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance ... Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17) But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails ... Remission of sins through the blood of Christ was first offered on the first day of the week. Paul waited in Troas for a week to break bread with the disciples on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7). Paul commanded the church to gather their money on the first day of the week (1 Corinthians 16:1-3). This is why the day of the Sun, or Sunday, is the day the early Christians consistently referred to as the "Lord's Day" (Revelation 2:10) in all their writings in the first, second, third, and later centuries. The seventh day of the week belongs to the "ministration of death, written and engraven in stones" (2 Corinthians 3:7). This is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-new-creation.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy: God the Rock of Moses ... for the Jerusalem temple, it is striking David would prophecy one of rejected stones of the physical temple, would become the cornerstone in the spiritual church temple built by Jesus Christ in AD 33 (Ps 118:22-23). It may have been that David chose the final corner stone for the temple, from among those rejected by the builders or that one of the stones that the builders had rejected, was never used in the temple. It is during this historical period that David creates, for the first time the messianic typology of Jesus as the "rejected stone". In 740 BC, Isaiah creates the final messianic typology of "Jesus the stumbling stone" (Isaiah 8:13-15). ... worked as a stonemason tradesman [Mark 6:3: Greek, tekton], and was an expert at laying stone foundations for house construction as seen in his teaching: Luke 6:47-49; Mt 7:26 3. Spiritually, Jesus the Stonemason [tekton], Master builder and Architect of our Salvation: "the architect [archegos] and completer [teleiotes] of our faith." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Exodus17-6-triple-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-1Corinthians10-Moses-rock-water-Christ-rejected-cornerstone-temple-church-foundation-fortress-stumbling-stone.htm

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Messianic Re-enactment Rituals of Water Baptism Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Messianic Re-enactment Ritual of Water Baptism Introduction: 1. Baptism in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins is the fulfillment of many Old Testament Messianic prophecies. a. This makes water baptism fulfilled ... B. Jewish Origin of Christian Baptism: 280 BC 1. The tabernacle laver associated water with ritual purity. 2. lepers had to be sprinkled 7 times: Lev 14:7 3. Elisha had Naaman the leper immerses 7 times in Jordan: 2 Ki 5:10 4. Synagogues began in Alexandria in 280 BC and every one had a full immersion baptistry called a Mikveh. Every Sabbath, every man and woman would immerse then take a white robe upon leaving the Jewish baptistry, being ritually pure and enter the synagogue. All inside the ... C. Water Baptism Midrashic Messianic Prophecies Baptized into Christ, baptized into Body, the church: Gal 3:27 Rom 6:3 1 Cor 12:13 All spiritual blessings in Christ's body, the church Eph 1:3 Eph 1:22-23 New Creature: 2 Cor 5:17 New People: Isa ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Baptism-Midrashic-messianic-Bible-prophecy-type-antitype-metophors-reenactiment-remission-sins-washing-Noah-circumcision-rebirth-clothing-burial-Naaman.htm

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Lesson 18: Obedience To The Gospel Master index of 25 studies: "Determine your salvation" Lesson 18 Obedience To The Gospel After Jesus had died for our sins, was resurrected and just before he ascended into heaven, he commanded his apostles in Mark 16:15-16, "And he said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned." Our Lord wanted the gospel preached to everyone. The word "gospel" literally means good news or good tidings. In Romans 1:16 the apostle Paul says, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek." So we see that the gospel of Christ is God's only power unto salvation. It is by the gospel or good news that God saves us. What does the Bible say that the gospel is that saves us? In I Corinthians 15:1-4, Paul is reminding the church at Corinth about the gospel when he says, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-18-obeying-the-gospel.htm

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Shiloh Israel: Master Index of Free Bible Maps of Bible Times ... Four Archeological time periods you can help dig! 1. Late bronze: 1399-1094 BC. The time of Joshua during the conquest. 2. Iron 1: 1200 BC. The time of Judges when Deborah lived. 3. Time of Christ: 50 AD Roman house 4. Byzantine: 350 AD Church ... will end up at Kiriath-jearim. 5. The birth of Samuel in 1102 BC ushers in a new era of history. He is the last judge and the first prophet. 6. The ark of the covenant is captured and goes on a seven month ride through the Philistine pentapolis: a. ... Noah used the 20.6 inch cubit in building the ark: Moses' cubit in use during the 18th dynasty pharaohs back to the time the Hyksos and Abraham as seen in the excavation reports at Tell el-Dab'a (ancient Goshen, Rameses and Avaris located in the ... the god's table: "Maya, the fan-bearer on the right hand of the king, royal scribe, head of the Double Treasury of the Master of the Two Lands, says: 'O pure priests, lector-priests of the temple, the gods of your cities will hear your prayers, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/maps/bible-maps-master-index-tel-shiloh-israel-archeological-excavations-associates-for-bible-research-find-a-dig-tabernacle-of-moses-cubit-20.6-inches-1399-1094BC.htm

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Basta, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea. slaughterhouse, crop storage ... Scripture and ancient literary sources locate Kadesh Barnea in the Petra area. Beidha (Little Petra) is located 5 km north of Petra. Basta is located 12 km SE of Petra on a natural valley that connects the two locations geographically. With an exodus ... were suddenly abandoned and subsequently preserved by the blowing sands shortly thereafter. Beidha and Basta share many similarities: First, both Basta and Beidha share a close geographic proximity. Basta is a short distance from Petra as you follow a large natural valley between the two cities. Topographically the two cities are connected by the natural terrain. Second, It is clear that a large, well organized population arrived and founded both Beidha and Basta from a master blueprint plan. ... She suggested two pre-pottery phases, designated Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). These were followed by a settlement gap that lasted several centuries. Later, two successive pottery phases developed: the Pottery ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-Basta-storage-slaughter-house-city-100000-bones.htm

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Noah was saved by water baptism: 1 Peter 3:21 ... amazing Bible story of salvation that sets up an ancient parallel to how the apostles taught we are to be saved. 2. Apostle Peter said this: Just as water saved Noah, so too the water of baptism saved Christians. 3. While it is true that the ark saved Noah from the water, Apostle Peter says that the water saved Noah from the sinful world! This was an entirely new argument for the necessity of water baptism that the first century church taught. 4. Some churches teach that water baptism has no part in attaining salvation which directly contradicts 1 Peter 3:21. These churches teach that you are saved by "Faith Only" which directly violates James 2:24. Yes we are saved by faith, but not faith alone. We are saved by grace, but not grace only. Salvation is a free gift that we cannot earn or merit... but it is a gift with conditions attached like: You must believe, stop sinning, be willing to confess Jesus to others and be immersed in water. Salvation is a gift with conditions we must meet. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/salvation-water-baptism-noah-8-eight-persons-saved-by-water-1-peter-3-21.htm

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Reconstructing Petra Smithsonian: June 2007; Vol 38 Num 3 By ... In its heyday, which began in the first century tic. and lasted for about goo years, Petra was one of the world's wealthiest, most eclectic and most remarkable cities. That was when the Nabatean people carved the most impressive of their monumental structures directly into the soft red stone. The facades were all that remained when 19th-century travelers arrived here and concluded that Petra was an eerie and puzzling city of tombs. Now, however, archaeologists are discovering that ancient Petra ... 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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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity They offered no trinitarian doctrine and saw no trinitarian problem. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, introduction, p.xv, p43, p59-61) The Apostolic Fathers: The Apostolic Fathers wrote between A.D. 90 and 140. Their discussion of the person of Jesus Christ simply repeated the teaching of the ... the Church saw references or foreshadowings of the Trinity. ... The revelation of the truth of the triune life of God was first made in the NT, where the earliest references to it are in the Pauline epistles. The doctrine is most easily seen in St. Paul's recurrent use of the terms God, Lord, and Spirit. (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965, "Trinity, in the Bible", p306) "To End of 2d Century. Among the Apostolic Fathers, Clement of Rome, for instance, writing to the Church of Corinth in the final decade of the 1st century, bears witness to God the Father, to the Son, to the Spirit, and mentions all three together ... Yet, neither Clement nor Ignatius nor any other writer of this most ancient ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.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 ... 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 Christ, and the necessity to defend it, that first 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. ... This does not mean very much, however, for generally speaking the New Testament is less intent upon setting forth certain doctrines than it is upon proclaiming the kingdom of God, a kingdom that dawns in and with the person of Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, there are in the New Testament the rudiments of a concept ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International ... Likewise also the cup after supper saying, this cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you." (Luke 22:19-20). Paul instructed the church how to observe it (I Cor. 11:23-34). Thus was instituted the use of literal bread and the fruit of the vine, which are partaken of literally, as emblems of His broken body and shed blood. There is also a spiritual significance and blessing in partaking of the sacrament. FOOT WASHING When the Passover supper was ended, we read in John 13:4-5, "He riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded Himself. After that He poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded." Jesus said, "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you" (John 13:14-15). This first example was given by our Lord, and it is a divine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee ... Return to Table of Contents CHAPTER IV. CHARACTERISTICS AND DOCTRINES OF JESUS CHRIST. 1. CHRIST was "the Author and Finisher of the faith" of Christianity; and in Jesus Christ was the first Christian Church, which was perfect and prolific spiritually just so far as Adam was perfect and prolific naturally, before Eve was brought forth. 2. Christ (dual) is a supermundane being, and was the Agent of the new revelation to Jesus, the truths of which were, first, the immortality of the soul, which Moses never taught; ... The seventh was a holy convocation, during which the higher law - the law of love - was the supreme law of the land. Again, six years were allotted for selfhood to develop itself, the legitimate fruit whereof brought forth debtor and creditor, and master and slave; and these relations were sustained and consummated. But the seventh year was the sabbatical year; and when the trumpet of this jubilee sounded, all debts were canceled, and all slaves were restored to freedom. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm

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The Crucifixion Of Jesus The Crucifixion Of Jesus The shadow of the cross that was raised on Golgotha reaches across the centuries to offer comfort, forgiveness, and hope to us today. The story is almost unbelievable, for it is hard for us to image such love. "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" is the message of the ... Since Jesus had been whipped before they took Him to be crucified, He was already weak from loss of blood. Mercifully, He lived only a few hours on the cross. Even with all the pain, Jesus thought of others rather than Himself. His first words from the cross were, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do". Even though He could have threatened to punish ... His final words expressed his complete surrender to the will of God as He said, "It is finished; Father into Thy hands I commend my spirit". He then bowed His head and died. Even the earth could not accept the death of its Creator and Master without showing grief. There was a great earthquake which shook the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-crucifixion-of-Jesus.htm

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Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... Fisher, p. 51) Development of where one of the elders began to get special recognition: "After the death of the apostles, and the pupils of the apostles, to whom the general direction of the churches had always been conceded, some one amongst the presbyters of each church was suffered gradually to take the lead in its affairs. ... Among the early writers, Irenaeus and Cyprian used the terms most flattering to Rome. Tertullian, to be sure, in one instance applied to the Roman bishop higher epithets than are anywhere else found in the literature of the first three centuries, calling him the "sovereign pontiff, the bishop of bishops." But he used these terms in bitter ... In his Letters, St. Ignatios makes it clear that in a given local Church, there is one bishop, a council of presbyters, and the deacons: "All of you follow the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed the Father, and the presbytery as the Apostles; respect the deacons as the ordinance of God" (Smyrnaeans 8). It is commonly asserted by ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm

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