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John Calvin: Commentary On The Gospel According To John (Translated ... substance, but about the agreement which he has with the Father."" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, John 10:30; p 416-423) ""Making Himself Equal to God"? The ancients made a wrong use of [John 10:30] to prove that Christ is . . . of the same essence with the Father." -Commentary on the Gospel According to John, by John Calvin" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, John 10:30; p 416-423) Comments: When Calvin said, "The ancients made a wrong use of this passage", he was referring to the era of 325 AD when the Nicene creed was written. We totally agree with Calvin's comment. Jesus was not trying to teach that he was "mechanically" or ontologically, made of the same stuff as the Father, (even ... In short, let us know that magistrates are called gods, because God has given them authority. Under the term Law, Christ includes the whole doctrine by which God governed his ancient Church; for since the prophets were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Calvin.htm

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Dates: When did the apostolic fathers live? ... Played a prominent role in the theological struggle in the Council of Nicea (325) Opposed Arius (256-336) who maintained that the Son was of a different substance from that of the Father, and was merely a creature Formulated the "homousian doctrine" that the Son of God is the same essence of substance of the Father Became bishop of Alexandria (328) Hilary Poitiers, France b300-d367/368 w350 Born in Poitiers Bishop of Poitiers Cyril of Jerusalem 315-387 w360 Bishop of Jerusalem in 351 Basil Caesarea Mazaca W370 b329/330-d379 Brother of Gregory of Nyssa and a friend of Gregory of Nazianzus Patriarch of Eastern monasticism Wrote a rule of the monastic way of life Founded the Basilian monks (360) Bishop of Caesarea (370). Didymus the Blind b313-d398 Born in Alexandria blinded at the age of 4 head of the Catechetical school at Alexandria Gregory of Nazianzus 330-389 w375 Bishop of Sasima (371) Took charge of the Nicene congregation of Constantinople where he delivered five discourses ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexHistory-fathers.htm

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Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... And the term "person" they use as the Fathers have used it, to signify, not a part or quality in another, but that which subsists of itself. They condemn all heresies which have ... Father, and forever reign and have dominion over all creatures, and sanctify them that believe in Him, by sending the Holy Ghost into their hearts, to rule, comfort, and quicken them, and to defend them against the devil and the power of sin. The same Christ shall openly come again to judge the quick and the dead, etc., according to the Apostles' Creed. ARTICLE IV: OF JUSTIFICATION. Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by ... teach that without the Holy Ghost, by the power of nature alone, we are able to love God above all things; also to do the commandments of God as touching "the substance of the act." ... The power which the pope has, in a general way, over purgatory, is just like the power which any bishop or curate has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish. The pope ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm

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Official creed of the Evangelical church ... Amen. B. Nicean Creed; Constantinople (381 AD) I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the virgin, Mary, and ... Article VI.III. Presbytery A minimum of two local churches are necessary to establish a presbytery (another term in common use is classis). Geographical boundaries for a presbytery will be established by each presbytery. Geographical ... However, if their disregard of godly counsel is particularly egregious, they may be removed from membership in the CRE, in accordance with Section N above. When an appeal comes to presbytery, a simple majority at presbytery is necessary ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm

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Tradition wars: The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make ... Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Roman Catholics and Eastern Greek Orthodox differences based upon tradition: Roman Catholics and Eastern Greek Orthodox churches accuse the other of false doctrines both base upon tradition: The ... Then in 1054 AD the Roman church added to the wording of the Nicene creed "And the Son" or the "Filioque." The Roman church believed the Holy Spirit proceeded from BOTH the Father and the Son. Orthodox keeps the original Nicene Creed, accepted by the Universal Church, East and West, during ... If custom is to be taken in proof of what is right, then it is certainly competent for me to put forward on my side the custom which obtains here. If they reject this, we are clearly not bound to follow them. Therefore let God-inspired ... For the Roman Catholics who refuse to believe that such words could fall from the lips of a Catholic bishop, the Pope describes Basil as, "one of the most distinguished Doctors of the Church". One side of the debate cried, "my ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-vs-orthodox.htm

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The Historical Development of "Arian style" (Jehovah's Witness ... ... Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria made a notable, if unintended, contribution to the developing crisis by bringing into prominence the three basic trinitarian deviations that are known to history as Sabellianism, Subordinationism, and Tritheism. and the urgent need of precise trinitarian concepts, terms, and distinctions. His encounter with the Pope of Rome also turned a strong light on the term homoousios that was soon to occupy the center of the stage at Nicea. (The Triune God, Edmund ... Largely because of the theology of Arius, who about 320 denied that Christ was fully divine, the Council of Nicaea (325) taught that Christ is homoousios (of the same substance) with God. The primary concern of Athanasius (d. 373), the great defender of Nicene orthodoxy, was salvation through Christ; if Christ is not divine, he cannot save. ... The Greek approach can be represented by a line: Godhood originates with the Father, emanates toward the Son, and passes into the Holy Spirit who is the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-arian-development.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations We have not discussed them because most of them are not Bible translations, but one man's a commentary where in he translates the single Bible verse. These men are usually anti-trinitarians themselves, so the vast majority amount to self-quoting. Bibles frequently quoted by Jehovah's Witnesses: Schonfield: is a Greek translation by one individual into English! However, Schonfield, author of "The Passover Plot", makes Jesus into a charlatan, and doesn't even believe in the deity of God the Father! Schonfield, an advocate of the "swoon theory" is quoted by the Muslims in support of their view that Jesus didn't actually die on ... Lamsa admits he was raised in the Nestorian church. Nestorius, who was condemned by the third Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431, taught that Jesus had two persons in one body, one human and one divine. Lamsa said: "the Eastern Christians believe in one God with three attributes, instead of three persons." (George M. Lamsa, The Short Koran, p15) Lamsa believed God ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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SUMMARY: PROOF that TRINITY is NOT of PAGAN origin! ... First, they will simply selectively quote Trinitarian sources without saying they are Trinitarian in order to give the impression that anti-Trinitarian doctrine is the majority orthodox view among ... Second, the Watchtower, through a series of deceptive quotes, irresponsibly portrays Constantine as a faithless sun-god pagan idol worshipper with no understanding of Christianity who single-handedly introduces trinity to Christianity from the pagans and is almost the author of the Nicene creed. Kelly, J.N.D. in "Early Christian Doctrines" JW's Quote Kelly in such a way as to leave the ... but not defined, by the language of Scripture and the liturgy--to an explicit trinitarian theology that sees Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three distinct Persons, each partaking of the divine nature. ... We don't deny these God's were part of the culture, we simply reject there was any trinity-type connection between them. "The Hindus, Greeks, and Romans had a three-god triad, but those did not come ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-not-pagan-reasons.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Click to View Click to View Just like H2O can be water, vapour or ice and be the identical substance, so too with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Click to View Egg illustration: Whereas, ... UPC. So Modalists make a clear distinction between Father and Son, just like Trinitarians and Arians do. They have created a doctrine with false distinctions within the being of Jesus. (two spirits in one body) The Son was sent from God as a man, not as God: "God sent forth his Son, made of a woman" (Galatians 4:4)." UPC Click to View Modalist Terms for God Term Actual UPC Modalist Statements Generally most reference to UPC ... of the logos- christology theory of subordination of the son to the father, of Tertullian -- and even Athanasius, whose name is associated with the original Nicean creed of the trinity! ... Although they treasured the Gospel of John, Montanism tended to undermine traditional authorities such as Holy Scripture and the office of the bishop. Because of this, a controversy broke ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity ... Firstly, as regards the cave: the cave shown at Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus was actually a rock shrine in which the god Tammuz or Adonis was worshipped, as the early Christian Father, Jerome, tells us; and its adoption as the scene of ... The god Adonis, whose worship flourished in the lands in which Christianity grew up, was thought to have ascended into the sky in the presence of his followers after his resurrection; and, similarly, Dionysos, Herakles, Hyacinth, Krishna, ... The Apostles Creed and Athanasian Creed say that between the Friday night and the Sunday morning Jesus was in Hell or Hades; but this is omitted in the Nicene Creed, and Bishop Pearson IL has shown how frequently it was omitted in other early statements of the ... is of pagan origin: "The worshippers of Mithra were called 'Soldiers of Mithra', which is probably the origin of the term 'Soldiers of Christ' and of the exhortation to Christians to 'put on the armour of light', Mithra being the god of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Encyclopedia Americana ... The doctrine thus graphically symbolized might perhaps better be described as that of the divine "Triunity" rather than the "Trinity." At best the terms "substance" and ... The Aramaic title Mar or Lord (Greek Kyrios; I Corinthians 12:3) was a term or title regularly used in religious worship. A similar situation existed in the language used ... Such formulas as Paul's "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit" (11 Corinthians 13:14) are not necessarily theological, that is, metaphysical or philosophical, but they clearly point the direction in which Christian thought was inevitably moving." ... "The Athanasian Creed was the most explicit of the creedal statements of the doctrine of the Trinity. Still later controversies, such as the one which provided the pre-text for division between Eastern and Western Christianity, namely, the debate over the language to be used of the Holy Spirit its "proceeding from the Father and the Son," rather ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.htm

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"Cast Out For The Cross Of Christ" by Albion F. Ballenger, 1909 ... as are the churches which they represent, and the voices of the majority, - not one or all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith. ... and there are thousands who dare receive nothing, however plainly revealed in the Scriptures, that is contrary to their creed or the established teaching of their church. ... Col. 3:1. As the Psalmist David was used to proclaim the prophetic promise of God to seat his Son on his throne at his ascension, so the beloved Apostle John was used by the Son to testify that his Father had fulfilled his promise, as follows: "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me ... Some time ago I met a member of the General Conference Committee and he raised the issue over which I was cast out from the denomination as unclean. He said in substance, ... This Scripture says plainly that at the time the Hebrew letter was written, Christ had entered "within the veil." Now, to which of the two apartments does this term refer? It ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-1909-ballenger-cast-out-for-the-cross.htm

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Sin was viewed as the cause (etiology) of mental illness ... Historically, mental illness was seen to be caused by sin, guilt and a bad conscience. This is the correct view and it was the majority view for at least the last 500 years! ... The first is solely owing to an internal disorder of the nervous substance: the second is likewise owing to the same nervous substance being indeed in like manner disordered, but ... in these troubling Discontents and Cares; could we trust God as well as our selves; or as we could trust a faithful Friend, or as a Child can trust his Father, how quiet would our Minds be in the Sense of his Wisdom, All-sufficiency and Love" (The Signs and Causes of Melancholy, Richard Baxter, 1670 AD) H. Mental illness is caused by Christians leading double sinful lives! The term "cognitive dissonance" was first coined in the 1950's, but ... In 1656 AD, Henry More described those who hear voices as self deluded with their own conceited imaginations. Click to View In 1660 AD, Jeremy Taylor, Bishop, used the term "scruples" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-causes-etiology-historic-pre-1858ad.htm

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Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon 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 ... Does "psalms" refer to the whole of the Writings, or does it refer only to the book of Psalms, or simply to some of the psalms? Did the later term "fifths" (Heb. = homasin), which was used by the rabbinic sages of the second century C.E. of the book of Psalms and also of ... Augustine, Doct. chr. 2.8.12 (ca. 396-97) from Northern Africa (see also 2.3.1). m. Amphilochius, Iambi ad Seleucum 289-319 (ca. 396) from Asia Minor. n. Rufinus, Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 36 (ca. 400) from Rome/Italy. o. Pope Innocent, Letter to Exsuperius, Bishop of Toulouse (ca 405) from Rome/Italy. p. Syrian catalogue of St. Catherine's (ca. 400) from Eastern Syria. q. Also see the collections in the following important biblical ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-resource-list-macdonald.htm

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The Onomasticon by Eusebius (325AD) and the Exodus route ... In Hebrew Questions Jerome says "Cades is a place near Petra called the spring of judgment where God judged the people" (18). Footnote #: Barnea (same as Kadesh ... Eusebius does not indicate its size but it may be inferred that it was a polis. A bishop was present at Nicea. Eusebius uses some army source and the text is useful ... The Greek allophulos usually means Philistines but once or twice we cannot be positive, so in this present translation the general term "foreigners" has been ... Scripture calls the daughter of Iobab [Moses' father-in-law] daughter of Madian. There is a second city named thus near Arnon and Areopolis, the ruins of which are ... He notes that Kadesh Barnea is at Petra and that the wilderness of Shur. He says it extends around the border of Egypt, which is the Eastern coastline of the Gulf of ... Even if Eusebius located Shur in two places, it is important to remember that Eusebius of very close to Constantine and that Constantine's mother, Helena, had just ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-ancient-geographers-eusebius-onomasticon-323ad.htm

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Bible Prophecy Fulfilled View outline Moses as a type of Constantine the Great "Deliverers" Eusebius Life of Constantine 1.12, Edict of Milan AD 313 View outline "Remember the former things ... The two historic events are based upon well-established history making the typology obvious for all to see. Matthew 2:15 assigns messianic features to God calling ... What Christians today call "Necessary Inference" is identical what first century Jews called "Midrashic interpretation". b. Midrashic hermeneutic is the term in the ... This was misguided because Midrashic inference cannot change the substance of revealed commands. Midrashic interpretation led the Jews to wrongly create the Korban ... While a small handful of Messianic prophecy are effective proofs of Bible inspiration, the vast majority of Old Testament Messianic texts cannot be used in this way. ... throne, O God, is forever and ever ... Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You." Ps 45:6 the Father is called God, but in Heb 1:8 Jesus is called God by the Father. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/welcome.htm

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Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers ... Shiloh Ministries - this is a term used to designate the prophetic ministry that GM is offering to the church at large. "Ultimately, Shiloh will include a piece of ... of ICBM; Bishop, Prophetic Movement, pastor Earl Paulk; Trustee of ICBM; Bishop, Prophetic Movement, megachurch pastor Myles Munroe; Trustee of ICBM; Apostle, ... Even though he believed in numerology and taught that God had made the Great Pyramid - he is still accepted as a true prophet. Even though many of his prophecies regarding future events did not come to pass - he is still regarded as a true prophet. Even though the majority of his teachings are totally in error and diametrically ... Spoken Word Publications, 1975, p606-7) "Why don't you examine your baptism of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and that false 'trinity' it's so-called..." (William ... Nature of faith: Faith is God's source of power (Freedom From Fear, 1983. p12.) Faith was the raw material substance that the Spirit of God used to form the universe. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-encyclopedia-pentecostal-preachers.htm

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Seven Myths Of Denominationalism! ... The propagation of myths as faith in God is evil, and those who do so will give an accounting of it before God (James 3:1-2). When we use the term denominationalism we are referring to the ... While this is certainly not difficult to understand, the racial barriers that still divide the vast majority of the religious world demonstrate that this is still a mystery (hidden) to all ... for you: For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father." ... The Hebrew writer added to this basic definition of faith in the eleventh chapter (Hebrews 11:1-2): "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it ... Any attempt which we might make to summarize or reduce this would be futile and akin to establishing a creed. Is the New Testament a law like the Old Testament was? Yes and no. In the sense ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses, Anti-semitism and the Third Reich ... God's kingdom with reference to the things of the earth are of far greater importance than the rehabilitation of that little strip of land on the eastern side of the Mediterranean sea. ... neutrality in political affairs. (See Isaiah 2:2-4; John 17:16; James 4:4.) They did not attribute Heil, or salvation, to Hitler, as did the overwhelming majority of their flocks." ... Above all things, the people need to know Jehovah God and his gracious provision for their general welfare. Jews "By the term `clergy', as used in our literature, reference is made to the class of professed religious teachers, priests and Jesuits who ... They refused to hear the truth, and addressing them Jesus said: "Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts ... Word the people perish. (Proverbs 29: 18) We have devoted our lives and our material substance to the work of enabling the people to gain a vision or understanding of God's Word, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-penton-3rdreich.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... The bread would not be a figure unless there was first a true body of which it was a figure. There is no shadow without a substance to cast the shadow. Similarly, for Cyprian, literal ... This is my blood" were spoken. The eastern church (which later developed into the Orthodox church headed out of Constantinople) believed the precise moment the unleavened juice and bread ... IGNATIUS: [The Docetists] avoid the eucharist and prayer because they do not confess the eucharist to be the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ which suffered for our sins and which the Father ... Jesus Christ, "who was of the family of David according to the flesh," son of man and son of God. The intention is that you obey the bishop and presbytery with undisturbed mind, breaking the one bread, which is the medicine of ... That leads us to the next problematic feature of Justin's cryptic description- the prayer which effects the consecration. The common term in the comparison between the incarnation and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm

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Four positions on the day of Christian worship ... The latter (Joseph Bates) has been instrumental in helping the early Adventists promote the Sabbath. But God, they say, chose Ellen White and the modern Seventh-day ... So Catholics mistakenly call the 1st day, the Sabbath, borrowing the term from the Old Testament, rather than abolishing it with animal sacrifices. Catholics, ... Of course, not all Protestant churches take this position, but it is the majority view. Click to View Reading the "Frequently Asked Questions" will help you learn ... We also wonder why Sabbatarians would use this quote, when Campbell's conclusion was that no one changed the day! His comment about Constantine refers to the fact ... to Sunday, on the authority of the one holy Catholic Church." (Bishop Seymour, Why We Keep Sunday.) "The Bible commandment says on the seventh-day thou shalt rest. ... Sunday holy instead of Saturday as we have for every other article of our creed; namely, the authority of the [Catholic] Church . . . whereas you who are ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-4-positions.htm

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Debate with Catholic on Sola Scriptura (Riggs Vs Lopez) ... Sola Scriptura people allege here we have authority of all people to rightly understand God's word. I have shown that this word is oral. Paul tells Timothy to charge the people, and as bishop, ... It never refers to the whole corpus of works we today refer to as "Scripture." When the Bible wants to refer to the whole of the corpus, it always uses the term in the plural -- "the ... "father" (Matt. 23:9). (8) It opposes unmarried bishops (1 Tim. 3:2-5). (9) It addresses only God Himself as the "Holy Father" (John 17:11). (10) It shows that the great apostasy would forbid marriage and command to ... Most Christians, besides not having a definitive canon until the late 4th century, could not read. Since then the vast majority of people have been illiterate. Did God give Christians a binding ... He has created and knocked down straw men without dealing with the substance of any of my objections. For example, he writes (par. 13) "There are no verses in all of the holy Scriptures which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-debate-riggs-lopez.htm

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Why I left the Roman Catholic church! (personal testimony) ... There is not a single instance in the Scriptures where any of the above titles are applied to a man. The term, "Holy Father" is used only once in the entire Bible, ... the very thing they see, and, we might add, others will read the Bible with their father's spectacles upon their heads and see the thing just like their father said. ... more authority under heaven in the church of the living God than do the elders in the church. That means that, in the matter of organization, there can be nothing larger than the local congregation with the oversight under a plurality of elders. The Origin Of Bishop, Arch-Bishop, Cardinal And Pope More time passes, and the ... History plainly shows that, as long as pagan Rome was in the ascendancy, papal Rome was held in check. In the fourth century, Emperor Constantine recognized his ... The eight to one decision was made in a case challenging the voluntary religious instruction system used in the Champaign, Illinois, public schools. The majority ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm

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Anatomy of an Epidemic, Robert Whitaker, 2010 AD ... a rela-tively rare occurrence," Zarate and Tohen wrote. "However, mod-ern outcome studies have found that a majority of bipolar patients evidence high rates of functional impairment." ... People sleep better, they function better sexually, and they also tend to become more socially engaged. The Long-Term Benefit of Exercise for Depression Treatment During First Four Months ... I got off the other meds and took only this one drug. I got better. I could start to plan. I wasn't talking to the devil anymore. Jesus and God weren't battling it out in my head." Her father put it this way: "Cathy is back." Although ... The following year, one of George's sisters bought him the house he lives in today. Although he still receives SSDI, he does contract work for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Services ... Said Healy: "The thought-control aspect of things in psychiatry today is like old-style Eastern European social control." Hiding the Evidence The third aspect to the storytelling process ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/anatomy-of-an-epidemic-robert-whitaker-2010ad1.htm

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The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD ... While the fulfillment of some of these predictions was confined to the term of his mission and the limits of his country, the accomplishment of others extended to all ... against a fragment of the eastern gate, and, with sacrifices of thanksgiving, proclaimed the imperial majesty of Titus, with every possible demonstration of joy. ... Nor is the peculiar character of Titus, the chief commander in this war, unworthy of our particular regard. Vespasian, his father, had risen out of obscurity and was ... In short, be did every thing which a military commander could do, to spare them, and to preserve their city and temple, but without effect. Thus was the will of God ... "In the reign of Adrian," say Bishop Newton, "nine hundred and eighty-five of their best towns were sacked and demolished , five hundred and eighty thousand men fell ... He also ordered fairs to be held annually for the sale of captive Jews, and banished such as dwelt in Canaan into Egypt. Constantine greatly improved the city, and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-destruction70AD-george-holford-1805AD.htm

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242 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters! But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." Jesus Christ. Click to View Date setters, making ... Mention of heresies throughout Christendom (Italy, Gaul, Greece, Hungary) by Gerard, bishop of Csanád (Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum, IV, ll.447-75 ... This belief led to an uneven battle with government troops where he was strategically out-numbered. Muntzer claimed to have a vision from God where the Lord promised ... Benedictus Aretius of Berne (1505-1547) calculated that 1260 years added to the year Constantine made Christianity the official religion (312+1260=1572) should be the ... The Sacerdotal Knights of National Security report that "A space alien captured at a UFO landing site in eastern Missouri cracked under interrogation by the CIA and ... and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm

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Sabbathgate 1888 by Kerry Wynne ... and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but ... However, this concept is not in keeping with linguistics and word usage studies. There is abundant evidence that the term "The Lord's Day" was consistently a ... A "Sabbath" (Gr. sabbatismos; God's rest") is mentioned in Hebrews 4 to explain the rest that Christians find in God and Christ. The apostles went to the synagogues ... "In the early centuries of the Church's history down to the time of the Emperor Constantine it would, in any case, not have been practical for Christians to observe ... Since the Church is the only source of information about the Sabbath for the vast majority of its membership, these amazing excerpts from Christian writers of the ... The painting shows Ellen White looking upward at a globe of light hovering over the Eastern U.S. and then shooting around the entire world. The article explains that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbathgate-1888ad-Kerry-Wynne.htm

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The Dugger-Porter Debate on Sunday as the Lord's Day ... He compares it to the time of Noah and the days of Sodom. We are now in a very wicked sinful age, as everyone knows, and the great majority of people are traveling the broad way that leads them ... It was kept once a year, at the time, and on the day Jesus shed his blood up to 321 A.D. when Constantine put Easter or pass- THE PORTER-DUGGER DEBATE 41 over on a fixed Sunday. This anyone can ... Then we ask why leave out the ten commandments, and take only the two commandments "love to God and love to man"? The only reason is to try to get rid of the Sabbath of God, the day our heavenly Father blessed. But Jesus ... But first, I wish to define the terms of the proposition. By the term "Scriptures" I mean the Bible, the Old and New Testaments, the word of God. There will be no disagreement between us as to ... Now don't evade the question like you did so many of my questions in the previous debate. I lived at Jerusalem over six months and never heard of any of your substance going there to the poor. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-debate-porter-dugger.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ... ... The other early "men of Seir" were the menhir-building cave-dwelling Horites mentioned earlier, descendants of their founding-father Seir the Horite. Their capital ... Abraham was the Nomad of Mesopotamia, reckoned to be the founding father of all the tribes people in that region - both Arabs and Jews. He was the man called by God, ... The elder son Ishmael was the founding father of all the tribes known as Ishmaelites - an umbrella term covering the Edomites and Amalekites, tribes regarded by the ... The luxury produce of India and China was much in demand on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean. Merchandise was brought by ship through the Straits of Hormuz in ... The Urn Tomb became a church sometime before 447 CE; and the last reference to a bishop of Petra was to Athenagoras, a nephew of the Emperor Maurice in the sixth ... In the third aspect, of being the cause of change, Dushrat is also "He who becomes", represented as the rising sun which emerges from its own substance and is reborn ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm

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The Exodus Route: A scriptural proof, with the witness of history ... ... Year 5, the second month of the third season tenth month, on the ninth day, his majesty passed the fortress of Tharu, like Montu [his father] when he goes forth. ... Only when Kadesh is located somewhere Transjordan between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea on the eastern side of the Arabah valley, do these details fit perfectly! Click ... Eusebius does not indicate its size but it may be inferred that it was a polis. A bishop was present at Nicea. Eusebius uses some army source and the text is useful ... The Greek allophulos usually means Philistines but once or twice we cannot be positive, so in this present translation the general term "foreigners" has been ... of Judgement', because God judged the people there" (Saint Jerome's Hebrew Questions on Genesis, translated by C. T. R. Hayward, p 46, Gen 14:7, 1995 AD) "Kadēs. ... two seas). (Strabo, Geogr. 16.2.30) The Peutinger Map 330-381 AD is one of the oldest extant maps in the world and was likely authored during the Constantine years. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route.htm

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Bettenson, Henry: Documents of the Christian Church Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive quote: Trinitarian Gives false impression that the majority who opposed the Nicene creed believed Jesus is a creature. Bettenson, Henry: Documents of the Christian Church What Anti-Trinitarians quote: "The decisions of Nicea were really the work of a minority, and they were misunderstood and disliked by many" (Documents of the Christian Church, Henry Bettenson) What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you: Attempts to ... Anti-Trinitarians leave off the important "who were not adherents of Arius" because they want you to think that the "majority who disliked" the Nicene creed, were aligned with the Arians who taught Jesus was a creature. The "majority who disliked" firmly believed that Jesus was God, they didn't like the Greek terms used to describe Jesus deity, not that they rejected the deity itself! The opposition was also from those who "misunderstood" what the creed was saying. In other words, they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Bettenson.htm

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Divine Titles, Functions and Character Qualities ascribed to ... Click to View Divine TITLES Jesus shares with the Father. Click to View Divine TRAITS Jesus shares with the Father. What God is. Click to View Divine FUNCTIONS Jesus shares with the Father Things God does. Click to View PERSONALITY and character ascribed to the Holy Spirit. Click to View Irrefutable logic: Game Over for Arians! Trinitarians do not need to prove God is "three in one" or defend the developed doctrines of the Nicene creed in 325 AD. Trinitarians need only prove only one of the following to refute Watchtower theology: that Jesus is not a creature. the Holy Spirit is a person. Divine Titles Jesus Shares with the Father "God, YHWH, I am, King of Kings, First and Last" Click to View We all know the Father is God, but the key focus here is that the Son is uncreated God. So we have placed great attention on collecting verses where Jesus is ascribed the Titles of Deity! Empty sections on the Holy Spirit in this chart are not important and cause no problem for Trinitarians. We ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god-divine-qualities-ascribed.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 17:3 While Jesus walked the earth, he took off the outward robes of deity and put on the robes of a servant. (Phil 2:6-8 + John 13:3-20) Jesus on earth was still "very God" or the "only true God" but he took on a new role of a servant where all His efforts was to direct people to the Father as God and not to Himself. He humbled Himself, avoiding the glory of being God on earth and directing it to the Father alone. In the midst of Jesus' final prayer in the garden just prior to his arrest, we see that ... Yet we know that Jehovah's Witnesses teach (even this teaching of theirs is false) exactly the opposite in Hebrews 1:3, "Jesus is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of God's nature", where they argue that the Father is the true light and Jesus (being a creature) is nothing more than a precise reflection of God's true light. If the exclusive use of the term "TRUE" in John 17:3 is a roadmap for determining rank between the Father and the Son, then applying the same ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john17-3.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 19:7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God." Click to View The irrefutable argument stated: The Jews wanted to stone Jesus, for claiming to be the "Son of God". Such a claim was not a misunderstanding in the minds of the Jews. The fact that the term "sons of God" is used 5 times in the Old Testament of created, non-divine beings, proves that when Jesus applied the term to Himself, he was claiming equality with God and divinity itself! The Jews were fully aware that Jesus claimed to be sent/ordained/appointed of God in John 19:7, THEY REJECTED THIS CLAIM! John 19:7 proves that the gospel of John uses the following terms interchangeably: "Son of God" "God" "Equality with God" "calling God His own Father" Comments: The Jews understood that Jesus claimed to be divine on many previous occasions. There they wanted to stone Jesus because he claimed "equality with God". Anti-Trinitarians say that Jesus never claimed ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john19-7.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God." Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? "If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son ... 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. Psalm 82:6 in the Septuagint (81:6) and the Massoretic text both call humans "gods" and "sons of God" which is a term that came into use and "developed" after Moses. Ps 82 might best be viewed as a mocking or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

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Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... We believe that humanity was created in the image of God with the potential to become children of God, partakers of the divine nature. God formed humanity of flesh, which is material substance. Human beings live by the breath of life, are mortal, subject to corruption and decay, without eternal life, except as the gift of God ... We believe that the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead after His body lay three days and three nights in the grave, thus making immortality possible for mortal man. He thereafter ascended into heaven, where He now sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate. We believe that all who truly repent of their ... We believe that at the return of Jesus Christ a resurrection to spirit life will take place for all who have been God's faithful servants. We believe that after Jesus Christ has ruled on this earth for 1,000 years, there will be a resurrection to physical life of the vast majority of all people who have ever lived. We believe ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Why did God only start "new light getting brighter" when Charles T Russell proclaimed it so in the late 1800's. In other words, Jw's firmly believe in doctrinal development in the 20th century, how can they deny it at Nicea in 325 AD? We of course maintain that doctrinal development is a false teaching and believe the Bible is all sufficient and complete! Therefore, we do not defend the Nicene creed or the Athanasius creed, but are content to simply prove the deity of the uncreated Christ and the personality of the Holy ... (New Bible Dictionary, J. D. Douglas & F. F. Bruce, Trinity, p 1298) In the immediate post New Testament period of the Apostolic Fathers no attempt was made to work out the God-Christ (Father-Son) relationship in ontological terms. ... And, just because these two meanings of the Trinity-the theoretical and the practical, as they might also be described-are being sharply distinguished in modern Christian thought, it might be well if the term 'Trinity' were employed ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Genesis 19:24 For Unitarians, Gen 19:24 + Amos 4:11 is a like getting struck by lightening twice in the same place! Amazingly, Amos 4:10-11 has two Yahweh's just like Gen 19:24 when talking about the exact same event!: "Yet you have not returned to Me, [Father]" declares Yahweh [Father]. "I [Father] overthrew you, as God [Son] overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have not returned to Me [Father]" declares Yahweh [Father]." (Amos 4:10-11) B. These points are ... ask) what sort of man you are, that you do not think words ought to be taken and understood in the sense in which they are written, especially when they are not expressed in allegories and parables, but in determinate and simple declarations?" (Tertullian, Against Praxeas, [In which he defends, in all essential points, the doctrine of the holy trinity.] Chapter XIII.-The Force of Sundry Passages of Scripture Illustrated in Relation to the Plurality of Persons and Unity of Substance. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis19-24.htm

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What Early Christians believed about BAPTISM water the remission of sins formerly committed, there is pronounced over him who chooses to be born again, and has repented of his sins, the name of God the Father and Lord of the universe." (Justin Martyr, "First Apology," Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, pg. 183) 110-165 AD Martyr The "Constitutions of the Holy Apostles" also refer to John 3:5. There, the one who refuses to be ... of the declaration of the Lord, who says, `Unless a man shall be born of water, he shall not have life'" (Baptism 12:1). 215 AD Hippolytus "And the bishop shall lay his hand upon them [the newly baptized], invoking and saying: 'O Lord God, who did count these worthy of deserving the forgiveness of sins ... Nor on the other hand is there any mystery of regeneration without water, for `unless a man be born again of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God'" (The Mysteries 4:20). 381 AD Council of Constantinople I "We believe . . . in one baptism for the remission of sins" (Nicene Creed). 382 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-baptism.htm

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TRINITY: Christology: Diety and Humanity of our Savour! Trinitarian False dilemmas exposed 1. God cannot be tempted 2. Jesus is God 3. Conclusion: Jesus was never tempted Introduction: 1. God the Son is Jesus Christ (Messiah) a. Eternally pre-existent b. Creator not a creature: Rom 1:25 c. God, but distinct from the Father and the Holy Spirit d. In heaven, ... This proves that the apostolic view of the first century church was that Jesus was eternal, creator God become flesh in the incarnation. 3. During the Nicene era (AD 325) the great battle between those who believed Jesus was creator God, vs. Arius who taught that Jesus was a mere creature man. a. The Nicene creed was written but it contains a huge error in that it does not ... With these affirmations, which for Jewish monotheism were utterly offensive. (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p37-39) 12. "Because the Trinity is such an important part of later Christian doctrine, it is striking that the term does not appear in the New Testament. Likewise, the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-deity-of-christ.htm

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Official creed of Church of God, International (Tyler, TX) ... The primary prupose and commission of the church is to " Go ye thefore, and teach [make disciples of] all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.'' Matthew 3:2; 24:14; 28:19-20; Mark 1:15; Luke 24:47 14. RESURRECTIONS The hope of all mankind ... John 5:28-29; Acts 2:32; Romans 8:11; I Corinthians 15:20; I Thessalonians 4:I3-17; Revelation 20:4-6, 13-14 15. JUDGMENT The time of one's judgment is the time of his opportunity for salvation, extending from one's calling by God until his death (or the resurrection at Christ's return). Those who shall qualify for God's Kingdom--the overwhelming majority-shall inherit eternal life, and those who deliberately ... The church does not "enforce" or "police" tithing, but simply teaches the responsibility to tithe. Each individual has the responsibility to "honor the Lord with his substance and with the firstfruits of all his increase.'' Tithing is a method by which the message of Jesus Christ is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CoG-Tyler.htm

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Yes we can pray to Jesus! Prayer is simply talking to Jesus The Aramaic title Mar or Lord (Greek Kyrios; I Corinthians 12:3) was a term or title regularly used in religious worship. (Encyclopedia Americana, Trinity, p116) Click to View Praying to Jesus is scriptural: There are three ways to establish Bible ... Acts 8:22 We have apostolic examples of praying to Jesus: Rev 22:20, 2 Cor 12:7-9, Acts 7:54-60; Acts 8:24 We have necessary inferences of pray to Jesus: 1 Jn 5:11-15, Acts 1:24; Heb 7:25 Jesus is God, so we can pray to God the son, and God the Father. ... I am satisfied that the majority, but not all of the evidence is that we direct our requests solely to the Father. Yet we still need to grapple with Jesus own words, Jn 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it" (Jn 14:14 may be a ... Click to View K. Jesus is the "man in charge with all authority", but I cannot talk to him. I cannot talk to Christ who is my head, my vine, my king, my Lord, my brother, my high priest, my physician, the bishop of my soul, my husband, my ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-praying-to-jesus.htm

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Brown, Colin: New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology There seems to be no precursor of this idea in any significant usage of the numerical concept in the OT, nor may it reasonably be connected with the occurrence of triads of deities in ancient Near Eastern paganism." (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Colin Brown, 1932, God, vol 2, Three, p687, C. J. Hemer) "As far as we can establish, the NT church did not ... These two express declarations, which go beyond the witness of the Bible, are the twofold content of the Church doctrine of the Trinity" (Karl Barth, CD, 1, 1, 437). It also lacks such terms as trinity. (Lat. trinitas which was coined by Tertullian, Against Praxeas, 3; 11 ; 12 etc.) and homoousios which featured in the Creed of Nicea (325) to denote that Christ was of the same substance as the Father (cf. J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, 1968, 113, 233-7). But the NT does contain the fixed, three-part formula of 2 Cor. 13:13 (EVV 14) in which God, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit are mentioned ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Brown.htm

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Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church Misleads the reader to a conclusion opposite to what source is saying. Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church Click to View "Constantine, like his father, worshipped the Unconquered Sun; ... his conversion should not be interpreted as an inward experience of grace ... It was a military matter. His comprehension of Christian doctrine was never very clear, but he was sure that victory in battle lay in the gift of the God of the Christians." (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, quoted ... That his conversion was not "a cynical act of Machiavellian cunning" as the Watchtower tries to portray it! It is important to note that Chadwick is contrasting two competing "east vs. west" views of Constantine's conversion. The "eastern view" of his ... But again we say, nothing Chadwick writes anywhere, indicates Constantine was a "Christian by day and a pagan sun worshipper by night" at the time of the Nicene council in 325 AD, some 14 years after his conversion. Even Chadwick indicates the obvious, that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm

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Kittel, Gerhard: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament Notice that although Kittel admits, like all Trinitarians do, that the developed doctrine of the Nicene Trinity is not in the Scripture, but that early Christians believed Jesus was divine and rejected Jesus was a creature! In discussing whether "mono-genes" ... they say the term "Son of God" applied to Jesus implies Very God and not a creature. In both cases, it cannot be proven by the Greek, although both interpretations are allowed by the Greek! Yet discussing "only-begotten" Kittel, openly states that Jesus is VERY God "divine sonship". What this means is that although Kittel says that "only-begotten" might imply the origin of Jesus is the Father, he rejects that this means Jesus is a creature, even if that is the case!. ... But Jn. puts it in an illuminating and easily remembered formula which was taken up into the baptismal confession and which ever since has formed an inalienable part of the creed of the Church. To Mono-genes, as a designation of Jesus corresponds the fact that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kittel.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 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 the Father, Son, and . . . holy Spirit, but not as co-equal, not as one numerical essence, not as Three in One, in any sense now admitted by Trinitarians. ... The key phrase at the beginning of the quote is "The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity ... derives no support ... from Justin..." 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 Jesus was uncreated God and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lamson.htm

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Apostate church organization: 588 - 606 AD: The final dog fight ... It is interesting that the first eastern leader (John IV) to proclaim himself as "universal bishop" and the first western (Boniface III) leader, to do the same, died within 12 months of claiming to be the "universal bishop". Was God sending a message here? 9 In summary, when John IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, started calling himself the "Universal Bishop" Gregory I, Patriarch of Rome, did not say, "Hey that's my title, you have right to wear it." Instead ... Mark, and in Antioch where he himself lived seven years. These three, therefore, are but one see, and on that one see sit three bishops, who are but one in Him Who said, I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you." But when Eulogius in a second letter styled the ... Catholic denials of this fact are a combination of wishful thinking and blind self-delusion. Catholics say: Gregory was merely condemning John the Faster's misuse of the term, "Universal Bishop" because John was using it to proclaim himself the "only real Bishop, to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-588-606AD.htm

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The office of Elders, pastors and bishops There is no human head of the church. The Bible is the only written creed for each local church, rather than a man-made written creed. Each local church is autonomous and self-governing. No outside interference from others. No organizational tie between local churches. No organization larger than local churches. The Bible uses Elder, Presbyter, Overseer, Bishop, Shepherd, Pastor interchangeably ... A. There are four main terms used to describe this position of authority: (elder, overseer, shepherd, steward) Each term gives us a little more information about the function of the office: Christians ... Elder Presbyter Episcopos Overseer Bishop Poimen Shepherd Pastor Baptizo Immersion Baptism D. Why did God use four different terms to describe the one office? Simple! Each term gives us a distinct ... Cardinal Arch-bishop Archpriest His All Holiness His Eminence His Beatitude His Grace Very Reverend Right Reverend Reverend Father Reverend Father C: Various terms used by denominations today. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-elders-pastors-bishops.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... ... Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I, Introductory Note To The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Ephesians.) We feel it is proof enough to reject all as forgeries. "See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father ... Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that ... And whatever positiveness some may have shown on either side, I must own I have found it a very difficult question." This expression of uncertainty was repeated in substance by Jortin (1751), Mosheim (1755), Griesbach (1768), Rosenmüller (1795), Neander (1826), ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion In the immediate post New Testament period of the Apostolic Fathers no attempt was made to work out the God-Christ (Father-Son) relationship in ontological terms.(The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Eliade, ... Trinitarians agree! Surprise! Notice "explicit doctrine". This refers to the creedal definition of the trinity of the Nicene era 325 AD. All theologians (except for Arians/Jw's and modernists) agree that the New Testament and the earliest Christians viewed Jesus as God. But we could just as easily say this: "Theologians agree that the Bible also does not ... Largely because of the theology of Arius, who about 320 denied that Christ was fully divine, the Council of Nicaea (325) taught that Christ is homoousios (of the same substance) with God. The primary concern of ... Third, the filioque ("and from the Son") clause, inserted into the Western creed in the sixth century but denounced by the Orthodox church, remains a serious obstacle to reunion between East and West. Theologians ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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