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The organization of the Roman Catholic church The 3 Tier Hierarchy Of The Roman Catholic Church: Pope, Bishop, Priests Click to View Learn from the Bible Blueprint, how the church was organized by the apostles! Click to View Find a local congregation of the New Testament church that is organized exactly as the Bible says Click to View 30-606 AD: The gradual historical Development of the Papal and Patriarchal Systems of Centralized Church Government away from the organization found in the Bible. Click to View Roman Catholic Organization today: 1 Pope Click to View 2946 Bishops/Dioceses (Mother churches over parishes) Click to View 219,583 Priests/Parishes (Local churches) Learn the Truth: Click to View The office of Elders, pastors ... Until he reaches the age of 80, a cardinal is allowed to vote in the election of a new pope. Cardinals are not found in the Bible and did not come into existence until after 600 AD. Apostolic Pronuncio (Papal Nuncio): An archbishop who acts as the official Vatican delegate to a country. He holds the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-church-hierarchy-organization.htm

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Introduction and overview to Roman Catholicism: Start here Definition ... Click to View "Sometimes Truth makes Love hurt" "You are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Definition of a Roman Catholic: Click to View Someone who believes: The present roman catholic church organization in Rome is Christ's one true church established in 30 A.D. The pope is a god-appointed head of the church on the earth. The teachings and decrees of the pope as equal to the bible in authority. The church as the infallible interpreter of scripture. That tradition is equal to the bible in authority. Click to View Roman Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses are strikingly similar! Click to View Why ... There are 22 different liturgies within the Roman Catholic church (which we have graciously counted as 1) and 66 independent schisms. The most important thing Roman Catholics must understand! Catholics believe that the theocratic organization of the church determines what doctrine will be taught and practiced. The Bible is just one of many sources of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-start.htm

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Apostolic fathers viewed scripture as complete and final and ... Apostolic fathers viewed scripture as complete and final and that the age of inspiration was ended 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 ... Introduction: 1. Pentecostal, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists, Roman Catholic and Orthodox leaders all believe inspiration still happens today. The Jehovah's Witnesses have their inspired Watchtower Magazine, the Seventh-day Adventists make bold claims that Ellen G. White was inspired, and we tire of the outrageous and reprehensible claims that all the charismatics and Pentecostals make about being directly guided by the Holy Spirit. Roman Catholic and Orthodox leaders view themselves as directly inspired by God. Too bad no one told them the age of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scripture-complete-inspiration-ended.htm

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Sola Scriptura proof texts: Luke 1:1-4 Luke 1:1-4 is an irrefutable blow to oral traditionalists: "Luke begins by mentioning uninspired gospels by Christians, then the oral tradition of the apostles and concludes that scripture alone will allow Theophilus to know for certain what the truth is. Click to View Sola Scriptura proven from the Bible! Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Anti-Sola Scriptura proof texts! Introduction: Luke 1:1-4 so clearly shows the superiority of scripture over oral tradition, that Roman Catholic and Orthodox tradition defenders have no idea what to do with it! Luke begins by mentioning uninspired gospels by Christians, ... Click to View Strong defines the word "asphaleia", "1. firmness, stability. 2 certainty, undoubted truth. 3 security from enemies and dangers, safety." Therefore, only though scripture, to the exclusion of both oral apostolic tradition and the many uninspired gospels written by Christians, can we know the truth. Although oral tradition is just as inspired ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-proof-texts-luke-1-1-4.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 ... 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 illustrates how the wrong view of Proverbs 8:22f was adopted and later used against those who invented it to prove Jesus was ... Arius' answer was that the Logos is a creature, albeit the highest, noblest, and best of creatures. Those who sought to uphold the Orthodox doctrine that Christ is the uncreated Son of God had to deal with Arius' interpretation of ... He actually uses Prov 8:22 as an example of why sola Scriptura doesn't work. What it proves, is that tradition doesn't work, because most Trinitarians today, including the Roman Catholic church, do not apply Prov 8:22 to Christ any ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-fathers-mistakes.htm

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Doctrinal evolution: Roman Catholic doctrinal flip flops No, for 2000 years the Church has taught the same things which Jesus taught." (Catholic Catechism for Adults, p. 57). Click to View "It is a historical fact the Catholic Church, from the twentieth century back to the first, has not once ceased to teach a doctrine on faith or morals previously held, and with the same interpretation; the church has proved itself infallible." (My Catholic Church, p. 145). Click to View Doctrinal flip flops "If only one instance could be given in which the Church ceased to teach a doctrine of faith which had been previously held, that single instance would be the death blow of her claim to infallibility." (Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, p74) "if it be not ... Click to View Officially, before Vatican 2 in 1965 AD, all non-Catholic churchgoers will go to HELL! Today it is different! Click to View Sign of the cross not practiced by apostles but started in 9th century! Tertullian made the sign on the forehead. Today it is different! Click to View ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-flip-flops.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit ... Illumination of creeds by the Holy Spirit is a false doctrine and contrary to "sola Scriptura": Too many churches hold to this destructive and deceptive doctrine. If your church has a creed, chances are they teach this false doctrine! Click to View The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit is false doctrine! Sola Scriptura home page Protestant/Reformed: Inward Witness Creedalists falsely believe creeds are "functionally equal" to scripture: The Holy Spirit is the ultimate criterion of truth, but He bears witness to the truth through this reciprocal relationship between Christian Scripture, the Christian Church, and the Christian creed. Each of these three ... Without the use of creeds, it is impossible to establish objective doctrinal boundaries within the church." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 277) One way in which we identify the Christian churches is their adherence to the apostolic regula fidei. But what does this mean? It ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-creeds.htm

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Sola Scriptura: 2 Timothy 2:2 does not prove apostolic succession ... Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic succession and oral tradition." The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 Timothy 2:2. "You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them" 2 Timothy 3:14. Click to View Refutation of the false Catholic & Orthodox tradition argument: "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic ... In 2 Tim 2:2, we have the famous 4 generation discipleship passage: 1. Paul 2. Timothy 3. Faithful men 4. Others. However that which is taught is identical with scripture, even if it was revealed originally as an oral tradition. What was taught within these four generations may have included oral revelation, but this oral doctrine was also taught in scripture. For Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-refuted-succession-2-timothy-2-2.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... The Watchtower deliberately misleads the readers to the wrong conclusion that Philip Schaff, believes the origin of trinity is from the "pagan doctrines" of Plato! Schaff openly states in the that trinity has its origin in the scripture. Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "The doctrines of the Logos and the Trinity received their shape from Greek Fathers, who ... First the quote, when you read the article, is not saying that Trinity is an error! The errors Schaff refer to are not trinity! Since Schaff is a trinitarian who believes the doctrine is based upon the Bible, it should be obvious that he is ... minds of heathen antiquity showed a presentiment of a threefold distinction in the divine essence; but only a remote and vague presentiment which, like all the deeper instincts of the heathen mind, serves to strengthen Christian truth. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "Summing up the historical evidence, Alvan Lamson says in The Church of the First Three Centuries: "The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity . . . derives no support from the language of Justin [Martyr]: and this observation may be extended to all the ante-Nicene Fathers; that is, to all Christian writers for three centuries after the birth of Christ. It is true, they speak of ... Well Trinitarians actually agree! The developed 12th century "Athanasius creed" version of trinity doctrine is not found in scripture, but that is not the issue. What is important is that Justin and all most of the Ante-Nicene Fathers clearly taught that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lamson.htm

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Catholics wrong: Mary had many other children in addition to ... Mary had many other children in addition to Jesus Click to View Because these verses so clearly contradict Catholic doctrine, Catholic interpreters will insist these are cousins, kinsmen, or from a supposed earlier marriage of Joseph. Of course, the Bible proves all these things wrong. The Catechism gives this ridiculous and incorrect explanation: "The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James ... The children are so clearly the offspring of the "Mary" of this passage, that the Pope has come to the conclusion is must be a different Mary! Incredible! Now read it for yourself from the scripture and see if you agree with the Catholic church that the Mary of ... Galatians 1:18 Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother. 1 Corinthians 9:4 Do we not have a right to eat and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-mary-had-many-children.htm

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Eucharist: Frequency of communion changed from weekly to daily ... Roman Catholic Doctrinal evolution: Doctrinal flip flops Eucharist: Frequency of communion changed from weekly to daily in 500 AD. Click to View Doctrinal flip flops Click to View More Catholic doctrinal Flip-Flops Eucharist: Frequency of communion changed from weekly to daily in 500 AD. ... Acts 20:7 See outline on weekly communion. B. The example of the Apostolic Fathers was weekly communion: 90AD DIDACHE: "Christian Assembly on the Lord's Day: 1. But every Lord's day do ye gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give ... offer to me a pure sacrifice; for I am a great King, saith the Lord, and my name is wonderful among the nations." (Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Chapter XIV) More quotes from Apostolic Fathers on weekly communion. ... But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup." 1 Corinthians1 Corinthians 11:26, 28 D. The Roman Catholic church changed the liturgy of the eucharist in about 500 AD: "In the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-flip-flops-eucharist-communion-frequency.htm

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Eternal torment proved ... annihilation refuted Annihilation is a member of "Domino Theology" family of doctrines (Refute one element & refute the whole system!) Click to View See also: Debate: Truth vs. an annihilationist! This ... When Annihilationists refute this concept of hell, Bible believers wonder what the point is? Their false doctrine of annihilation is not proved right, just because they prove Dante's equally false concept of hell wrong! Yet you will notice that almost all annihilationists dishonestly try to represent Dante's false view of hell as that which orthodox Christians believe! Catholic Purgatory Purgatory is another false view of hell. It is taught ... It is the body that will be made immortal, not the soul! "The real issue between Dualists and Annihilationists is nothing other than this: Does Scripture teach that the wicked will be ... Our God is a loving, merciful Father who does not want to consign anyone to that fate. (What Happens After Death?, United Church of God, an International Association) "The verse ... ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-annihilation-refuted.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary Click to View How it is quoted in "Should you believe in the trinity?": "The word Trinity is not found in the Bible . . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century. (New Bible Dictionary)" (Identical quote also found in The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, by Hodder and Stoughton) What they skipped over: "The word Trinity is not found in the Bible, and, though used by Tertullian in the last decade of the 2nd century, it did not find a place formally in the theology of the Church till the 4th century. (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) What else they failed to quote in the article: Scripture does not give us a fully formulated doctrine of the ... 24) must also be noted as perhaps the prototype of the New Testament apostolic blessing. (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) The apostolic conception of the Holy Ghost and of His relation to the Father and the Son is clear from Acts. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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Sola Scriptura was not impeded by a 10% of people could read ... Church tradition arguments refuted! Click to View "Sola Scriptura is impossible since only 10% of people could read in 100 AD" Even a Protestant author admits sola Scriptura was impossible in the first century! "Literacy in the Roman empire, by very rough estimate, did not exceed 10 percent on average." (Wayne Meeks, The Moral World of the First Christians, 1986). Click to View ... They simply ask, "Did that come from the Bible?" Catholics that don't own a Bible know that most of Catholic doctrine isn't taught in the Bible but creeds, canons and catechisms. To suggest a high rate of ... Even if it was true that only 10% were literate, this would mean that people would work harder at memorizing scripture. Reciting scripture from memory is not oral tradition but sola Scriptura! Even ... Would not the same logic apply to illiterates in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches? If Catholic and Orthodox laity can "know the truth" by hearing the catechism read to them, then why not ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-illiteracy-rate.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist's teach that Sunday worshippers ARE THE ... Click to View Recent converts are either unaware, or unwilling to accept the official historic position of their church. Although their first reaction is, "My church doesn't teach that!" read the proof for yourself! It is still the official teaching today, except they teach it with flowery speech! Proof the official doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist churches is ... The very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, on the part of the Catholic church, without any authority from the Bible." (Ellen G. White, The Mark of the Beast, page 23) "The Sunday Sabbath is purely a child ... The second step to counterfeit the seal is Daniel 8:12, "And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it CAST DOWN THE TRUTH TO THE GROUND; and it practiced, and ... So Papal Rome had to change the law, and the day of worship to Sunday, so they could be worshipped." ... "Faith of Our Fathers, p. 14, C.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons: "Of course the Catholic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-mark-beast.htm

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Wierwille, Dr. Victor Paul: 1. Jesus Christ is Not God. 2. Forgers ... Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Self-Quoting Anti-Trinitarian For once JW's and other anti-Trinitarians have found someone who actually believes that trinity is of pagan origin, but look who ... "Clearly, historians of Church dogma and systematic theologians agree that the idea of a Christian trinity was not a part of the first century Church. The twelve apostles never ascribed to it or received revelation about it. So how then did a Trinitarian doctrine come about? It gradually evolved and gained momentum in the late ... be the truth. Thus Christianity became in essence like Babylonian heathenism, with only a veneer of Christian names." (Victor Paul Wierwille, Forgers of the Word, 1983) What they fail to tell you Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille, Arian, Founder & Leader of a cult called "The Way International" that rejects the trinity and the deity of Christ. That Wierwille admits that the belief in the deity of Christ had "sprouted" during the apostolic age ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Wierwille.htm

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The Roman Catholic view of Marriage is flawed, incomplete and ... II. Guilt: Rather than sex being a wonderful communion between husband and wife to fulfill the sexual desire, The Roman Catholic view, if anyone actually listened to it, would make married partners feel guilty and dirty for having sex, for the sole ... But if a Catholic did follow the teaching of the Pope, then she would use the thermometer to determine when she ovulates and have sex only during that fertile 4 day window. IV. Prohibition against church leaders marrying is a satanic doctrine: By ignoring what scripture says about one of the purposes of marriage being to alleviate sexual lust, the Pope has done damage to the institution of marriage. Remember, it wasn't until about 1070 AD that Catholic priests were first officially ... shared in by those who believe and know the truth. " 1 Timothy 4:1-3 In fact the Bible specifically commands that Bishops/Elders be married: "It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-marriage-birth-control-celibacy.htm

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Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca Click to View https://www.bible.ca/moving-logo.gif Search for this: Submit Advanced Click Your Choice The Interactive Bible: Interactive Bible study series lessons where you learn Bible truths while on line for yourself. Anyone can understand what the ... Systems of False Doctrine: Do you know what your church teaches: Official teachings of almost every church. Sabbath Keepers Refuted An defense of why Christians worship on Sunday and not Saturday. For Jehovah's Witness New Converts Information every new Jehovah's Witness should know about his new religion. Evolution vs 6 day creation When God created the earth in 6 days He was taking His time! The Roman Catholic church examined Is the Roman Catholic church the original one true church? Mormonism Exposed Are the Book of Mormon and the golden Nephi plates from God or man? Calvinism refuted The famous 5 point T-U-L-I-P doctrinal system refuted by scripture! 20th Century Tongues exposed Are modern day tongue speakers guided by divinity ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bible.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The Holy Spirit does not guide us to understand ... contrary to "sola Scriptura": Most Protestants are as bad a Catholics and Orthodox Click to View The Holy Spirit gave us the Bible and we can understand it as any other book. ... It also makes all books on earth understandable without the Holy Spirit, except for the Bible, which we are, according to this false doctrine, prevented from understanding until the Holy Spirit illuminates the meaning for us! Sola Scriptura home page I. Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders make this correct observation about the Protestant "inward witness of the Holy Spirit to understand the Bible": Protestants all claim to interpret the Scripture by the light of ... doctrines. (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 81) II. Protestant/Reformed: Inward Witness Creedalists: A. ... knew the Lord, so help me God, nor was sent by God to teach. Rather, they were all apostles of Antichrist." (Sebastian Franck, 1530 AD) by Steve Rudd Click to View Go To ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-individual.htm

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History proves the earliest Christians worshipped on the first ... FACT: The record of history show that the very earliest Christians always worshipped on the first day of the week and did not keep the Sabbath! Click here for proof Click to View Actual Adventist ... LIE: The record of history show that the very earliest Christians kept the Sabbath and not Sunday. TRUTH in 90 AD: "...every Lord's day, hold your solemn assemblies, and rejoice: for he will be guilty of sin who fasts on the Lord's day, being the day of the resurrection..." (Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 7, pg. 449) LIE: For 100 years after Christ (about 135AD) there was ... Many churches today teach the false doctrine that Sunday is the Sabbath. This theological confusion/error actually reinforces Sabbatarians false doctrine, that the Sabbath was not nailed to the ... Only in the 19th century did God, through the Seventh-day Adventist church, restore, by direct revelation, the truth that the day of Christian worship was Saturday The universal practice of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-historyProve.htm

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Official creed and Baptismal vows of Seventh-day Adventist church Seventh-Day Adventists Click to View Sabbath Keepers refuted website Click to View Ellen G. White Website 27 Fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists Click to View Go to Seventh-day Adventist Official ... These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church's understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a General Conference session when the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth or finds better language in which to express the teachings of God's Holy Word. #1 The Holy ... church in pastoral, evangelistic, apostolic, and teaching ministries particularly needed to equip the members for service, to build up the church to spiritual maturity, and to foster unity of the faith and knowledge of God. When members employ these spiritual gifts as faithful stewards of God's varied grace, the church is protected from the destructive influence of false doctrine, grows with a growth that is from ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-SDA.htm

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Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... Fundamental Beliefs And Constitution Of The United Church Of God, An International Association Click to View Sunday worship because of Sunday Resurrection! Click to View SATURDAY Resurrection UNBIBLICAL! Click to View ... This is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the beliefs of the Church. Questions about doctrine and belief will be addressed by a process adopted by the Council of Elders (Council) and ... Holy Spirit is the power of God and the Spirit of life eternal. We believe that Scripture, both the Old and the New Testament, is God's revelation, and His complete, expressed will to humanity. Scripture is inspired in thought and word, infallible in the original writings, is the supreme and final authority in faith and in life, and is the foundation of all truth. ... 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... Gifts cease when the "Perfect comes": 1 Cor 13:8-13 1. Truth: Gifts cease before the second coming, specifically around 100 AD 2. False view: Gifts cease at the second coming Overview of understanding 1 Cor 13:8-13: Tongues ceased upon completion of canon: 1. "Proponents of the canon view argue that the gifts mentioned in 13:8, prophecy, ... In other words, "the perfect" refers to the full or complete body of revelation God intended for the church and preserved in the New Testament canon. As such, with the completion of the New Testament at the end of the apostolic era, and, thus, with "the perfect" having come, these gifts ceased." ... Prophecy, service, teaching, exhorting, giving, leading mercy v6-8 God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of ... When I was a child...When I became a man 13:11 To a mature man, not child tossed about by winds of doctrine but to grow up v13-15 that you may prove what the will of God is, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! Wow! "I didn't know the organization once taught that to new converts like me!!!" Click to View New Convert: If the "organization" rigidly taught these to new converts 25 years ago as "God's unchanging truth," but reject them today as apostate, how can you trust what they rigidly teach you as "God's unchanging truth" today? 100% ... Believe and obey so far as you can understand God's Word today. (Watchtower Sept. 15, 1895, p. 216) Section 1: Scripture and interpretation 100% All Quotations take ... Jehovah lives in Pleiades star cluster galaxy? Star Trek anyone??? Spelling of "Jehovah" originated with Catholic monk in 13th century??? No actual evidence "YHWH" ... (True Peace And Security - From What Source; 1973; p. 67) 1976 Were those apostles and other Christian Bible writers setting before the baptized believers and ... Click to View Pick another/Go to top . . Disfellowshiped for doubting the 1914 doctrine??? 1986 "Why have Jehovah's Witnesses disfellowshiped for apostasy some who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-changes.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... Conversely, Rome accepted as scripture books that were later rejected. If the Catholic church really is illuminated by the Holy Spirit so that men can trust her as "God's organization", ... Conversely, the east accepted as scripture books that were later rejected. If the Orthodox church really is illuminated by the Holy Spirit so that men can trust her as "God's ... made the promise of divine inspiration through the Holy Spirit exclusively to His apostles. (Jn 16:12-13) This promise was fulfilled when the church is born on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 2:1) The 3000 who were baptized by immersion for ... written, but in 69 AD, not 96 AD, it matters not to this study because the principle we are illustrating is unchanged.) This marks the end of the apostolic age and the end of inspiration. ... III. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue: 1. The incorrect Orthodox church view: 1. "Most churches only had parts of what was to become the New Testament." (Which Came First: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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The Decepto-Meter goes crazy when you bring it near the Watchtower ... ... Leaves the false impression that ISBE reject trinity, that Jesus is a creature and that Trinity had no foundation in scripture, but is of pagan origin. (ISBE) International Standard Bible ... Trinitarian leaves out the comment that JW's theology is of pagan origin. Boer, Harry R. A Short History of the Early Church False Dilemma Trinitarian Give false impression that if intimate details ... New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology Deceptive quote & False Dilemma Trinitarian Too many to number here Click to View Catholic Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Catholic Encyclopedias and ... Source views Logos Christology as influence by Greek paganism and an intermediate bridge between apostolic teaching and Arianism. & Creates false dilemma that if "explicit details" of trinity are ... They project the false impression that Fortman either rejects trinity, or that he is willing to accept trinity without any Bible support for the doctrine. Click to View Fortman, Edmund The Triune ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-decepto-meter.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... After its claim that the Person of the Father (Patri-) suffered (-passion) on the cross when Jesus died. Click to View Introductory overview of Modalism Modalism is an ancient heresy on the nature of God dating back to the 3rd century. Today, the United Pentecostal Church (UPC) is the sole proponent of this heresy. The United Pentecostal Church has a reputation of ... Both these groups believe their doctrines are directly confirmed to be true by the Holy Spirit and are totally closed minded and blind to truth! Like all false doctrine, it must invent wild and ridiculous "companion ... United Pentecostals, like Sabellius focus solely on the oneness passages (Deut 6:4 & Jn 10:38) to the exclusion of the wealth of scripture that shows the oneness of God is best understood in terms of ... Tertullian became one of its most famous converts around 207-208. Most of the Montanist writings have been destroyed. Montanism sought a forced continuance of the miraculous gifts of the apostolic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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Encyclopedia Americana JW's love to quote major recognized works, but they deliberately practice selective quoting to deceptively project a view opposite to what this excellent source is saying. Americana is a source ... The earliest development of the doctrine may in fact be viewed its an attempt to preserve the balance between the various statements of Scripture, or their implications, without yielding to views ... But it gets even worse! Americana plainly states that the apostolic church believed in the deity of Christ! "For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine" We are utterly in shock about how blatant ... "It is held that although the doctrine is beyond the grasp of human reason, it is, like many of the formulations of physical science, not contrary to reason, and may be apprehended (though it may ... Thomas Aquinas, whose views on this subject have dominated most of later Christian theology, both Roman Catholic and Protestant. (Encyclopedia Americana, Trinity, p116) Go To Alphabetical Index Of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 8:58 ... Surely He will not kill Himself v22 the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me v18 Where is Your Father? v19 Click to View Ancient and Modern Commentators that precisely express what the verse is saying: Ancient commentators: (before 400 AD) Key Point! The unanimous opinion of the apostolic Fathers was that this was Jesus talking to Abraham, in Genesis 18. In this story, Abraham ... And we do not "reverence beyond measure one who has but lately appeared," as though He did not exist before; for we believe Himself when He says, "Before Abraham was, I am." Again He says, "I am the truth; ... that they took up stones to stone him. (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on John 8:58) John 1:1 also points to Jesus' preexistence as the Logos: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God." ... A similar statement advoctating that John 8:58 was "PPA"later appeared in Herle's "The Trinity Doctrine", p44 in 1983. However, even if John 8:58 is a PPA, it doesn't help the Jehovah's Witnesses in making ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm

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Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon not the cutting edge of what Christianity is all about...there was division everywhere in the church on the books that might be called the 'fringe,' but there was very little disagreement over ... letters etc., Catholic epistles, Revelation. 6. Formulation Of the Titles: a. The titles (ie. Gospel according to Matthew, etc.) were added at a later date by those who compiled the letters into one volume. b. Although the titles are not inspired, the fact that all the manuscripts employ the same titles for each book, strongly argues for an early and unified canon of scripture. c. "In view of the ... Since the expression "the New Testament" is used many times within the Bible itself, this proves that the apostolic writings were clearly intended to be organized into a single collection. 8. ... But with the uniform manuscript evidence in mind, the critical remarks of the church fathers can be better interpreted as a historical critical reaction to an existing publication. Their debate as ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-earliest-evidence.htm

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Holy Spirit in the New Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit All metaphors or synonymous and interchangeable with each other in all bible text and contexts. c. During the apostolic age, if you spoke in tongues you had the ... The false doctrine of the "measures of the Holy Spirit" is also the foundation upon which the false personal non-miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit rests. c. This notion of limiting the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" to the apostles ONLY was a false theology developed last century to refute modern day Pentecostals and Charismatics who claim to have miraculous power of the Holy Spirit like the first century church. It was never successful in countering charismatics, but it distorted the ... D. Compare the truth with the fake: Simon The Fake Vs Apostles the truth: Acts 8:5-13 Purpose of the gifts Bible modern pentecostals To confirm god's word Word ... Total gibberish and nonsense Maximum of 3 in church: 1 Cor 14:27 More than 3 speak (visitors view as madness: 14:23) Each must speak in turn 14:27 Many speak ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-New-Testament.htm

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Haruskah Anda Percaya Kepada Watchtower??? Click to View Click to View Haruskah Anda Percaya Kepada Watch Tower (Jehovah Witnesses)? Haruskah Anda Mempercayainya? Apakah anda percaya kepada Tritunggal? Dalam tulisannya "Haruskah Anda Percaya Kepada Tritunggal", Watch ... tidak mencapai kata sepakat di antara mereka sendiri." Teks aslinya "It is certain, however, that from the apostolic times they paid worship to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, addressed to them their prayers, and included them in ... It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century . . . Although Scripture does not give us a formulated doctrine of the Trinity, it contains all the elements out of which theology has constructed the doctrine." (The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980, ... Menginggung kata Protestan, kita ingat kata Katolik. WT mengambil banyak kutipan dari sumber Katolik, yaitu New Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Encyclopedia dan A Catholic Dictionary. Kita tidak perlu terkejut menerima kenyataan ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-indonesian-watchtower-booklet-haruskah-anda-percaya.htm

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The Old Testament Canon: The council of Jamnia: 90 AD There was clearly a fixed canon long before Jesus was born and when Jesus was tempted by the Bible three times, he did not reply, "human, man-made church tradition says Satan" Rather all three times Jesus ... Cross sees Josephus, independent of any Jamnia proceedings, reflecting "a clear and coherent theological doctrine of canon that must stem, we believe, from canonical doctrine of Hillel and his school." Albert ... regarding the cessation of prophecy about the time of Ezra (cited above, notes 1, 4, 7, 9), and in view of the New Testament use of "Scripture" as though it were a recognized body of material, it seems that there was a popular consensus on the ... II. Roman Catholic and Orthodox leaders deliberately misrepresent history: 1. Misrepresentation of history: a. "THE BIBLE OF THE APOSTLES: ... The modern Jewish canon was not rigidly fixed until the third century A.D. Interestingly, it is this later version of the Jewish canon of the Old Testament, rather than the canon of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-council-of-jamnia.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 ... James as bad and corrupted scripture. ("a straw epistle"): Both felt the texts contradicted true doctrine. Luther could not reconcile James 2:24 because he wrongly rejected water baptism as essential to salvation. The Jews could not reconcile Ps 82 with the false view that only YHWH is called "god" (Elohim). Perhaps what Jesus was saying was something like this: "I ... Some of you have chosen to say this is bad and corrupted scripture, but this is the wrong path for the truth, because scripture cannot be broken. The Scripture is uncorrupted and divinely authored. God intended to call ... Other "half-steps" include Gen 19:24; Ps 45:7; Isa 7:14; 9:6 ; Zech 12:10. These are the very kinds of verses the apostles used to prove Jesus was the Christ from the Old Testament: Acts 17:2; 11-12. ... Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals: Rebuttal #1 by Anti-Trinitarian Modalists (United Pentecostal Church, UPCI) When Jesus said in John 10:30, "I and the Father are one.", it proves that Jesus is the same person ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

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Aramaic: Native language of Jesus Aramaic and Greek, Jesus was Trilingual: 30 AD The Greek Septuagint LXX The Textual transmission of the Old Testament "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) Steve Rudd 1017 Introduction: ... The Twelve apostles did not even need to know Hebrew to reach the lost sheep of Israel who spoke Aramaic and Greek. e. It's ironic that when the High priest in 30 AD and the Pope toady addressed their crowds, nobody understood either of them without a translator. f. If the common Jew visited the temple services conducted in Hebrew, it was exactly like sitting in a Catholic Latin church service today. I. ... Today, imagine a 12 year old boy visits the Cardinals at the Vatican and refutes their Catholic doctrine in Latin, using the Latin Bible, both listening to them and asking them questions IN LATIN. ... The Greek Septuagint Old Testament was the standard text of Apostle Paul and the entire first century church. c. Christians today view the English KJV or NASB as "equal to" the Greek and Hebrew ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-default-working-language-Jesus-first-century-Aramaic-Greek-Hebrew-Latin.htm

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Demons and Demon Possession F. The Devil need not possess us, but merely cause us to die with unrepented sin or give up! G. That all demons were cast out in the apostolic age is the fulfillment of the prophecy of ... The casting out of these mythical characters by Jesus represents His conquest over evil by His doctrine and life. 2. This theory stands or falls with the mythological school of ... Such inevitable consequences I am not willing to accept and must therefore discard the theory. B. The Accommodation Theory: (Christadelphian view) 1. The advocates of this theory contend that Jesus and His apostles spoke only in accommodation to the ... The Bible accommodates the language of the times, without endorsing this pagan teaching. "Casting out devils" merely signifies curing a disease." (The truth about Lucifer, G. E. ... Faking demon possessed man convinced everyone the Bible student! Written by Ney Rieber, preacher for the Church of Christ, wrote this in 1995 about this personal experience with a man ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-demons.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... In other words, in thinking out the Trinity they arrived at the Triunity. None the less the greatest and most influential of the Christian Fathers, Origen, Athanasius, Basil and the Gregories, ... In the quote: "At first the Christian faith was not Trinitarian in the a strictly ontological reference. It was not so in the apostolic and sub-apostolic ages, as reflected in apostolic the NT ... cultus of humanity as the Great Being, of space as the Great Medium, and of the earth as the Great Fetish. (c) What lends a special character to the Christ. inn doctrine of the Trinity is its close association with the distinctive Christian view of divine incarnation. ... It is the very central truth of Christianity that God was historically manifest in Christ, and that He is still revealed in the world as the indwelling Spirit of the Church or community of Christ's founding. This Christian faith in the incarnation of the divine Word in the man Christ Jesus, with whom the believer is united through the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons Laodicea (C. A.D. 363) 8. The Canon of Athanasius (A.D. 367) 9. The Canon Approved By The `Apostolic Canons' (C. A.D. 380) 10. The Canon of Gregory of Nazianzus (A.D. 329-89) 11. The Canon of ... to be not only an eye-witness and hearer, (33) but also a writer of all the marvelous deeds of the Lord, in their order. (34) Moreover, the acts of all the apostles (35) were written in one book. ... wrote] out of affection and love one to Philemon, one to Titus, and two to Timothy; and these are held sacred (62-3) in the esteem of the Church catholic for the regulation of ecclesiastical discipline. ... For it is not without reason that the men of old time have handed it down as Paul's. (14) But who wrote the Epistle, in truth, God knows. Yet the account that has reached us [is twofold], some ... that they may confirm this canon, for these are the things that we have received from our fathers to be read in church. Page organized By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... that all the former Jehovah's witnesses who were disfellowshipped years ago for the same view the organization is now teaching will automatically be accepted into fellowship again? Were these Ex-Jw's in fact disfellowshipped for truth and knew things that the governing body did not? See Jw's were disfellowshipped for rejecting generation doctrine Can Jehovah's Witnesses hold and discuss openly with other Jehovah's Witnesses opinions ... How do you prove from the Bible that 1935 was the year for the selection to heaven stopped due to being filled? What is the difference between a Catholic appealing to "what the ... This represents about 53% of the time they have existed! Since the Watchtower organization claims "apostolic succession" who was it that "passed the torch of God's Spirit" to C. T. ... See Ex 6:3, Ps 83:18, and Isa 42:8. How would the verse read if the word "other" had not been inserted? What does scripture say about adding words to the Bible? See Prov 30:5-6. Heb ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... Click to View "Sometimes Truth makes Love hurt" Click to View "You are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA Click to View THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE by Walter Rea December, 1984 Edited and Re-formatted 7-2-09 by Kerry Wynne ... It is an incredible story, even for a people who had just been caught with its prophet lying about her gifts and her material.3 It ranks in size with the Catholic Church financial scandal and perhaps would have received greater ... untried before I would allow such action to take place, especially since I have violated no church policy, have challenged no church doctrine or belief, and have applied myself with all diligence to my calling these many years. ... It is therefore possible for the modern theologians to use the terminology of the Bible and historic theology, but in an entirely different sense from that intended by the writers of Scripture . . . one must face the fact that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Sunday: Weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ The first day of the week Click to View Weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ A. Traditions of men vs. the Bible: We are told, not to remember Christ's birth ... these things. (Apology, 1, 67:1-3, 7; First Apology, 145 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , Vol. 1, pg. 186) 190AD CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: He does the commandment ... the resurrection of the Savior. (Church History Ill.xxvii.5) 300 AD Eusebius of Caesarea "The day of his [Christ's] light . . . was the day of his resurrection from the dead, which they say, as being the one and only truly holy day and the Lord's day (Proof of the Gospel 4:16:186). 350 AD APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS: Be not careless ... the gift of the holy food? (Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, book 2) 350 AD APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS: Do you therefore fast, and ask your petitions of God. ... More historical quotes Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE "you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Click to View Go To ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-of-resurrection.htm

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The Lord's Day - Revelation 1:10 ... The First Day! ... For they crucified him on the day before Saturn's day, and on the day after (which is the day of the Sun the appeared to his apostles and taught his disciples these things. (Apology, 1, 67:1-3, 7; First Apology, 145 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , Vol. 1, pg. 186) 190AD ... to God, who has said concerning His universal Church: "In every place shall incense and a pure sacrifice be offered unto me; for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is wonderful among the heathen." (Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, book 7) 400 AD The Apostolic Constitutions "And on the day of our Lord's resurrection, which is the Lord's day, meet more diligently, sending praise to God that made the universe by Jesus, and sent him to us, and condescended to let him suffer, and raised him from the dead. " (Apostolic Constitutions 2:7:60). Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE "you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Click to View Go To Start: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lords-day.htm

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Origin of Jewish/Christian holy days: Old Testament, Christmas ... ... 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 ... It may be that Christmas was set on this day to supplant the pagan feast, or it may simply be a coincidence. Hippolytus and Tertullian, two early church fathers who lived before the Nicene Council set up our present method of ... The uncertainty of all the data discredits the computation. There is no historical evidence that our Lord's birthday was celebrated during the apostolic or postapostolic times. The uncertainty that existed at the beginning ... Eating this meat socially was also a liberty (1 Corinthians 11:23,25,27) . These three passages (1 Corinthians 8; 10:14-22; and 10:23-33) apply important principles of the doctrine of Christ to three situations which we ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/t-holy-days-origin-christmas-easter-halloween.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 ... the church in the first century did when it was under inspired apostolic guidance. When the Jews, who lived under the Old Testament, were commanded to remember the Sabbath Day, that is the seventh day of the week, to keep it holy, they kept all 52 Sabbath Days of the year holy. The first day of the week also occurs 52 times each year. When Christians today observe the Lord's Supper every first day of the week, they are following the Biblical example of Acts 20:7 of the disciples who came together on the first day of the week to partake of the Lord's Supper. We also read in Acts 2:42 concerning the church at Jerusalem, "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-15-communion-weekly.htm

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Rich man and Lazarus in Hades: Luke 16:19-31: Neo-Sadduceeian ... ... The Bible accommodates the language of the times, without endorsing this pagan teaching. "Casting out devils" merely signifies curing a disease." (The truth about Lucifer, G. E. Nabsfield, p 16, vol 41 number 6) We find this view as outrageous as it is wrong. Christadelphians are accusing Jesus and the apostles of perpetuating a pagan false doctrine. If ever there was proof their theology was WAY OFF the mark, this is a major sign post. Jesus came to ... The popular acceptance of this scenario is reflected in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus... This view of hades as a place of torment for the wicked eventually entered into the Christian Church and influenced even Bible translators. (Immortality or ... At this juncture, it may be proper to ask, "Why did Jesus tell a parable based on current beliefs that do not accurately represent truth as set forth elsewhere in the Scripture and in His own teachings?" The answer is that Jesus met people on their own ground, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-hades-luke16.htm

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Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) We do not accept that this and other ministries were to be confined to an "apostolic age" but they are to be fully activated until the physical return of Christ. ... One of the things that God is doing is turning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers (Malachi 4:6). God is in the ... We believe that the ministries listed in Ephesians 4:11 are to be fully functioning right up to the return of Christ. This includes Apostles and Prophets, not just Pastors, Teachers and Evangelists. All of these ministries are needed if the Body of Christ is going to be properly equipped and the Church is going to be properly ... MFI is not a fellowship of churches, it is a fellowship of ministers. This means that ministers of like vision and doctrine voluntarily associate themselves with ... If an organization has the power to ordain someone, it also has the power to decommission them and thus control that ministry. MFI holds the view that ordination is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

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Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? Click to View Click to View Mechanical instruments of prayer: Buddhist Prayer Wheel: Pictured left are two Buddhist prayer wheels. You put prayers inside and spin them. The ... Acts 2:46-47 shows that the apostles and their converts met daily in the temple. The times spoken of in this scripture were good times for the early church. The converts had the good will of all the people and the animosity of the Jewish Sanhedrin, which had engineered Jesus' death only a few weeks before, had been temporarily forgotten. ... With the exception of the basic doctrines of Jesus' sacrifice, repentance and baptism for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38), ,little had been presented by the apostles as doctrine for the early converts. All efforts ... There is no truth in the argument, instruments of music may not be used in modern Christian worship of God. To use them we must go beyond faith and act without scriptural authority, that is, we must act not of faith. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-instrumental-music.htm

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Silence of Scripture and Bible authority The sign means, LEFT TURN ONLY, all other turns forbidden. If you have a valid drivers license, your attitude towards the law is responsible for religious division, false doctrine and heresy and are you are one of the following: judaizer, liberal, modernist, denominationalist, ... Institutionalists will argue: "God never said one church could not send money to another in evangelism and set up a sponsoring church" Click to View God said to Sing, instrumental music prohibited. Denominationalists: "God never said we couldn't play an instrument in worship" Both circumcision and instrumental music were endorsed by God in the Old Testament. (Ps 150) But the New Testament Christians were commanded to sing without instruments. Eph. 5:19 Historically the early Christians did not use instrumental music from the time of the apostles until 670 AD when organs were first introduced sparingly and with great opposition. The Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches split in 1033 AD in part over ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-authority-silence-traffic-signs.htm

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Official creed of the Methodist church ... Wherefore they are not to be heard who feign that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the law given from God by Moses as touching ... The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments duly administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. Article XIV.-Of Purgatory The Romish doctrine concerning purgatory, pardon, worshiping, and adoration, as well of images as of relics, and also invocation of saints, is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warrant of Scripture, but repugnant ... Gospel; being such as have partly grown out of the corrupt following of the apostles, and partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures, but yet have not the ... so it be done according to the prophet's teaching, in justice, judgment, and truth. [Bibliographical Note: The Articles of Religion are here reprinted from the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-methodist.htm

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