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Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee Ann Lee's followers, 1900 years after Jesus uttered the words, "Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more;" and sent Mary to tell the Good ... Many times and in different races has the Christ Spirit rested upon, entered into and manifested itself through human beings,- special ... PART IV. - Judgment-day, and Confession of Sins PART V. - The Bible Biographies of the Six Founders of the Shaker Society CHAPTER XI. - ... Speaking of these, Philo says: "In many parts of the earth, such a people exist; for it is fitting that both Greek and Barbarian share in the ... Christian Church be observed, the various writings of the new Testament can not be understood, as all the Epistles to the Gentile ... neither write nor read. 2. During her childhood and youth, she was employed in a cotton factory, and afterwards was a cutter of hatters' fur. ... his love to God, and his thankfulness for the Gospel, in the following language: "O how precious is the way of God to my thirsty soul! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm

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"The Sensational speech of Bishop Joseph Georg Strossmayer in ... ... You, Monsignor Manning, will say that I blaspheme; you, Monsignor Fie, that I am mad. No, Monsignori, I do not blaspheme, and I am not mad. Now having read the whole New Testament, I ... Listen then to what he writes in his second treatise on the first epistle of St. John: 'What do the words mean, I will build my church on the rock? On this faith, on that which said, Thou ... History is neither Catholic, nor Anglican, nor Calvinistic, nor Lutheran, nor Arminian, nor schismatic Greek nor Ultramontane. She is what she is - that is, something stronger than all ... Hadrian II (867-872) declared civil marriages to be valid; Pius VII (1800-23) condemned them. Sixtus V (1585-90) published an edition of the Bible, and by a bull recommended it to be read; Pius VII condemned the reading of it. ... Ah! if wrapped in their winding-sheets they came out of their tombs, would they speak a language different from mine? What would you say to them when by their writings they tell you that the papacy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-joseph-georg-strossmayer.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... ... I thought that you might like to keep a copy to remind you of the club and the big time.8 I did not choose the words to either man lightly. ... Editor's note: In the original typewritten manuscript, there is no footnote for the number 10. The Davenport list had also shown that most if ... the grapevine, that they wished to have it-- this could reveal the names of the different people and I felt that I would not violate a trust. ... If they don't then I am absolved from my promise to you and I will take the matter in my own hands. If I understand the Bible correctly, it ... Sometime later I met Elder Neal Wilson at the General Conference session, and he informed me that he had read the letter I had been told was ... discourse with you on determinism, or one may search in vain for a Greek to practice his minor on, while the problems in sociology, juvenile ... of Seventh-day Adventism." 4 In his second chapter, "Scaling the Language Barrier," Martin refers directly and specifically to Seventh-day ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Coins of the New Testament that Jesus and the apostles used New Testament coins Jesus used every day Introduction: There are seven coins named in the New Testament from 7 different Greek words. There are also many coins named in the Old Testament which we will document in time, the most famous being the gold "daric" produced by Darius the Mede who is named in Daniel: "That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean ... Such coins would be passed from mother to daughter and would explain both the presence of a coin no longer in current circulation and the woman's desperation." (Coins Of The Bible, Stan Hudson, Bible and Spade, Vol. 9, No. 2, P 64, 1980 AD) DIDRACHMA (Matthew 17:24): The didrachma and tetradrachma (actually stater) are ... We have featured the coins of the New Testament that Jesus and the apostles used. For those who question the authenticity of the New Testament, these coins confirm the Bible as 100% accurate history inspired by God. Read the Bible and obey the God of heaven who gave it! On Pentecost 33 AD, God set up his divine Kingdom ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/bible-coins-Jesus-used-in-the-New-Testament.htm

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McKenzie, John L.: Dictionary of the Bible Jehovah's Witnesses satanically redefine the meaning of the phrase, "divine being" into something different than what McKenzie meant. McKenzie, John L.: Dictionary of the Bible Click to View "Jn 1:1 should rigorously be translated . . . 'the word was a divine being.'" "Dictionary of the Bible", by John L. McKenzie, 1965, p. 317, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) What they left out to deceive you: In the words of Jesus and in much of the rest of the NT the God of Israel (Gk. ho theos) is the Father* of Jesus Christ. It ... What is less clear about the Spirit is His personal reality; often He is mentioned in language in which His personal reality is not explicit. (Dictionary of the Bible, John L. McKenzie, Trinity, p899) The NT does not ... GOD: NT. The word theos is used to designate the gods of paganism. Normally the word with or without the article designates the God of the Old Testament and of Judaism, the God of Israel: Yahweh. But the character of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-McKenzie.htm

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Scientific evidences of the Bible's inspiration About 2.5 billion copies have been printed which are available in over 700 languages. Although the Bible has enjoyed such vast distribution and attention, it is read relatively little. Perhaps part of the reason the Bible is so ... be adequate, equipped for every good work . (2 Timothy 3:16,17) The word "inspired" (theopneustos) in the original Greek language literally means "God-breathed". When the Bible claims to be inspired, we understand therefore, that it came from the mouth of God. It is God-breathed, inspired. ... Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, 'behold, I have put my words in your mouth'. The Bible writers were not like news reporters giving their personal interpretation of events they ... All the observable facts of science strongly support the Bible's claim that it is impossible for one kind to reproduce a different kind. The truth is, there is absolutely no tangible evidence to support evolution from any area of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-science-evidences.htm

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Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church There are many daddy's and moons but they are distinct in themselves. So the words "daddy" and "moon" are NOT names at all. e. Same is true with the church. In the Bible, God describes his people in 40 + different ways, but none of them are a name. Collective term/metaphor ... Wife, Bride Intimate Spiritual Relationship Eph 5:22-32; Rev 21 B. Synagogues and churches were called by the same five the Greek words: English collective Greek Jewish assembly Christian assembly Synagogue Synagōgē Acts 15:21; Jerusalem ... C. Synagogue "collective" names: "place of prayer" (Greek: proseuche) 1. Proseuche is the first meaning given to a synagogue that continued to 70 AD. 2. Used in the New Testament: "place of prayer" (proseuche) a. Philippi Synagogue: "And ... who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues [Synagōgē] every Sabbath."" (Acts 15:21) b. 394 Synagogues, courts and schools in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus: "Three judges of civil law were in Jerusalem, Admon, Hanan, and Nahum. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Names-Collective-House-Prayer-Synagogue-proseuche-Sanctuary-Temple-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ancient.htm

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Stele, inscriptions, manuscripts, scrolls, codex, New Testament ... ... Read more details Manuscripts of the Bible New Testament and Old Testament manuscripts Bible Manuscripts Scrolls, Codex, Papyrus, Vellum, Dead Sea scrolls The Bible is the most historically verified book on earth with over 5000 manuscripts and fragments. Septuagint scroll of the Greek Twelve Minor Prophets written in 50 BC Dating to 50 BC, this is a Greek (Septuagint) translation of the 12 minor prophets by Jews before Christ was born. This proves that the Entire Old Testament (Tanakh) was translated into Greek before the Christian Era. The text reads essentially the same as the modern text we use (Masoretic) proving the Bible has not been lost, altered or corrupted over time. YHWH is written in Mosaic ... See also: How the Septuagint gave birth to Synagogues in 280 BC DEAD SEA SCROLLS FROM QUMRAN Jewish Expectation of the Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Mt 2:23 Two different scrolls, Testimonia and Florilegium quote messianic Old Testament scripture in the fever of messianic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/welcome.htm

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Thayer, Joseph Henry: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Thayer, Joseph Henry: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Grimm's lexicon translated by Thayer, with Thayer's personal commented added) Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you ... comments on John 1:1 interleaved." Watchtower organization's own words as to the source) What they fail to tell you about the quote After a long and tedious effort to make the Watchtower disclose the source of the quote, they replied: "Joseph Henry Thayer's personal copy of Griesbach's Greek New Testament text, 1809, with Thayer's handwritten comments on John 1:1 interleaved." (Watchtower ... value there is in even quoting Thayer's handwritten note (if it is even his handwriting) since the official choice of translation used by Jehovah's Witnesses is different from what Thayer said. ... or become dishonest themselves! Go To Alphabetical Index Of Deceptive Quotes Written By Steve Rudd, Used by permission at: www.bible.ca Click to View Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Thayer.htm

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Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... ... Can individuals read & understand the Bible alone, or do they need an organization and it's publications to do so? Click here find the answer! How do you prove from the Bible that 1935 was the ... Is it not hypocritical when you chide the "poor deluded Catholic" that his faith cannot find a Bible passage to support it, when the same goes for you and 1935? How do you know that there were any ... Does this mean that first century Christians were not known as Jehovah's Witnesses"? If the name Jehovah is so important, then why is it never used in the entire Greek New Testament? If men edited out the ... What was the name of this individual? In the NWT, every time the Greek word "proskuneo" is used in reference to God, it is translated as "worship" (Rev 5:14, 7:11, 11:16, 19:4, Jn 4:20, etc.). ... in Acts 13:2? The NWT translates the Greek words "ego eimi" as "I am" every time it appears (Jn 6:34, 6:41, 8:24, 13:19, 15:5, etc.), except in Jn 8:58 where it is translated as "I have been". ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

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Synagogue prototype master summary chart and introduction: The ... No: Any Jew could lead any event in the synagogue. No: Every Christian is a priest. Any man can preach, read, pray or officiate communion. Age of participation 30 years for priests: Num 4. Ezek 1:1; ... All Christians have equal access to Bible in church. Instrumental Music in worship Yes No No. Until 1054 AD Who conducted public Bible readings in 30 AD Priest in Hebrew which no one understood because the masses spoke Aramaic and Greek. Any Jew in Greek which all understood Any Christian in Greek which all understood Language of Scripture Hebrew Greek Septuagint Greek Septuagint Physical ... Every Synagogue was a school Every church is a school Introduction: A. Five identifying features of New Testament Church and pre-70 AD Synagogues 1. Name: a. Temple b. Synagogue c. Church d. House 2. ... Identifying the tribe of sons of Aaron today would require special revelation from God. In other words, GOD WOULD SPEAK. d. Remember that the Encyclopaedia of Judaism confirms that many Jews today are ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Worship-Introduction-master-Summary-chart-Synagogue-First-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-patterned-copied-ancient-prototype-ritual-liturgy.htm

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C. H. Dodd: New Testament Translation Problems Part II, John ... C. H. Dodd: New Testament Translation Problems Part II, John 1:1; The Bible Translator, Published by the United Bible Society. How anti-Trinitarians quote the source "If translation were a matter of substituting words, a possible translation of [...] would be, "The Word was a god". As a word-for-word translation it cannot be faulted" ... Dodd rejects "a God" in John 1:1 because that would make it teach polytheism. Letter from United Bible Society, May 2001 The UBS publishes "The Bible Translator" magazine ... It is, as a matter of fact, a text where we and Jehovah's Witnesses disagree fundamentally. They argue that because "theos" does not have an article, it should be translated in English with an indefinite article. We argue that there is no indisputable grammatical proof of how it should be translated. A Greek ... As a word-for-word translation it cannot be faulted, and to pagan Greeks who heard early Christian language, [...] might have seemed a perfectly sensible statement, in that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dodd.htm

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BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations ... His attitude toward miracles and the supernatural is illustrated by the following quotation from his book "Introduction To The Literature Of The New Testament": "A similar consideration ... different scholars involved in the translation. Goodspeed was a liberal theologian. Smith, J. M. Powis: The Complete Bible, an American Translation, by Edgar Goodspeed and J. M. Powis Smith. Smith was a professor in a radical liberal institution, the University of Chicago. His attitude toward the virgin birth is evidenced by the way he translated Isaiah 7:14 - "A young woman is with child ..." The Complete Bible renders Matthew 1:23 as "A maiden will become pregnant ..." - again denying the virgin birth. Even if one might debate whether the Hebrew word has to mean virgin, there is no question that the Greek ... Lamsa said of himself, "The author, through God's grace, is the only one with the knowledge of Aramaic, the Bible customs and idioms, and the knowledge of the English language who has ever ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm

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Conscious life after death proven from the Bible The best Bible verse that describes what happens when we die is Luke 16 (rich man and Lazarus) Both died, their spirits were carried away by the angels, where they were fully conscious. At ... While this is not clearly stated in the Old Testament, there seems to be some kind of distinction within Sheol. Later rabbinic writers clearly taught that Sheol had two sections. The righteous were ... in Luke 16. Sheol/Hades: Is Not Merely The Grave! Original language: Unseen place: Hebrew: sheol Greek: Hades Grave: Hebrew: kever Greek: mnemeion There is a separate word for grave in both Hebrew and Greek in distinction from sheol/hades In the New Testament, Hades NEVER means the grave. "mnemeion", which is the Greek word for grave. It is always translated as Hades which meant the underworld. ... And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer" Hades and Hell: Two different things: No one before judgement is in Hell ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-conscious-life-after-death.htm

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Egyptian Ptolemaic Empire rulers coins: 323-31 BC ... During the earliest years of the empire, Ptolemy II (282-246 BC) for example produced a series of coin denominations in gold, silver and bronze. The same sets of coins were manufactured in up to four different mint cities: Sidon, Ptolemais, "Gaza" Tyre and Alexandria. Below is the series of coins produced at ... to date Coins 29-30 to the transitional period of Macedonian rule in the country." (Meshorer, p 19) The city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. Ptolemy I builds the Alexandria Library Antiochus II commissions the Septuagint Manuscript of the Old Testament to be translated from Hebrew into Greek in order to place it in the Library of Alexandria. ... Why not attend a local church that follows the pure Bible Blueprint in your own home town! Click here to find one GREEK EMPIRE COIN PAGES (333-31 BC) Macedonian Coins 333-302 BC Ptolemaic Coins 323-31 BC Seleucid Coins 321-64 BC Maccabean Coins 166-37 BC By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Ptolemaic-empire-323-31BC.htm

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Prophetic language of Mt 24 found throughout the Old Testament as the Rapture because "the bible guarantees it". Many people saw these billboards and when the end did not come, they lost faith in the Bible. 2. Notice the use of Zechariah as a prediction of the end of the world. 3. In fact, this Zephaniah wrote this as a prediction before the ... When Jesus said of Jerusalem, "coming on the clouds of heaven & the sun will be darkened, moon turned to blood" again the audience would react in very different ways. The Jews of that time, clearly understood and was familiar with this kind of language. They read it many times in the Old Testament. To them it was nothing new. They understood such language was used many times in the past whenever God would overthrow and ... Clouds: Indicate Divine Power: PS 104:3-4 B. Send Angels MT 24:31 Angel means messenger Hebrew: "malak": angel(s)-110x; messenger(s)-100x; ambassadors-2x; envoys-1x Greek: "Aggellos": Angel(s)-89x; messenger(s)-7x Usage of angel in NT: Created beings superior to man: Acts 23:8; Heb ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-mt24-prophetic-language.htm

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May Women speak in Church? 2 Tim 2:12 + 1 Cor 14:34 ... anything in any way (i.e. read scripture, ask or answer a question in a Bible class) in the presence of a man because she would be doing some teaching, is not consistent with the teaching and admonishing (Col. 3:16) which she does in songs and hymns and spiritual songs in the public church assembly. "To Usurp Authority" is from "Authenteo" "to govern one, exercise dominion over one: I Tim. 2:12" Thayer's Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament "authenteo, to exercise authority on one's own account, to domineer over." Vine, W. E., Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words "have authority, domineer over someone" Bauer, Gingrich, and Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New ... Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. Yet there is a difference in roles God ordained for men and women. Two Reasons For Different ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-women-speak-in-church.htm

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May Women speak in Church? 2 Tim 2:12 + 1 Cor 14:34 ... anything in any way (i.e. read scripture, ask or answer a question in a Bible class) in the presence of a man because she would be doing some teaching, is not consistent with the teaching and admonishing (Col. 3:16) which she does in songs and hymns and spiritual songs in the public church assembly. "To Usurp Authority" is from "Authenteo" "to govern one, exercise dominion over one: I Tim. 2:12" Thayer's Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament "authenteo, to exercise authority on one's own account, to domineer over." Vine, W. E., Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words "have authority, domineer over someone" Bauer, Gingrich, and Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New ... Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. Yet there is a difference in roles God ordained for men and women. Two Reasons For Different ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-women-speak-in-church.htm

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Alleged Bible contradictions refuted: Harmony of Matthew 28; ... Even so we may have complete confidence that the divine Author preserved the human author of each book of the Bible from error or mistake as he wrote down the original manuscript ... Compare Scripture with Scripture, especially all those passages in other parts of the Bible that deal with the same subject or doctrine. Remember, no interpretation of Scripture is valid that is not based on careful exegesis, that is, on wholehearted commitment to determining what the ancient author meant by the words he used. This is accomplished by a painstaking study of the key words, as defined in the dictionaries (Hebrew and Greek) and as used in ... Presumably each of these completely different uses of the same word go back to the same parent and have the same etymology. But complete confusion may result from ... Many Bible difficulties result from a minor error on the part of a copyist in the transmission of the text. In the Old Testament such transmissional errors may have resulted from ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-alleged-bible-contradictions-refuted.htm

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Holy Spirit in the New Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit in the New Testament Miraculous Holy Spirit in the New Testament Introduction: 1. In the bible there are only 9 categories of supernatural power which are listed in 1 Cor 12 a. Any ... Each metaphor is equal to the other. b. 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 ... The key words UNTO HIM are lacking in the Greek. f. The verse actually says that God gives the spirit without measure TO EVERYONE. "for He gives the Spirit without measure." (NASB) g. Brethren continue to use this chart not ... Both have the HS given through meronomy, both literally mean supernatural endowment from the HS. iii. This is the language of gifts of the first century and throughout the NT. iv. If someone ... Bible modern pentecostals To confirm god's word Word confirms gifts Bring about unity of faith Many different churches claim to have Gifts confirm false teachings Miracles Bible modern ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-New-Testament.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The prophecy in Matthew 2:23, that Jesus would ... Inspiration means that the prophecy did not come by an act of human will. We are offended that anyone would suggest the authors of the Bible rely upon human records and not the Holy ... Jerome says that Isa 11:1 is the Old Testament prophecy: "Once more it is written in the pages of the same evangelist, "And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene." Let these word fanciers and nice critics of all composition tell us where they have read the words; and if they cannot, let me tell them that they are in Isaiah. For in ... Notice it says "prophets" (plural) not a single prophet. This is an example of where Matthew combines the words of several different prophets to show the fulfillment. Clearly we are not ... Catholic Encyclopedia, Nazareth) "Nazareth: separated, generally supposed to be the Greek form of the Hebrew netser, a "shoot" or "sprout."" (Easton's Bible dictionary, Nazareth) ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-nazarene-matthew-2-23.htm

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Development of Trinity Doctrine from the Old to the New Testament ... all of the following: both king and priest (Zech 6:13) and prophet (Deut 18:18) The Jews were looking for several different individuals and hadn't understood that Jesus would fulfill all three roles. (Acts 3:22; Jn 18:37; Heb 3:1) The ... But actually, in God's providence, the Jews were actually part of the change. The Septuagint was a translation in 250 BC from the Hebrew Old Testament by 70 scholars into Greek. They translated YHWH as LORD (Kurios). It was no mistake that the Holy Spirit Himself continued in ... Many concepts completely lacking in the Old Testament (except in some cases for shadows and types) were introduced as brand new revelation in the New Testament. In other words, without the New Testament, no one would have ever understood ... Cor 10:1-4) An excellent example of progressive revelation in the Bible is Peter's first sermon in Acts 2:39 "For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development-old-testament.htm

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Harner, Philip B.: Journal Of Biblical Literature: Qualitative ... ... Harner actually denies that "a God" is a proper translation of John 1:1. After quoting the Greek of what John actually wrote, "theos en ho logos", Harner then shows how the Greek would have to read if it was to be translated, "a God". Harner gives five different clauses A-E. He writes, "CLAUSE D, ho logos en theos, would probably mean that the logos was 'a god' or a divine being of ... But the English language is not as versatile at this point as Greek, and we can avoid misunderstanding the English phrase only if we are aware of the particular force of the Greek expression that it represents. In his discussion of this clause R. E. Brown regards the translation "the Word was God" as ... Only when this distinction is clear can we say of the Logos that "he was God." These examples illustrate the difficulty of translating the clause accurately into English. The RSV and The Jerusalem Bible translate, "the Word was God." The New English Bible has, "what God was, the Word was." Good News for ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Harner.htm

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The true Bible story of Noah's Ark The corrupt Masoretic chronology says Noah died in 2168 BC, 58 years after Abraham was born in 2166 BC. In other words. Abraham was 58 years old when Noah died but this is certifiably ... on the ark populated the entire earth. 4. This is why the oldest archeology on earth records several different flood stories that have spectacular parallels with the true Genesis account. ... would be Ham, the grandfather of Nimrod who build the tower of Babel. 5. There is evidence from both archeology in China and word pictures embedded in the Chinese language, that Noah moved to China and may have been the first emperor. A. The Bible is a direct revelation from God through man: "Inspired" 1. When 2 Tim 3:16 says, "All scripture is inspired by God" the word inspired means literally in the Greek: "God Breathed". ... will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. " (2 Peter 1:19-21) 4. When you read the Bible, it is God speaking to you through the pages that were written by men: "Then the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/the-true-bible-story-of-noahs-ark.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... a clear change from the Bible pattern, from a plurality of Elders (also called bishops) , deacons and saints, to a single Bishop who ruled the congregations and under him were a plurality of elders, then deacons and saints. ... To The Ephesians) "The whole story of Ignatius is more legendary than real, and his writings are subject to grave suspicion of fraudulent interpolation. We have three different versions of the Ignatian Epistles, but only one of them can be genuine; either the smaller Greek version, or the lately discovered Syriac. ... No other post-apostolic writer before 200 AD helps them. Remember, even Roman Catholic and Orthodox scholars agree with us: "In the New Testament, the terms bishop and presbyter are used interchangeably. This is evident from ... He defines it as to be found "where Jesus Christ is," words which certainly do not limit it to communion with a professed successor of St. Peter." The epistles ascribed to Ignatius have given rise to more controversy than ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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RaPseudo-Ephraem does not teach the Rapture! false notions of God illuminating man and rely upon the pages of the Bible alone as a sole source of conduct and doctrine. . Find a church that exposes the Rapture as a heresy in your own home town. A. Overview of Pseudo-Ephraem: 1. Here is the full text of both the Latin and Syraic versions of Pseudo-Ephraem. 2. As you will see, Pseudo-Ephraem teaches that ... These two texts are almost as different in content as they are in the language they were written. 7. The Syriac text of Pseudo-Ephraem describes the Islamic invasion so this text cannot be earlier than about 700 AD: "The progeny of ... one pseudepigrapha (Pseudo-Ephraem) that relies upon another pseudepigrapha (Pseudo-Methodius) apocalypse Methodius of Olympus who died in 311 AD. In other words, one fraud is quoting from another. ... Below are the full texts of Latin and Syriac version of Pseudo-Ephraem Sermon Of Pseudo-Ephrem On The End Of The World [Syriac text] Translated from the text in Edmund Beck, ed., Des heiligen ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-pseudo-ephraem-latin-syraic-texts.htm

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Acts 20:7 is not mistranslated Sunday because of the Greek! Click to View Some over-zealous, but under-learned Sabbath keepers, will state the actual Greek words used in Acts 20:7 & 1 Cor 16:1 actually refer to the weekly Sabbath, not the first ... The only ones who say this are those who have no knowledge of Greek. These "Sabbatarian Greek Neophytes" merely saw the word "Sabbaton" in the Greek and incorrectly assumed it referred to ... "MIA TON SABBATON" must be different from the Sabbath C. The reason Sabbatarians deny that these texts should read "the first day of the week" is that the two texts so powerfully prove Sunday worship and they wished to God it really was the Sabbath day! It indicates that they KNOW these passages teach first day observance if indeed they should be translated "first day"! Sabbatarians know their doctrine is refuted if Acts 20:7 ... meal! Such is dishonest! 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: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-greek.htm

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Modern Rabbinical Judaism Words, like life itself, were not considered to be static. That is why, in Judaism, Torah did not stop with the Bible". In a nutshell, Judaism is the Old Testament + the Oral Law + human interpretation and application. Keep in mind that no Torah or rabbi is ever slavishly followed. A modern ... There is no catechism to which a Jew must subscribe at his Bar Mitzvah or when he joins a synagogue'. Unlike the religion of the Old Testament, Judaism is a religion of variety. "Since the idea of a set dogma is alien to Jewish belief, one may assume that there are wide variations of Jews"'. Indeed! In it's earliest days we read of Pharisees, ... Originating in Greek folklore, it was believed that she ever lived to speak through willing participants. It caught on with Jews who later claimed that the Sibyl was a daughter ... No messiah at all. "In Reform and Orthodoxy alike theology parted company from Messianism by so reconstructing the messianic hope as to render it something entirely different from ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-judaism-jews-mosaic-rabbinical.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion ... Further, exegetes and theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity. God the Father is source of all that is (Pantokrator) and also the father of Jesus Christ; "Father" is not a ... Christ is sent by God and the Spirit is sent by Christ so that all may be returned to God. The language of the Bible, of early Christian creeds, and of Greek and Latin theology prior to the fourth century is "economic" (oikonomia, divine management of earthly affairs). It is oriented to the ... Western trinitarian theology took a different course because of Augustine (d. 430). Instead of regarding the Father as source of divinity, Augustine's starting point was the one divine substance, which the three persons share. He ... The Greek approach tends toward subordinationism (though hardly of an ontological kind) or, in some versions, to tritheism since in Greek theology each divine person fully possesses the divine substance. The Latin approach can be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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Indwelling of the Holy Spirit words in the KJV of John 3:34 to wrongly imply that the Holy Spirit was given TO JESUS without measure. "God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him" (KJV). The key words UNTO HIM are lacking in the Greek. a. The verse actually says that God gives the spirit without measure TO EVERYONE. "for He gives the Spirit without measure." (NASB) b. Brethren continue to use this chart not even understanding the entire theological framework rests upon a single bible verse (John 3:34) that says EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE to what the chart suggests. 4. THIS IS A FALSE CHART: STOP USING IT! B. The indwelling and operation of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament is identical ... Old testament of a conditional representative indwelling is Joshua who is said to have the "Spirit of God in him" and Caleb who is said to "have a different Spirit". ... The passages used to teach this are misapplied b. The HS also dwelt in OT saints in exactly the same language. 2. The Bible plainly states that the HS dwells in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Indwelling.htm

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Yes we can pray to Jesus! Prayer is simply talking to Jesus Click to View Praying to Jesus is scriptural: There are three ways to establish Bible authority: (Command, example and inference.) We are commanded to pray to Jesus: Jn 14:14; James 1:1-7; 1 Cor 1:2; ... The Holy Spirit is God! Arian's actually say that we cannot pray to Jesus because He is not God. (but JW's have never read Jn 20:28 and obey whatever the apostate Watchtower says.) The "A.C.T.S." of ... 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 textual variant in the Greek, but is properly translated in the NASB.) Perhaps we need to think ... even heard some argue that singing and prayer are two different things??? Not if prayer is communication! Such a false distinction is proven to be false by Acts 16:25, where Lenski says, "the present participle and the imperfect verb express simultaneous action: their singing was praying". In other words, not all singing is prayer, and not all prayer is singing, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-praying-to-jesus.htm

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Biblical Age of the Earth is under 10,000 years old ... BIBLE, Robert Milligan (THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION), Arthur Custance (WITHOUT FORM AND VOID). 2. Proof texts: Ez.28:12-17; Isa.14:12-14; 45:18; Jer.4:23-26 3. Claim "was" should be translated "became" in Gen.1:1. a) No known translation says "became." b) Poll of 20 Hebrew scholars regarding "gap;" "NO." (Modern Science And Christian Faith p.49) c) Hebrew scholar W. C. Watts: "In Genesis 1:2a the verb is perfect. It indicates a fixed and completed state. In other words, original matter was in a state of chaos when created: it came into being that way." A SURVEY OF OLD TESTAMENT PREACHING p. 16. d) A COMMENTARY ON GENESIS, Harold Stigers: "The ... (ASAH). (1) If "made" (Ex.20:11) is different from "created" (Gen.1:1) then avoid necessity of complete "creation" in 6 days. (2) Definitions are not contrasting. ... Chronology is backbone of history. Accuracy is demanded. B. Septuagint (quoted by Christ) from manuscript 350 years older than oldest Massoretic Text, eliminates ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-bible.htm

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Sola Scriptura: All-sufficient: The Bible alone is a blueprint ... ... It is perfectly clear that there is nothing in the New Testament that resembles the Torah in any way. That is to say, there are no specific instructions for worship. We are given hints as to when the early Christians met for worship, ... As a member of the "Greek Orthodox church", Clark Carlton should have no shortage of Greek language advisers to inform him that the primary definition of the word "baptitzo" in the Greek, is immersion, not sprinkling or pouring. Carlton should know that although there are separate words in the Greek for pouring (cheo) and sprinkling (rhanizo) they are never used in reference to "baptism". So the Bible is crystal clear and unmistakable in baptism being immersion, just as the Orthodox church practices. But rather than give ... Evangelicals view Christianity as "a system of truth" that is "infallibly preserved" only in Scripture. (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 144) The reason why different ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-all-sufficient-blueprint.htm

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Trinity Proof Texts: Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8 Click to View Click here for detailed study of plural references to God A. Two plural pronouns, (Us, Our) used 6 different times in four different passages. Remember the word God (elohim) is also plural every time it is used in the Old Testament. Gen 11:7 also includes a plural verb (confuse) which even further, through grammar reinforces ... one of Us [plural pronoun], knowing good and evil" Genesis 3:22 3. "Come, let Us [plural pronoun] go down and there confuse [plural form of balal] their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." ... But this violates Rom 1:25: "worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator". This passage teaches that if Jesus is the creator, as the Bible says he is, then he cannot be a creature. Jesus cannot be creator ... But this Offspring, which was truly brought forth from the Father, was with the Father before all the creatures." (Dialogue of Justin Martyr, with Trypho, a Jew: Chapter LXII.-The Words "Let Us Make Man") 180 AD ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis1-26.htm

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The Number of the Exodus Jews. The population of the Exodus Hebrews ... Approach #1: Taking Naphtali as an example with 45,400, means 45 clans for a total of 400 individuals. (45,400 = 400 actual men from 45 different clans.) b. Approach #2: 45,400 means 45 clans plus 400 ... Head tax: 100 talents + 1,775 shekels = 603,550 bekas proves "eleph" must mean 1000 in Exodus 38:24-29 c. New Testament: The Hebrew 24,000 in Num 25:9 matches the Greek 23,000 in 1 Cor 10:8 2. One of the ... We reject all of this outright and are happy to accept the numbers as they read in every Bible. 3. There is no problem to solve but this solution creates more problems than is solves. a. None of the census number can be added up with any known system, which directly challenges inspiration. b. A New Testament scribe must have changed 1 Cor 10:8. This would mean that we cannot really ... A list of 22,273 names of the firstborn was compiled which itself refutes any idea of "clans". b. In other words, you could to a roll call for each of the 22,273 individuals name by name, one at a time ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-population-of-jews-hebrews.htm

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Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International The Bible is the only God-given authority which man possesses; therefore, all doctrine, faith, hope, and all instruction for the church must be based upon, and harmonize with, the Bible. It is to be read and studied by all men everywhere, and can only be clearly understood by those who are anointed ... "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8). THE NAME God used different titles, such as "God Elohim", "El Shaddai", "Jehovah", and especially "Jehovah Lord", the redemptive name in the Old Testament. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: ... and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, ... John the Baptist preached repentance, Jesus proclaimed it, and the Apostles emphasized it to both Jews and Gentiles. (Acts 2:38, 11:18, 17:30). The word "repentance" comes from several Greek words which mean, change of views and purpose, change of heart, change of mind, change of life, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm

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The Mormon church examined and refuted! Definition of a Mormon: "Someone who accepts Joseph Smith as a prophet and the book of Mormon (translated from the Nephi Plates) as an inspired message from God." (Left: Joseph ... There are over 5000 papyrus manuscripts of the New Testament and two almost complete copies (~325 AD) wherein we NEVER find bad grammar, spelling errors etc. d. The Bible has ZERO grammatical or spelling errors but the first edition of the Book of Mormon looks exactly like what you would ... the person whom Joseph Smith dictated the words to from the seer stone in the hat copied it wrong. (but first hand accounts of the translation process say the new text would not appear until the copied text was perfect and Joseph would certainly know errors had occurred when he had finished with the translation and simply read it himself. iii. ... Click to View Difficult questions for Mormons to answer Click to View Differences between three different types or Mormons Click to View Why people convert to Mormonism in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mormon.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... Wait a minute!" "How can so many contradictory statements be based on the teachings of one book? How can intelligent and sensible people read basically the same Old and New Testament text, yet arrive at such ... Both claim to be the apostolic church. Yet they teach many very different things, have different liturgy, cast innumerable anathema's upon the other's "saints", severed communion with each other over "filioque", ... Isn't that something the Catholics came up with to impose a system of non-biblical, authoritarian dogmas upon people so that they wouldn't read the Bible for themselves?" (Scripture and Tradition, Raymond L. Zell, Orthodox churchman, 1995, p 7) Undoubtedly some of the most harsh language in all Scripture directed toward this aspect of tradition can be ... Mariolatry, Christmas, Easter, celibacy of bishops directly contradicts 1 Tim 3, sprinkling in place of immersion contradicts the very meaning of the Greek word Baptism, which means immersion and the example of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed man-made creeds were tradition ... Between 180 - 325 AD, there were many different versions of creeds and none universally accepted. In 325 AD, the Nicene Creed became the first creed that was ... They are not creeds, and never have been used as creed, but they are Bible examples of how creeds. Notice they are different lengths and relate different details: 1 ... By 325 AD, this trend produced the first creed that was viewed with equal authority with the Bible itself: The Nicene creed. These creeds early on, were memorized by sinners before being baptized. Notice that they were originally not written, but represented a verbal tradition based directly upon the words and writings of the ... Those who, in the absence of written documents, have believed this faith, are barbarians, so far as regards our language; but as regards doctrine, manner, and tenor ... He also says that the decisions of the councils were identical with divine scripture, or as Athanasius, "you can't tell one from the other". When you read the Nicene ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-4-creeds.htm

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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... Paul was last to see Jesus: 1 Cor 15:8 B. Spiritual gifts of miracles ceased when the Bible was completed: 1 Cor 13:8-13 C. The Bible warns about false apostles: 1. True apostles can be tested to ... Demonstration with words only Since miracles ceased we demand today, "show us your power not your words!" D. Some argue that apostolic succession is proven by because others were called ... James, the Lord's brother: Gal 1:19 2. Remember that the word apostle is a simple Greek word that means "one sent" a. Baptism is used in different ways in the Greek: i. Literally: to simply immerse anything like a ... In a similar way we can have the benefit of the apostles today when we read Bible! 2. Jude 3 faith was delivered once for all time: apostles would continue to be inspired 3. Rev 21:14 The wall ... The only exception of which we know was within the movement led by Montanus, a second century heretic who believed that divine revelation continued through him beyond the New Testament. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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What Is Hell Like? They are "everlasting punishment", "eternal life", everlasting God", and "eternal spirit". The only difference between everlasting and eternal in our language is a difference in spelling. They mean the same thing. The Greek word translated as everlasting or eternal in these three passages is the same. It is "ionious" which means ... If that is true it would also be wrong to bless one eternally who had lived for only five years in obedience to God's will. If not, why not? The same arguments used to rid the Bible of the doctrine of hell, can be used with equal validity against the ... In I John 4:18, it is translated as torment. Read Luke 16:19-31, and notice that four times the rich man in the flames of Hades is described as being in anguish or torment. See Revelations 14:11 and 20:10, where the word torment is used to describe the fate of the unsaved. If those who leave this world unprepared to meet God go into eternal nonexistence, how could the words torment or anguish be used to describe ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-hell-like.htm

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Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ... Augustine actually stated that Christians are bound to keep 9 of the ten Commandments [because the New Testament repeats and re-introduces them in a different form] but are free to break the ... God gave a covenant at Mt. Sinai through Moses to the Jews. It is called the first/old covenant/testament. The ten commandments are the foremost visible representation of this first/old covenant ... Glait and Fischer, who had been taught the false doctrine of the Catholic and Lutheran churches, that Sunday is the Sabbath, were astonished to read in the Bible that the Sabbath was indeed the 7th day! When ... Vii.xii.76.4) 190AD CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Plato prophetically speaks of the Lord's day in the tenth book of the Republic, in these words: 'And when seven days have passed to each of them in the ... Noah also, uncircumcised - yes, and inobservant of the Sabbath - God freed from the deluge. For Enoch, too, most righteous man, uncircumcised and inobservant of the Sabbath, He translated from ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

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Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors! Bible modern pentecostals To confirm god's word word confirms gifts Bring About Unity Of Faith Many Different Churches Claim To Have Gifts Confirm False Teachings Miracles Bible modern ... Miracle Accepted By Personal Testimony Even Enemies Accepted Acts 4:16 Highly Questionable, Always Internal and unseen tongues Bible modern pentecostals Real Human Language Acts 2:8 Total Gibberish And Nonsense Max Of 3 In Church ... Listed below is the sum and substance of the instruction. Words Of Praise To Receive The Holy Ghost. Jesus who baptized 120 believers with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost 10 days after ... The common human phenomenon of tongue speaking is often confused with the New Testament gift of speaking in other languages. They are not the same in content, source, or purpose. Contemporary ... A certain Wen Ammon under stress gave forth ecstatic utterances, and the people thought God was speaking through him. Ecstatic utterances were used in the Greek oracles and in the ancient ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-tongues-today.htm

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Bible Chronology of Kings of Judah, Israel Solved! divided kingdom ... ... of Judah, for he had no son." (2 Kings 1:17) 3. "There is one corpus of Scripture where a "mathematical" test can be applied to determine which version-the Greek or the Hebrew-is original. ... It should be surprising to those who doubt the reliability of the Old Testament in historical matters that all of the 126 precise figures fit into a scheme that is not only internally ... So when you notice a difference between the number on our chronology chart with the "raw" Bible number, it is because we have translated the "Jewish inclusive" time scale into our "Modern non-inclusive" time scale so WE can have ... The new year used in the Bible at various times by Israel and Judah represented on the timeline. To further complicate matters of determining a chronology, Judah and Israel had different ... The Canaanite Gezer "Harvest Calendar" (city of Gezer) also started their new year in September (Tishri). The tablet read: "Two months gathering (September, October). Two months planting ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-kings-prophets-assyrians-babylonians-egyptians-tisri-nisan-inclusive-accession-reckoning-divided-kingdom-dates-931-587bc.htm

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The Fortresses King Solomon Built to Protect His Southern Border ... ... But the existence of three basic plans does not contradict my basic thesis that the network in its entirety was notably short-lived, not enduring more than a half-century at most. The three different shapes may be reflected in different words for fortresses used in the Bible. ... Sometimes two of these terms are used together, as in Genesis 25:16, where the Ishmaelites are enumerated "by their haserim and by their tiroth." These two words are translated variously as towns and castles, villages and encampments, hamlets and ... In my view, the pottery associated with the oval fortresses throughout the Central Negev can be confidently assigned to the tenth century B.C. It is difficult to demonstrate this conclusion in non-technical language and it is even more ... There are cursory references to this Egyptian campaign in 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles. In 1 Kings 14:25-26, we read "In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt marched against Jerusalem and carried off the treasures of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/fortresses-king-solomon-built-to-protect-his-southern-border-rudolph-cohen-1985ad.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes," (Deuteronomy 17:18-19) 5. Samuel ran a "prophet's bible school" at Naioth in ... whether a word closely allied to this would have been chosen to denote a residence of prophets in a village or town. "(A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents Including the Biblical Theology, Volumes I-V, Naioth) g. ... and write: 1. The half million Greek and Latin papyrus documents (300 BC - 300 AD) found at the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus in 1882 AD by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the city dump evidence the high level of literacy among the general population. a. 10% of the papyri were Greek fragments of almost every book of both the Old and new Testament and other important classical writings. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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Anti-Trinity Proof Texts Refuted: Galatians 4:14 ... The point revolved around the difference in how they accepted Paul, an angel, and God. Arians love to play on words and confuse people by pointing out that the original language word for ANGEL is literally MESSENGER throughout the Bible. Of course functioning as MESSENGER does not make ... We do not dispute that there is a parallel being made, but to conclude that Jesus is an angel because of the parallel is simply wrong. The Bible is filled with "Hebrew Parallelism" where the two things being paralleled are different: Here we have a remarkable three way parallel just like in Gal 4:14. If Gal 4:14 ... Rom 9:29; Isa 1:19 Anti-Trinitarian faulty argument #2 The BAGD Greek Lexicon states of the word HOS (HOS looks like "WS" in Greek alphabet), "introduces the characteristic quality of a pers., thing, or action, etc., referred to in the context." BAGD uses 1 Cor 3:1 as an example parallel in use to Gal 4:14. (BAGD; A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-galatians4-14.htm

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Testimony of H. F. Brown Ex-member after 80 years! ... As fast as I could I purchased Sister White's books and I read them very carefully and underscored the problems that I could not grasp - using the same Scripture for two different things or ... My students would ask me, "Why is it that these things are in the Spirit of Prophecy when they are contrary to the Bible?" I would do the best I Could - would bite my tongue and get out of ... of those things and Great controversy, which later was translated into Spanish (that I was using) was translated just as it was in English. All of the words was Sister White and the authority she would quote were all American quotes. ... One time I found one of Canright's books on the life of Mrs. White. I said, "Now, Ill get something." I borrowed that book and read it one nigh, read it all night and found some of the ... PP 357 "The blood of Christ was not to cancel sin, it would stand on the record in the sanctuary until the final atonement." To me, interpreting that in our language today, "Our sins are ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Elder-H-F-Brown-testimony.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Mark 2:7 "Who can forgive sins except one, God?" Mark 2:7 Jesus forgave the sins of others in a way obviously different from the common practice of the Levitical priests and the Jews called it ... Anti-Trinitarian rebuttal #1 The unbelieving Jews said this false statement of fact, not Jesus. The Bible also records the lie of the devil in Gen 2 that Eve would "surely not die". The ... If Jesus was merely forgiving sins like men forgive sins, they would not have called Jesus a blasphemer, for the Old Testament commanded men to forgive each other. Jehovah's Witnesses ... The very best Jehovah's Witnesses can argue is that Jesus was now performing what had previously been viewed as an exclusively divine function. The literal Greek reads: "their sins have [already] been forgiven them". In other words, when the apostles ... W. E. Vine aphieµmi (ajfivhmi , (863)), to send away (akin to A, No. 1), is translated to remit in John 20:23 (twice), A.V. (R.V., to forgive). Scripture makes clear that the Lord's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-mark2-7.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... 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 ... 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 referring to something else that he considers "error and corruption". We begin with the ... Doctrine: Early dogmaticians were of the opinion that so essential a doctrine as that of the Trinity could not have been unknown to the men of the Old Testament. ... at the same time allowing for the insufficiency of all human conceptions and words to describe such as unfathomable mystery. (Philip Schaff, History of the ... Schaff's point is not that early Christians borrowed their doctrine from Plato, but that they employed Platonic language to convey Christian truths for illustrative ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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