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| 1: | Calvinistic Pre-destination: definitions and official creeds
Calvinism Refuted "Unconditional Election" (or Calvinistic Predestination) As defined by these official denominational creeds "God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass ... By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto life, and others foreordained to everlasting death. These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed; and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished." (The Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., from chapter 111, entitled "Of God's Eternal Decree") "Unconditional Election" is a fancy phrase that refers to what is commonly known as "Predestination." "Predestinate" comes from the Greek word "PROORIZO." This word was translated three different ways in the King James Version - predestinated, ordained, and determined ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-U-creeds.htm | 97%  Size: 2K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 2: | Bulwarks of the Faith Foy E Wallace JR. Refuting Dogmas Catholicism ... ... The great error of the Papacy is that it perverts a primacy of honor into a supremacy of jurisdiction, a personal privilege into an official prerogative, and a priority ... There are seventeen Greek words from which the English preposition "for" may be translated. Of this number there are two that are of particular importance to this ... Take first the word "sin"-can a child of God sin? Well, John says, "if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us"-i Jno. 1:8. Some ... The doctrine of the impossibility of apostasy is a hold-over of Calvinism, a relic of the old predestination and fore-ordination and unconditional election and reprobation the-ology: It is that old antiquated doctrine that God decreed before the world began that a certain elect number should be saved and a number just as ... If he is pre-destinated to be saved, he could not be lost, no matter what he does. And if he is foreordained to be damned, a repro-bate, then he could not do anything ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic/Catholic-church-doctrine-Bulwarks-of-the-Faith-Foy-E-Wallace-JR-Refuting-Dogmas-Catholicism-Protestant-Denominationalism-1951AD.htm | 68% Size: 1.6M Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 3: | Official creed of Reformed Baptist church ... and are commanded in the fear of God to read and search them, therefore they are to be translated into the vulgar language of every nation unto which they come, that the Word of God dwelling ... Rev. 5:12-14) 3.In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father, the Word or Son, and Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine ... Eph. 1:5, 6; Rom. 9:22, 23; Jude 4) 4.These angels and men thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished. (2 Tim. 2:19; John 13:18) 5.Those of mankind that are predestinated to life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable ... thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election; so shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and admiration of God, and of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-baptist-ref.htm | 63% Size: 87K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 4: | Other False Doctrines that originated from inherited sin ... The word confirmation means a strengthening. We are not certain from Sacred Scripture of the exact time and circumstances of the institution of Confirmation." (A Catechism of Christian Doctrine Pg 265) B. Confirmation is not a Christian doctrine! Notice that the Catholic church actually admits that Confirmation is ... Council of Trent, decreed in 1546 AD, "The doctrine of the conception of all men in sin was not intended to include the Virgin." In 1708, Pope Clement XI appointed a festival in honor of the immaculate conception. On Dec 8, 1954, Pope Pius IX, Official Papal Decree before 200 bishops in St. Peter's Cathedral, "It ... They merely took it to its logical end. The 4 other points of Calvinism are direct outgrowth of inherited depravity. A. The other 4 points of Calvinism: Unconditional Election or Predestination: God had a master list of the saved before creation Limited Atonement: Christ did not die for all men but only those on the "saved list" Irresistible Grace: God sends the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-spawned-false.htm | 55% Size: 18K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 5: | Official creed of the Presbyterian Church ... But because these original tongues are not known to all the people of God who have right unto, and interest in, the Scriptures, and are commanded, in the fear of God, to read and search them, therefore they are to be translated into the language of every people unto which they come, that the Word of God dwelling plentifully in all, they may worship him in an acceptable manner, and, ... and the Son. Chapter III Of God's Eternal Decrees [6.014] 1. God from all eternity did by the most and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is ... justice. [6.021] 8. The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care, that men attending to the will og God revealed in his Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm | 54% Size: 67K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 6: | Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches The catechism has been translated into many European, Asian, and African languages and is the most widely used and most warmly praised catechism of the Reformation period. The 1968 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church appointed a committee to prepare "a modern and accurate translation ... which will serve as the official text of the Heidelberg Catechism and as a ... Second, he makes himself known to us more openly by his holy and divine Word, as much as we need in this life, for his glory and for the salvation of his own. ARTICLE 3: THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD We confess that ... Therefore we reject the error of the Pelagians who say that this sin is nothing else than a matter of imitation. Rom. 7:24 ARTICLE 16: THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION We believe that-- all Adam's descendants ... In the Canons the Synod of Dort rejected these views and set forth the Reformed doctrine on these points, namely, unconditional election, limited atonement, total depravity, irresistible grace, and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm | 54% Size: 137K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 7: | Texts Calvinists misuse to prove "Calvinistic Predestination Calvinism Refuted "Unconditional Election" (or Calvinistic Predestination) Bible Texts Calvinists misuse to prove "Calvinistic Predestination" 2 Pet 3:16 "as also in all Paul's letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction." We Speak truth in LOVE 1. Acts 4:28 What was "determined before?" The death of Jesus! This death had been prophesied as a part of God's plan (Lk. 22:21-22; Acts 2:22-23). The Jews did not realize that they were fulfilling God's plan and He did not force them to kill His Son; they were accountable for their own actions. 2. 1 Corinthians 2:7 The context shows clearly that it is God's plan of redemption that was foreordained. In verse 5, the power of God is in the gospel (Rom. 1:16). In times past, it had been a mystery, not fully revealed. Even the prophets did not understand completely about Christ. But now this ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-U-calvinist-prooftexts.htm | 50% Size: 4K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 8: | Textbook of Disturbances of Mental Life, Johann Christian August ... ... Thus, in this state there is never a feeling of internal peace or satisfaction but only an ever-fruitless striving thereafter. [he correctly denies Calvinism, which ... "Wahnsinn" is translated as "madness," while "Verrucktheit" is translated as "insanity," simply in order to render into English the distinctions made by the author. ... How different it is today, where atheistic psychiatrists are absolutely ignorant, or violently opposed to God, Christianity, the Bible and the spiritual outlook of ... For the doctor of the psyche must first be a physician, in the full ordinary meaning of the word. He must be learned in the medical traditions and versed in medical ... Wrongly translated "unconditional"] § 150. In our search for the conditions or elements of mental disturbances we must first concentrate our attention on the nature ... B. For advanced age: everything concerning the security of life, existence and possessions, such as: riches, status, family, respect shown by others, official ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/textbook-of-disturbances-of-mental-life-or-the-disturbances-of-the-soul-and-their-treatment-johann-christian-august-heinroth-1818ad.htm | 50% Size: 1.2M Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 9: | 5 Point Calvinism Refuted MAIN HOMEPAGE Click to View The "sinners prayer" is not in the Bible, and won't save you! It is a false doctrine that developed from Calvinism and was first practiced less than 50 years ago. Click to View Historical development of Calvinism Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE Click to View T Total hereditary depravity babies inherit the sin of Adam and are totally depraved and therefore unable to respond to the gospel message of Christ. U Unconditional election (or predestination) God had a master list of those who will be saved and those who will go to hell before creation in Gen 1:1. The list is unchangeable. L Limited atonement Christ did not die ... The Holy Spirit thereafter guides them directly to understand and correctly interpret the Bible. P Perseverance of the saints A child of God once saved, cannot be lost. Click to View T Click to View Total Hereditary Depravity (Inherited Sin) Official positions of selected denominations Other false doctrines that grew out of "original sin" Unavoidable ... ... https://www.bible.ca/calvinism.htm | 48% Size: 8K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 10: | Unavoidable Consequences Of Inherited Sin Every newborn is "utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil" John Calvin, the father of Calvinism believed: "There are babies a span long in hell." Then every newborn is as wicked as the Devil ... "Infant Salvation: Many and varied problems are discovered in a study of the doctrine of infant salvation. Like all salvation issues, the doctrines here involved must ever be correctly stated and harmonized-election, Anthropology, the fall of the ... Earlier, extreme Calvinists asserted that hell is a place paved with infants not over a span long; because of this sort of teaching and as a heritage from Rome came about the belief in baptismal regeneration. To such a position, of course, the Word of God ... would be their God, and the God of their seed," which gives abundant hope for the children of good parents dying in infancy, that they are translated to the blessedness of heaven, and the hope of a joyful resurrection by the covenant of Abraham. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-consequences.htm | 45% Size: 26K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 11: | Official creed of the Evangelical church ... I believe God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth; I believe there is but one true and living God; that there are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and that these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; I believe God has foreordained whatever comes to pass; that God made all things of nothing, by the word of His power, in the space of six days, and all very good; and that God preserves and ... The requirement that an elector be the head of a household may be waived by unanimous consent of the Elders. 2. Authority of electors a. Electors may vote in the elections of Elders and Deacons. 3. Qualified electors The Elders will qualify electors. Three weeks prior to any election to church office, the election will be announced and the ballot will be provided to the electors. Those who desire to vote but who do not receive a ballot may contact the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm | 45% Size: 86K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 12: | Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee ... Progression. Against the favorite doctrines of her time - Election, Reprobation, Hell Torment for the persons of those decreed by the fiat of Eternal justice to a lake of fire and brimstone, Ann Lee taught the mercy and love of the Eternal Father-Mother. ... In his last interviews with his disciples he uttered some mysterious words, over which theological quibbling has spent itself in vain. Not to the wise nor prudent of this world came the word of revelation, but to the child in simple trust with heart of faith. The apocalypse of mystery that descended from cloud to sea at Patmos opened its meanings, when to the child spirit of Ann Lee came the call of God. We have watched her follow that call. We have seen her wrestlings and ... This was the "image of the first beast; and it exercised all the power of the first beast," war, persecution, etc. This is Protestantism, in which Lutheranism and Calvinism are the two principal powers (or horns), for they divide the kingdom of the "image of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm | 45% Size: 203K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 13: | Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society ... The Watchtower, 1917, p 22 1917 "Following the election Brother Rutherford, addressing the meeting, said in part:...'The Watchtower Bible And Tract Society is the greatest corporation in the world, because from the time of its organization until ... p. 28) 1942 "Those who are convinced that The Watchtower is publishing the opinion or expression of a man should not waste time in looking at it at all, because a mans opinion proves nothing except when that opinion is based wholly upon the Word of God. ... No; Christ Jesus the King has not entrusted that office to them. The supreme court still interprets, thank God; and Christ Jesus, the Courts official mouthpiece of interpretation, reserves to himself that office as Head of Jehovah's faithful and ... Who have undertaken God's foreordained work for this day of judgment of the nations? Who have answered the call to the work and have done it down till this year 1958? " (Watchtower, January 15, 1959 p. 40-41) 1959 "The literature published by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm | 44% Size: 62K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 14: | Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD ... Since there was no Sabbath ordinance in Genesis, other explanations demand to be found. The Hebrew word for Sabbath is closely related and derived from a word that means "propitiation." When God ceased His creative work on the 7th day of Creation, ... 4,180). Cited in From Sabbath to Saturday by John D. Keyser.) The Encyclopedia Biblica also notes that the word translated "rest" in Genesis 2:1-2, indicates that the 7th day of Creation was a day that divided something and has nothing to do with resting. ... Here is the official position of the Karaite Jews on these issues: Does Shabbath Have to Be on a Saturday? One of the questions which I am constantly asked by former gentiles making their way into Karaism is whether Shabbath must be on a Saturday. ... Such a theory is an utter perversion of all the plainest facts of the history and traditions of the Christian Church. In the matter of the observance of the Lord's Day, we are not dealing with a mere theory as in the question of election, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lying-for-god-Kerry-Wynne.htm | 44% Size: 2.6M Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 15: | The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! ... the apostles and those on whom they laid their hands could speak with tongues, prophesy and work miracles. They worked miracles to demonstrate their authority, to show that they were indeed inspired of God. ... The Scriptures affirm that we receive it through the inspired writings of the apostles and prophets. The Catholic official, however, tries to show that it is handed down through men as successors of the apostles and prophets. He affirmed that the Divine Word nowhere indicates that it was not to be transmitted to their successors. In reality, the ... Here is a list of the three words: (1) Presbyter, or Elder - Acts 14:23; 20:17; 1 Tim. 5:17; Titus 1:5; 1 Pet. 5:1. It is translated from the Greek word presbuteros. (2) Bishop, or Overseer - Acts 20:28; Titus 1:7; ... He is to use all care to present himself approved unto God (2 Tim. 2:15), and must personally seek to understand the will of the Lord (Eph. 5:17). He should strive to make his calling and election sure (2 Pet. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm | 44% Size: 96K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 16: | "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914 It is now nearly twenty-five years since this book was first published. This is the fourteenth edition. It has been translated into several languages, sold by numerous publishing houses, gone to the ends of the earth wherever Adventism has gone, ... Indeed, they stake their whole system of doctrine upon this meaning of the Word of God, and they regard these momentous events, which they claim the Bible forecasts, as much a reality as though those events had already transpired Those events are a reality ... Till years later, we never saw an opposition vote on any question, for no one dared to do it. Hence, all official voting was only a farce. The will of Elder White settled everything. If any one dared to oppose anything, however humbly, Elder White ... Again, it is said that the Sabbath was instituted before the fall, but types could not have been instituted till after the fall. How do you know that they could not be? Where does the Bible say so? Peter says of Christ: "Who verily was foreordained ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Seventh-day-Adventism-RENOUNCED-by-D-M-Canright.htm | 44% Size: 749K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 17: | Seven Myths Of Denominationalism! ... Confusing these two aspects of salvation prevents us from dealing with the subject intelligently. We recognize that one of the basic tenets of Calvinism was the security of the believer (or, as it is often stated "once saved always saved"). We will ... We have also seen how this type of faith is produced (Romans 10:17): "So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Hearing is the beginning of salvation, and it is the most critical step. If we are willing to hear and we continue to ... With these factors in mind, let us define the terminology that we will use in this chapter. The Greek word for baptism (baptizo) in the New Testament was not translated -- it was transliterated out of the Greek. Baptizo was not a dedicated ... And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Jesus' love for us is totally unconditional. He desires and pleads for us to accept what He has for us. It is only our own ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-7-myths-of-denominationalism.htm | 43% Size: 542K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 18: | Personal Evangelism 101 ... "Not until you have been in the lowest valley, can you appreciate how truly magnificent it is to be on the highest peak." Unconditional Love, by Powell, page 102 They asked: "What does God think of a sinner?" So He told the story of unconditional love. We ... Undenominational Christianity Series The Silence of Scripture Introduction Infant baptism Entrance into the church by vote of the members Official clergy-laity distinction Celibacy, special garments for clergy Bingo games, carnivals, bake sales, etc. as a ... But He is not angry; He reaches out in mercy (Revelations 3:20). C. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5). The word "meek" is also translated from the Greek as "gentle" or "strength under control." In the Greek culture, it was often used to describe a well- trained horse. It includes total surrender, total dependence, and total submission to the will of God. "Poor in spirit" is the knowledge and emotion of dependence upon God. Meekness is the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-brent-hunters-evangelism-101.htm | 43% Size: 450K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 19: | Apostate church organization: 588 - 606 AD: The final dog fight ... ... Not until the latter part of the sixth century did it reach the height we have above described. It was not a divine institution, unchangeably fixed from the beginning for all times, like a Biblical ... the title was first granted in 588, this first official use of the title starts a firestorm of protest in Rome from Gregory I. The real battle and controversy began in 595, but was never settled. ... But, if he [John] should altogether refuse to be bent from the stiffness of his elation, then, with the succour of Almighty God, we may consider more particularly what ought to be done." (Gregory the ... He regarded the four patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, to whom he announced his election with a customary confession of his faith, as co-ordinate leaders of the church ... He even objects to the expression, "as thou hast commanded," which had occurred in his correspondent's letter. "Which word, commanded, I pray you let me hear no more; for I know what I am, and what ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-588-606AD.htm | 43% Size: 57K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 20: | George Salmon's Infallibiliy of the church ... It would have been far harder then to find a Roman gentleman who did not understand Greek than it would be now to find an English gentleman who does not know either Latin or French. The Bible was translated into Latin, because the Latin Church, in ... had, it is gladly cited; but tradition is freely used to supplement the silence of Scripture, or to interpret its obscurities. [127] b. As Bellarmine states the matter, the rule of fairh is the Word of God; but that word may be either written or unwritten. ... by the most ancient interpreters of Scripture. [366] Did Peter Ever Visit Rome? 5. There is no trace that Peter ever held over the Church any official position of headship, wherein, according to Christ's intention, he was to have a successor. ... Upon the death of Gregory XI and the election of his successor (which took place at Rome), the cardinals, being French, would undoubtedly, if they had free choice, have elected a French successor. But they were surrounded by a violent mob who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-salmon-infallibility.htm | 43% Size: 282K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 21: | The Samaritans: 720 BC The pagan half-Jews of the Old Testament ... ... The Kermes Oak was historically important as the food plant of the Kermes insect from which a red dye was obtained and used toward the end of the second Holy Temple (70 CE). The color red, translated as 'scarlet,' or 'crimson,' in Hebrew is usually ... never did: Follow the word of God exactly as it is written as a blueprint. Many churches today are very "Samaritan like" in that they teach both the Gospel and things that had their origin in the human mind. The biggest false doctrine floating around churches today is: "Doctrine doesn't matter." Tobiah (an Ammonite) and the men of Samaritan mocked and opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem: "When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about it, it was very ... John 4:22 5. In spite of all this, Jesus used a Samaritan as the timeless example of a man doing unconditional good to a stranger in the Parable of the good Samaritan. 6. The Samaritans were included in the great commission: The day Jesus ascended ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-samaritans.htm | 43% Size: 218K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 22: | Zedekiah, Matteniah King of Judah 597-587 BC The Chronological ... ... As Nebuchadnezzar was attacking Jerusalem and laying the two year siege, Zedekiah sought the advice of Jeremiah three times in 589 BC. Each time Zedekiah rejected Jeremiah's advice to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar. This proves God knew the heart of ... Sunday 6 Aug 593 11 Tammuz Ezek 3:16-5:17 Ezekiel's official call as a "watchman" for the "house of Israel" 592 - Ezek 6-7 Total destruction predicted for Judea "Andy Steinman said, "The way I figured it was this: Except for Ezek 29:17-30:19, ... Given the content of Ezek 6-7, later in Ezekiel's 430 days seems more likely to me, so I think 592 is most likely." (Rodger Young, 2017 AD) Monday 17 Sept 592 5 Elul Ezek 8-19 Ezekiel is translated to Jerusalem for the first temple vision Wednesday ... house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Zedekiah-Matteniah-last-king-of-judah-seal-bulla-cave-597-587bc | 43% Size: 1.0M Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 23: | "Cast Out For The Cross Of Christ" by Albion F. Ballenger, 1909 ... the veil" always refers to the second apartment, that I have been cast out of the church and declared an enemy of God and man. But I appeal to your honest convictions, have I a "thus saith the Lord" for my belief or have I not? THE VEIL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Passing from the Old Testament into the New, we find the Holy Spirit, still referring to the curtain between the holy and the most holy as "the veil." The Greek word translated "veil" is katapetasma, and it appears six times in the New Testament. ... This leaves those who believe in eternal misery to grapple with an insurmountable problem; and it leads to the most ultra Calvinism. . . . We have seen from the type that the removal of sin from the penitent did not cancel the sin itself, but ... Before publishing my MS. I sent it to several ministers holding official positions, whose loyalty to the denomination is unquestioned, and asked them out of love for the truth and my soul, to show me from the Scriptures, where I was in error. I ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-1909-ballenger-cast-out-for-the-cross.htm | 43% Size: 220K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 24: | Encyclopedia of Pentecostal History of Tongues: 150 AD - 1901 ... ... the Camisards had similar physical reactions to inspiration, the Jansenists in self-defense against the charge of crypto-Calvinism were outspoken in their criticism of all Protestant enthusiasts. (The Charismatic Movement, 1975, Michael P. Hamilton, p ... At the Vatican Council of 1870 Pope Pius IX first tried to have his claim to infallibility accepted by the Bishops. The Roman Catholic church had its official beginning in 606 AD, when the first universal pope came into existence. Many of the "saints" ... From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ ... and satan." ... "As the Spirit of God has opened my mind the great truths of His word, and the scenes of the past and the future, I have been bidden to make known to others that which has thus been revealed" ... "ELLEN G. WHITE (1827-1915) was the author of 55 volumes translated internationally into 100 languages with close to 20,000,000 copies in circulation. She ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-history.htm | 43% Size: 295K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 25: | Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd ... Shortly after, Florus unsuccessfully tries to steal money in the Jerusalem Temple. Once they read Revelation, and John's message to "flee the city", many immediately took flight. The official liberation of Jerusalem began on 26th ... E. Jerusalem was Sodom: Rev 11:9 1. Jerusalem was also called "Harlot Sodom" 2. In 730 BC, Isaiah called Jerusalem both Sodom and a Harlot (Isa 1:10,21). a. "Hear the word of the Lord, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the instruction of our God, You people of Gomorrah." (Isaiah 1:10) b. "How the faithful ... (The Date of the Apocalypse, S. H. Chase, Journal of Theological Studies 8, p431, 1907 AD) d. "The great work of Irenæus, now for the first time translated into English, is unfortunately no longer extant in the original. ... So Orosius states that Domitian issued at least two different edicts of persecution against Jews and Christians. vii. We have no idea what the edict said. If true, the "cruel persecution" may have been unconditional as a hatred ... ... https://www.bible.ca/revelation/ | 43% Size: 3.0M Depth: 7 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 26: | Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ... ... In the title of a ritual text however, dbh= also indicated a "sacral celebration" (Levine 1983: 473, n. 7). The most common type of sacrifice was ålm, variously translated as "peace" or "communion" offering.6 It was almost always offered with årp, a burnt offering. The word ªlm also referred to a burnt offering, possibly one similar to the biblical ªolâ.7 ªly referred to elevating something, possibly the statue of the god. Ånpt referred to offering a non-animal product, which was elevated for ... He also went to the chief bOmâ at Gibeon to sacrifice (jbozl), and there he offered tlø[o (1 Kgs 3:4).33 As we will see, the bOmâ would endure throughout most of the Monarchy as the official non-Temple location at which Israelites and ... In its place, Solomon instituted the traditional Canaanite Fall Festival of the New Year, conjoining a celebration of the establishment of Yahweh's kingship with that of the unconditional kingship of the House of David (Cross 1973: 238-39). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-archaeology-and-the-religions-of-Canaan-and-israel-beth-alpert-nakhai.htm | 43% Size: 576K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 27: | Scriptural refutation of "Calvinistic Predestination" Calvinism Refuted "Unconditional Election" (or Calvinistic Predestination) Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE Click to View Scriptural refutation of "Calvinistic Predestination" A. The Bible teaches predestination, but not Calvinistic Predestination: Bible predestination is where God pre-determined, not the identity of the saved, but the character of the saved We are not opposed to predestination, for the Bible teaches it. However, Calvin's view of predestination is entirely unbiblical and therefore false doctrine. What is foreknown by God in these Bible Verses? Text Personal Identity? Character, purpose & plan? Eph 1:3-4 Click to View Click to View 1 Cor 2:7 Click to View Click to View Rom 8:29-30 Click to View Click to View B. God is not a respecter of persons: Acts 10:34; Rom 2:11-12; 1 Pe 1:17 C. God does not will that any perish but all be saved: Tit 2:11; 1 Ti 2:3-4; 2 Pe 3:9 D. Makes the Devil no enemy for the saved to worry about, if predestined 1 Pe 5:8 Why beware? E. Our ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-U-refutation.htm | 40% Size: 3K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 28: | Various Domino theological systems Hell is annihilation rather than eternal torment Man has no soul being "monochotomous in nature" No conscious life after death Heaven is a literal restored "garden of Eden" on earth The Holy Spirit doesn't exist, but is merely a personification of God's power The Devil doesn't exist, but is the personification of Sin Demons don't exist, but are personification of disease Jesus, being created by God, ceased to exist for 3 days in tomb. Click to View Calvinism detailed refutation Total hereditary depravity: babies inherit the sin of Adam and are totally depraved and therefore unable to respond to the gospel message of Christ. Unconditional election:(or predestination) God had a master list of those who will be saved and those who will go to hell before creation in Gen 1:1. The list is unchangeable. Limited atonement: Christ did not die for all men but only those on the "saved list" Irresistible grace: God sends the Holy Spirit only to those on the saved list which removes their depraved ... ... https://www.bible.ca/domino.htm | 38% Size: 8K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 29: | Official creed of Anglican/Episcopal Church There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there are three persons, of one substance, power and eterntity; the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man. The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one ... After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sini as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Anglican.htm | 37% Size: 54K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 30: | Official creed of Vineyard Churches (AVC) Until such a time, the Association of Vineyard Churches Board of Directors has formally adopted this document as our official statement of faith as of the Board meeting of November 1994. The official Association of Vineyard Churches Statement of Faith reads as follows: WE BELIEVE that God is the Eternal King. He is an infinite unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power, and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory. WE BELIEVE that God's kingdom is everlasting. From His throne, through His Son, His eternal Word, God ... By the work of God's Spirit, it convicts us of our sin and God's righteous judgement against us and brings us to Christ alone for our salvation. WE BELIEVE that when Israel rejected God's rule over her as King, God established the monarchy in Israel and made an unconditional covenant with David, promising that his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-vinyard.htm | 37% Size: 7K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 31: | Review: New International Version Bible: avoid Indeed the thoughts and opinions of men are often invaluable when wrestling with a difficult passage. This article instead focuses on whether the NIV should be relied upon as one's primary Bible and viewed as a literal rendering of the word of God. The alternative readings that exist among the more literal versions are modest ... Bible translators must occasionally deal with idioms and other phrases that cannot be rendered literally into the English language without loss of meaning, but the vast majority of passages can and should be translated in a word-for-word ("concordant") fashion so as to allow God's words to accomplish their task. When translators take up the ... But the NIV reads "Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." The NIV translators have changed the original words to reflect what they believe Paul is thinking ("thought-for-thought"), which conforms to Calvinism. The literal versions have retained the precise words selected by the Holy Spirit, with only minor ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-NIV-Bible-New-International-Version-Review-exposed-avoid-bad-Accurate-Translation-Gods-Word.htm | 37% Size: 146K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 32: | Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... Click here to view: 95 Theses or 95 Articles of Martin Luther, 1517 AD The Augsburg Confession (1530): The Augsburg Confession is the first of the great Protestant Confessions. All orthodox Lutheran church bodies base their teachings upon this treatise because they believe that it is a faithful to Word of God. ARTICLE I: OF GOD. Our Churches, with common consent, do teach that the decree of the Council of Nicaea concerning the Unity of the Divine Essence and concerning the Three Persons, is true ... He posted a series of theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg. These statements became known as Luther's 95 Theses and they started a very important period in Europe, the Protestant Reformation. Luther continued in his fight for religious reform for years to come. He translated the Bible into German so the common people could read and interpret it. He also wrote music that is still used today in Protestant worship. "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" was one of Luther's most famous ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm | 37% Size: 38K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 33: | Official creed of Latter-day Saiimts (LDS) Mormons We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer the ordinances thereof. We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets , pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophesy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly, we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. We believe all that God has revealed, and that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Mormons.htm | 37% Size: 17K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 34: | Thayer, Joseph Henry: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament The quote is from a handwritten note in a book that was supposed to be Thayer's personal copy in his library. 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 believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "In the same way, since John 1:1 shows that the Word was with God, he could not be God but was "a god," or "divine." Joseph Henry Thayer, a theologian and scholar who worked on the American Standard Version, stated simply: "The Logos was divine, not the ... Thayer's words are always denoted with square brackets [Thayer's comments] in Grimm's lexicon. (We flagged them in blue above.) We wonder what 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. It was the Watchtower that chose not to translate ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Thayer.htm | 37% Size: 12K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 35: | The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... Indeed, Greek-speaking Christians use it so generally that many of them do not even know that the others exist. From the Septuagint a Latin translation has been made, and this is the one which the Latin churches use." (Augustine, City of God 18.43, 400 AD) God foresaw at the tower of Babel the His word MUST be translated and the Holy Spirit wrote it in such a way so that the original meaning would transcend the translation process. In 446 BC, Nehemiah translated Hebrew into Aramaic for his listeners. In 282 BC seventy two ... Even more important than the fact that the text of Isaiah the Eunuch was reading was Greek, was that Jewish Philip UNDERSTOOD the Greek words that the Eunuch was speaking, recognized the passage and accepted it as authentic scripture: "So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship, and he was returning and sitting in his ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm | 36% Size: 79K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 36: | Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... ... The Holy Spirit is the power of God and the Spirit of life eternal. 2.1.2 We believe that Scripture, both the Old and the New Testament, is God's revelation, and His complete, expressed will to humanity. Scripture is inspired in thought and word, ... duly approved bylaws of the Corporation or to repeal this Constitution and the duly approved bylaws. (6) To approve all official relationships with other religious organizations. (7) To ratify the rules of Association. 4.2 MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE ... authority to establish policy, to enable management to implement that policy, and to provide direction and oversight to ensure the proper management of the day-to-day affairs of the Corporation, the United Church of God, an International Association. ... and during the entire period for which the determination by the General Conference of a timely appeal is still pending, the elder bringing the appeal shall retain the right to ballot for the nomination, election and removal of Council members. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm | 36% Size: 37K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 37: | Difficult Questions for Mormons to answer How do you account for the stunning parallels in both content and order between the B of M and the View of the Hebrews, by Ethan Smith? Published in 1823 (7 years before the B of M) less than 100 miles from the Joseph Smith's parents home. Mormon Article of Faith #8: "We Believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God." Why do you only add the phrase, "as far as it is translated correctly" to describe the Bible and not after ... Why is polygamy condemned in the Book of Mormon, but condoned in the D&C and still believed to be necessary in church doctrine for exaltation in the after-life? Where are such doctrines as a man having to marry in order to be exalted, member having to wear sacred undergarments, official doctrine being voted upon by the general membership, God being the offspring of another God, etc.? Treasure Hunting and Magic Why was Joseph Smith arrested for "money digging" and convicted of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-questions.htm | 36% Size: 41K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 38: | Trinity: Oneness in unity not in number: Yachid vs. Echad Echad] translated "one" is as intriguing as it is complex. The etymology of the Hebrew word yachid (one) is derived from echad in the same way that the English word "only" is derived from the word "one". That yachid is from the same root family of words as echad is seen from the similarity of spelling. So "yachid" is to "only", what "echad" is to "one". About the only fact that all on both sides of the debate agree on, is that yachid indisputably means an absolute numeric one and is never used to describe God. Jews and Anti-Trinitarians would naturally expect such a word to be commonly used of God. Having said this, when we cross over to the Greek, in parallel ... This proves that Jn 17:3 no more excludes Jesus from being "true God" than 1 Timothy 6:16 and Jude 4 exclude the Father from being Master, Lord and Sovereign. (The official interpretation of 1 Timothy 6:16 the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower is that 1 Timothy 6:16 is speaking solely of Christ.) Click here for a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-yachid-vs-echad.htm | 36% Size: 52K Depth: 7 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 39: | "KJV Only" advocates refuted! ... Did God lose the words of the originals when the "autographs" were destroyed? Did the KJV translators mislead their readers by saying that their New Testament was "translated out of the original Greek"? [title page of KJV N.T.] Were they "liars" for claiming to have "the original Greek" to translate from? Was "the original Greek" lost after 1611? Did the great Protestant Reformation (1517-1603) take place without "the word of God"? What copy or translations of "the word of God," used by the Reformers, was absolutely infallible and inerrant? [their main Bibles are well-known and copies still exist]. If the KJV is "God's ... views the late Dean Burgon would have rejected. Contrary to David Otis Fuller, not only did Burgon not believe the textus receptus was unalterably "perfect" and the KJV unchangeably correct, he was convinced that the textus receptus needed extensive revision (proposing more than 120 changes in Matthew's Gospel alone), and stated in print that in some places ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-kjv-only.htm | 36% Size: 229K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 40: | Josiah, King of Judah 640-609 BC seals, bulla. They're Digging ... Introduction: 1. Josiah was prophesied to be born back in 931 BC when Jeroboam made Israel sin with idolatry: a. "Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, "O altar, ... you will give him the name John." (Luke 1:13) d. ""Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which translated means, "God with us."" (Matthew 1:23) e. ""She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."" (Matthew 1:21) f. "And when ... He is not mentioned in any specific story in the Bible but is listed in genealogies (Ezra 7:1; 1 Chron 6:13). The stunning discovery of this bulla came from an official archeological dig in the city of David in 1982 AD so there is no question about its authenticity. 4. SEAL OF HANAN, SON OF HILKIAH: Hanan is a very common name ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-josiah-king-of-judah-hilkiah-high-priest-find-lost-book-law-of-moses-seal-bulla-640-609bc.htm | 36% Size: 273K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 41: | List of 300 Old Testament quotes in New Testament as its word of God and added 27 New Testament books over time to the canon. Septuagint was the Bible of the early church: "The LXX was the Bible of the authors of the New Testament. Its ubiquity can be seen not only in the quotations from the Old Testament in the New but also in the hermeneutic techniques and in many other forms of influence. There are certain Old Testament passages that following a sequence of keywords from the LXX are used as an inspiration and a model for the redaction of certain chapters in the gospels, the Acts of the Apostles and the Apocalypse of John. The LXX was transmitted in Christian circles once it was adopted as the official ... The scribe wrote in apricot-colored ink and wrote 15-19 Greek uncial characters per line." (LBD, Vaticanus) 7. About the JPS Jewish Bible: Masoretic: Codex Leningradensis 1008 AD: a. As you can see, the Codex Vaticanus manuscript is 650 years older than the Leningrad Codex manuscript from which the Jewish Bible is translated. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/List-of-300-Old-Testament-passage-quotes-in-New-Testament-Septuagint-Codex-Vaticanus-LXX-Masoretic-MT-Jewish-Tanakh-Bible.htm | 36% Size: 546K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 42: | Quattuordecim (XIV): Ezra Translated the Paleo-Hebrew manuscripts ... ... to the Hebrew reading and understand) 2. "translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading" Neh 8:8 (The general public who needed the Hebrew translated) Ezra makes Anti-Samaritan changes to the Hebrew Text: Another important dynamic are the Samaritans who had acquired a copy of Josiah's Paleo-Hebrew Torah ... After 17 turbulent years of opposition from their "enemies" (Samaritans, Ammonites and the locals) the Jew finally completed their Jerusalem Temple in 516 BC. With the decree of Artaxerxes II in 458 BC to rebuild the Jerusalem city walls (Ezra 7:8-26), Ezra begins to intensely study the word of God and determines it needs to be ... and in the modern state of Israel today. The translation process for all the extant books of the law and prophets is a monumental task and is not completed until the official unveiling in 445 BC. Ezra's 4 minor changes to the Hebrew text to counter Samaritan theology: Ezra knows the Samaritans are wrong whey they venerate Mt. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Quattuordecim-Ezra-translates-Bible-manuscripts-Paleo-Hebrew-Masoretic-Aramaic-square-corrupted-deliberate-anti-Samaritan-Mt-Gerizim-Ebal-Joshuas-Altar-458BC.htm | 36% Size: 159K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 43: | False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Just as Catholics have invented the companion doctrine of the "immaculate conception of Mary" in order to explain how Jesus did not inherit the sin of Adam (inherited sin = Total Depravity, "T" in TULIP of Calvinism) so also the UPC (United Pentecostal Church) has invented the companion doctrine that Jesus was a man with two ... They believe that unless the Holy Spirit has made each one of them speak in tongues, THEY ARE NOT SAVED! So the prophetic word of the pastors affirming that Modalism is correct, overrides the obvious falseness of the doctrine of Modalism! They are swayed more by what their "spirit-filled preacher" says than the word of God! "How can we ... This is called Logos-theology and is identical to what Christadelphians say about Jesus in Jn 1:1. Click to View "We should also note that the Greek word pros, translated here as "with, is translated as "pertaining to" in Hebrews 2:17 and 5:1. So the Word was with God in the sense of belonging to God and not in the sense of a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm | 36% Size: 106K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 44: | Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet ... One of these beliefs is that Ellen G. White was an inspired prophet! (there is no such thing as a prophet who was not inspired!) If you don't like this fact, look for another church! Don't believe it? Check it out for yourself: Official SDA Creed Click to View The Great Controversy claims White is inspired! Ellen G. White, 1975 paperback edition: Back cover of book boldly makes this comment about White in bright yellow lettering: "ELLEN G. WHITE (1827-1915) was the author of 55 volumes translated internationally into 100 languages with close to 20,000,000 copies in circulation. She is considered to have been inspired by God. Many of her prophecies about world events and the modern-day ... From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ ... and satan." p. 13 "As the Spirit of God has opened my mind the great truths of His word, and the scenes of the past and the future, I have been bidden to make known to others ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm | 36% Size: 27K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 45: | creed and beliefs of Baha'i Faith: A brief history & notes on ... Nov 28, 1921 Death of Abdul 'Baha (son of Baha'u'llah) · Nov 5, 1957 Death of Shoghi Effendi (grandson of Abdul' Baha · Apr 21, 1963 Election of the first Universal House of Justice · May 1970 Baha'i International Community granted consultative status with the UN · Nov 1992 ... Nine member body elected every five years, serving the Faith globally from the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, Israel There is no clergy in the Baha'i Faith. Individual members are encouraged to explore the revelation of God and to decide on the issues of life through prayer, study of sacred writings, reflection and consultation with others. The Baha'i writings have been translated into over 800 languages. If questions arise concerning ... Progressive Revelation Process whereby God's will is revealed to mankind through a succession of divine Messengers known as Manifestations Manifestation An incarnation of specific attributes of God, (i.e. Jesus - the incarnate Word) Who re-affirms the spiritual teachings of a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/creed-bahai-beliefs.htm | 36% Size: 97K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 46: | Review of the Official Creed of the Official Creed of the One ... Official Creed of the One Community Church Formerly the Dominion Christian Centre (DCC) Pastor Peter Rigo 141 Park Street N. Hamilton, Ontario Canada Note regarding: Legacy Church at 408 Cumberland Ave Hamilton Ontario There has been a steady transition in this faith group that started as ... In fact the DCC, like all "tongue speaking" churches are bound by creed (see below) and basically ignore the Bible, since they operate the basis of what daily message "God spoke to the pastor". Although he points his members to scripture for guidance and truth, and expects his few remaining pew dwellers to "be doers of the word and not merely hearers" (Jas 1:22), his interpretation of scripture is seriously flawed in a number of critical points. He practices tongues (gibberish), when tongues actually ceased in the first century. He rejects water baptism for the remission of sins. He also teaches the false doctrine of Calvinism. But teaching these false doctrines is common today and would not be ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-dominion-christian-centre-hamilton-ontario.htm | 36% Size: 33K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 47: | Official creed of the Orthodox church ... Having been given the gift of the Holy Spirit, we actively participate in sanctification. We cooperate with God, we work together with Him, that we may know Him, becoming by grace what He is by nature. THE BIBLE THE BIBLE is the divinely inspired Word of God (II Timothy 3:16), and is a crucial part of God's self-revelation to the human race. The Old Testament tells the history of that revelation from Creation through the Age of the Prophets. The New Testament records the birth and life of Jesus as ... A. 1. One: because all Christians are one (1) body, withone (1) Head, Christ, with one (1) Faith andone (1) organization. 2. Holy: because it is sanctified by Christ with His blood,teaches a Holy Faith, and through the Sacramentsaims at the santification of its members. 3. Catholic: because it holds all the truth, is foreordained tohold fast to it for all time, to teach all peoples,and to embrace within its membership all humanity. 4. Apostolic: because it traces it beginning back to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Orthodox.htm | 36% Size: 149K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 48: | Origin of Synagogues: 10 Reasons why Synagogues began in Alexandria ... Introduction: 1. Although Ptolemy II wanted the Jewish scriptures translated into Greek in 282 BC for his father's (Ptolemy I) famous Library of Alexandra, the local Jews quickly made copies and started to gather to read the "Bible for themselves" ... God knew Hebrew would be extinct as a language in the first century AD. b. The Diaspora Jews outside Judea spoke Greek while the Judean Jews spoke Aramaic as their default language and Greek as their working language. c. The only Jews who spoke Hebrew at the time of Christ were the Temple elites (Sadducees, High priest). d. At the time of Christ, the High priest would conduct Temple worship services in Hebrew to a Greek speaking audience who didn't understand a word he was saying. This made the ... The LXX was transmitted in Christian circles once it was adopted as the official Bible of the Church. This fact was of tremendous importance for the history of the Greek version." (The Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Origin-of-ancient-Synagogues-first-century-originated-at-Alexandria-Egypt-began-spawned-by-Greek-Septuagint-translation-Tanakh-Babylonian-captivity-Nehemiah-280BC.htm | 36% Size: 125K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 49: | Official creed of The United Church of Canada ... We worship Him in the unity of the Godhead and the mystery of the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, three persons of the same substance, equal in power and glory. 2.2 Article II. Of Revelation. We believe that God has revealed Himself in nature, in history, and in the heart of man; that He has been graciously pleased to make clearer revelation of Himself to men of God who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit; and that in the fullness of time He has perfectly revealed Himself in Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, who is the brightness of ... This is what the United Church says, this is what the moderator says, whatever..." Phipps: The fundamental truth to me in the biblical story is that God loves us and the world unconditionally, and part of that unconditional love is, for Christians, it was that unconditional love was poured into the person of Jesus. The whole biblical story is one of God's unconditional love. Taking people who betrayed God, who said no to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-Can.htm | 36% Size: 43K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 50: | Trinity proof texts: John 8:58 ... Click to View The Governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses knows that John 8:58 is irrefutable proof that Jesus is eternally pre-existent and not a creature IF IT IS TRANSLATED, "Before Abraham was born, I am." The fact that no one else in history has ever argued that the contrast in John 8:58 is anything less than that of a "created vs. eternal" being, they must change the word of God (which is condemned) to read differently than it should. Jehovah's Witnesses have used three basic arguments since 1950 to justify the mistranslation of the simple present tense Greek "ego eimi - I am", into the perfect ... Several very knowledge JWs in Southern California have admitted privately to Robert Bowman and others that both the Watchtower and Nelson Herle were wrong on in claiming John 8:58 was a "historical present." However, as late as 1978, an official letter from Watchtower Society, Feb 7, 1978, addressed to Firpo W. Carr, directed Firpo to read the Watchtower's 1957, "Questions from Readers" ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm | 35% Size: 210K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
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