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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? God through His infinite goodness and mercy provided His written Word as our authority and guide. Jesus said, "Thy (God's) word is truth." (John 17:17). The Holy Spirit guided the apostles into "all truth" (John 16:13) and they alone with the inspired New Testament prophets wrote God's truth for us (Eph. 3:2-5). They were ... A complete bibliography is furnished at the close of this composition. Catholics claim that the church has the right to make laws as is noted in the following quotes: "Akin to these divine laws is the purely ecclesiastical law or the law of the Church. Christ sent forth his Church clothed with his own and his Father's authority, 'As the ... This is clearly disclosed by the words of Christ: 'Behold I am with you all days even to the consummation of the world.' Since the Apostles were not to live until the end of the world, Christ promised to be with them in the person of their successors unto the end of time." (The Faith of Millions, p. 137). One Catholic writer ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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Scientology 'Minister' Demands Money... Or Else! Remember: I am not a mealy mouthed psalm [sic] canting preacher. I am a minister of the Church of Scientology! I am able to heal the sick and I do. But I have other abilities which in- clude a knowledge of men's minds that I will use to crush you to your knees. You or any other wretch that stands in our way. Cause the list is long, but their careers are very short of those that have jousted with us. "The letter, written on the Church of Scientology letterhead, was signed "with the utmost sincerity possible" by the Reverend Andrew Bagley, organizational Secretary. There was a short P.S. appended: "Don't reply to this letter. If I want to get in touch with you, I'll be able to find you. Anywhere." P.S. The father paid the bill. P.P.S. His son took approximately $4,500 worth more courses in Scientology, paying for them himself the next time from a $5,000 inheritance." Go to church of Scientology EXPOSED website (The interactive Bible is not affiliated with the church of Scientology) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-harassment-cooper.htm

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The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! Starting with the current living Pope, they trace the names of every Pope sequentially back in history to Apostle Peter, who they claim was the first Pope. Yet the office of Pope did not exist for the first 600 years of history. Such displays are a powerful deception to the masses, for historically and Biblically this is simply untrue. The Catholic church prides itself as the original church that Jesus started in 33 AD and that all other denominations broke away from them and are therefore deviant. Catholics are led to believe from their priests, that if they were transported back in time to 100 A.D, they would be able to attend a Catholic church just like to day. The facts of history, however, ... Christ gave the same words and commandments that He received from the Father to His twelve apostles (John 17:6-8, 17-20). He promised them the Holy Spirit who would remind them of all He had said and would guide them into all truth. He said, "These things I have spoken to you while yet ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet Such changes are also occurring in the Mormon church who are watering down the long standing claims of Joseph Smith's inspired translation of the Book of Mormon and the Jehovah's Witnesses 100 year old claim that the Watchtower magazine is inspired. These three groups, the Adventists, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses share these qualities: were born at the same time in history (1800's) all claimed to have direct inspiration from God at the time they were founded all had the "spirit of prophecy" all have watered down their inspiration claims in modern times We now invite you to view the data: Click to View SDA's must vow Ellen G. White as inspired at their baptism! Official SDA Baptismal Vows (13) Don't believe it? Check it out: Official SDA Creed Vow #8: "I accept the Biblical teaching of spiritual gifts, and believe that the gift of prophecy is one of the identifying marks of the remnant church." Vow #11: I know and understand the fundamental Bible principles as taught by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses a replica of the Roman Catholic church! We speak the truth in Love... Click to View Jehovah's Witnesses share exactly these same qualities with the Roman Catholic Church Centralized World-wide church government from which all official doctrine comes. The Pope and the Governing body. A city where world headquarters permanently resides: Rome, Italy and Brooklyn, NY, USA Authority of this "world organization" is not to be questioned. Both consider God to be the head of the world organization. Both the Pope and the Governing body both claim inspiration. Both organizations are "spirit directed" by God. A simple definition of both is as follows: "Definition of a Catholic/Jw: 'Someone who accepts Rome/Brooklyn as God's visible spirit-directed theocratic organization upon the earth. Both have official yearly meetings of the world leaders. The official doctrines that have changed dramatically over time. Both claim "new light" or progressive revelation to explain doctrinal changes. Both teach the organization is supreme over the Bible ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-catholic.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church Click to View 20th Century Tongues... Faith or Fake? Click to View Why I Left The Pentecostal Church Click to View The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit Click to View The Promise Of The Holy Spirit Click to View Speaking In Tongues Click to View Work Of The Holy Spirit Click to View Tongues have ceased! Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View "WHY I LEFT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH" (2 Tim 3:14) Paul could have been thinking of me when he wrote this verse to a young man named Timothy. I was born into a Pentecostal family of many years. My grandfather preached "fire and brimstone" from the time I could remember until his ... The authority is: (Pentecostal Church Manual, pp. 8-10, Foreword.) 1. The Bible teaches that the Lord established only one church ... (Mat 16:18) 2. This is the only church that Christ and the Apostles ever speak of. II. What are some of the Pentecostal practices? A. They claim that through the instrument of the Holy Spirit .. miracles and healing incurable ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Why are most Jehovah's Witnesses former Roman Catholics? Why are most Jehovah's Witnesses former Roman Catholics? Roman Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses share exactly these same qualities: Centralized World-wide church government from which all official doctrine comes. The Pope and the Governing body. A city where world headquarters permanently resides: Rome, Italy and Brooklyn, NY, USA Authority of this "world organization" is not to be questioned. Both consider God to be the head of the world organization. Both the Pope and the Governing body both claim inspiration. Both organizations are "spirit directed" by God. A simple definition of both is as follows: "Definition of a Catholic/Jw: 'Someone who accepts Rome/Brooklyn as God's visible spirit-directed theocratic organization upon the earth. Both have official yearly meetings of the world leaders. The official doctrines that have changed dramatically over time. Both claim "new light" or progressive revelation to explain doctrinal changes. Both share a similar hermeneutic on how to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-JW-converting.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... Starting at Pentecost AD 33, a completely new and unique group of God's people would be given supernatural power: "Young, old, male and female slaves". In this new way, "the Spirit was not yet given" (Jn 7:39), even though the 70 disciples had been empowered for a time when they preached the gospel 2x2 (Luke 10:17-20). Jesus ... "Spirit filled church". Every single Christian from AD 33 to 100 either personally possessed or had personally witnessed the miraculous many times. It should not surprise us then, that the New Testament is filled with references to the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. 7. In AD 1834 Alexander Campbell had the exact correct view of the Gift of the Holy Spirit as a miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit as promised by Joel. While some historians today wrongly say Campbell changed his view later in life, it must be noted that Campbell himself never wrote ANYTHING to the contrary to the day he died in AD 1866. These revisionist historians falsely claim ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors! Spoke a known language. Acts 2:8 Today don't even claim to use known languages. Were understood. Acts 2:6; I Cor. 14:19 Don't claim to understand today. Were edified. I Cor. 14:26 No such claim today. Confirmed the word. Acts 10:46;Heb. 2:3-4 Today, they don't accept confirmed word today. Add to and deny it. Spoke by turn. I Cor. 14:27 All speak together today in Mass confusion. No interpreter? - Silence. I Cor. 14:28 Don't want to be interpreted today. Sign to unbelievers. I Cor. 14:22 Used today for excitement. For use of edifying I Cor. 14:26 Show, entertain. Spirit subject to speaker. I Cor. 14:26-31 Today - "Don't stop me, I'm getting a revelation. Spoke to profit the church I Cor. 14:6 No ... To Start Seeking, say the words of Praise in a paragraph below over and over very rapidly for 2 or 3 minutes, then go to the next paragraph, repeating the words of Praise in each paragraph about the same length of time. After you have repeated the words in all of the paragraphs, you may start ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-tongues-today.htm

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The Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry: home page Psychotic behaviour is never caused by demon possession, but is a simple behaviour choice. This obsoletes psychiatric drugs and shocks as cures. It extincts all psychiatrists who claim to be experts in something they do not think exists ("psychiatrist" lit. Greek: "doctor of the soul"). What is left standing is ... Remember, there are no medical tests for any mental illness or any other human behaviour. Welcome to the truth. Read with an open mind. Find a church in my hometown for me to attend. . Click to View "The spirit of a man can endure a sick body, but who can bear a broken spirit?" (Prov 18:14) Click to View Six pillars of the Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry The ... The reductionist "meat puppet" view of man and the slogan "don't blame me, my body made me do it" is the origin of the insanity plea and why activist judges sentence rapists and pedophiles to rehabilitation and parole instead of the hard jail time and the death penalty. Christians know that the body tempts the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/welcome.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Geographic variation caused New Testament canon ... If the Roman Catholic church gave the world the Bible, being infallible, then why did Rome reject or question the inspiration of James and Hebrews , then later accept it? Conversely, Rome accepted as scripture books that were later rejected. If the Catholic church really is illuminated by the Holy Spirit so that men can trust her as "God's organization", why was she so wrong about something so simple? Should not the "Holy See" have known? If the Orthodox church gave the world the Bible, then why did the eastern Orthodox churches reject or question the inspiration of Revelation, then later accept it? Conversely, the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... ... Miracles confirmed the Word: They would simply perform miracles and then people believed what ever they taught! Pentecostals today The Word confirms miracles: Pentecostals don't perform miracles today, they only claim to be able to do it! They quote the Bible to prove they can perform miracles! How absurd! The Apostles didn't go around quoting bible passages to prove they had the power of God! ... Phil 2:25-27 d. Why does James have the sick call the elders and not one with the gift of healing James 5:14-16? B. Purpose #2: TO EDIFY BELIEVERS (the infant church) at a time when it needed help: 1. 5 Edifying gifts: wisdom, knowledge, faith, prophecy, distinguishing of spirits 2. These gifts were to edify: a. "But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good" 1 Cor 12:7 b. "But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church." 1 Cor 14:3 c. " o ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-intro.htm

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Scientology: Hubbard believed he was Satan incarnate! ... And when Crowley died in 1947 my father then decided that he should wear the cloak of the beast; and become the most powerful being in the universe. "Scientology is black magic that is spread out over a long time period. To perform black magic generally takes a few hours or at most; a ... It means that you are a law unto yourself, that you are above the law, that you create your own law. You are above any other human considerations." The following is from a piece, written by L. Ron Hubbard Jr. about his father in 1985 entitled "Philadelphia." "We were in Philadelphia. It was November 1952. Dianetics was all but forgotten; Scientology, a new science,' had become the focus of attention. Every night, in the hotel, ... himself to be the rightful heir. The tech gushed forth and resulted in the Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures." Courtesy of Mike Go to church of Scientology EXPOSED website (The interactive Bible is not affiliated with the church of Scientology) Click Your Choice Go To Start: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-satanism-Hubbard-jr.htm

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Rapture Refuted! Pre-tribulation Rapture and Premillennialism ... believe in the Rapture, you probably wrongly assumed it was a historic Bible doctrine, when in fact it was born in the era of the cults (1830-1880 AD). 2. Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, which was made popular by Billy Graham in 1935. 3. Rapture promoters usually claim to have inspiration, are prophets, apostles, "the Elijah", have special illumination from the Holy Spirit and that God has revealed new doctrines not previously known by anyone, including the apostle Paul himself. ... Things missing in Revelation 20 those premillennialists desperately need! Satan Bound for 1000 years! FALSE! "End times" prophecy charts From Pyramids to wild speculation! Historical, now debunked, Time Charts that convinced millions in the past to sell all their goods and wait on roof tops in white robes for the second coming. Click to View Bible ... ... https://www.bible.ca/rapture.htm

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The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible! they were moved by the Holy Spirit." (2 Pet. 1:21). "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." (Matt. 24:35). "The grass withered, and the flower has fallen--but the word of the Lord endures forever." (1 Pet. 1:24-25). The Catholics are wrong, therefore, in their assumption that the Bible is authoritative only because of the Catholic Church. The Bible does not owe its existence to the Catholic Church, but to the authority, power and providence of God. It would seem unnecessary for the Catholic Church to make the boastful claim of giving the Bible to the world when both it and so-called Protestantism accept the Bible as a revelation from God. ... The church of 390 was a church altogether different from the Roman Catholic Church today. Furthermore, in the proceedings of the Council of Hippo, the bishops did not mention nor give the slightest hint that they were for the first time "officially" cataloging the books of he Bible for the world. It was not until the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm

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The significance of the first day of the week (Sunday) for Christians Christians are recorded assembling three times on Sunday after resurrection and before ascension, never on the Sabbath. Jn 20:19 Jn 20:26 Acts 2:1 (We do not claim that these were worship services, just the early starting point of Sunday gatherings) The only time Christians are recorded to have assembled together was on a Sunday in Acts 20:7, never does it say the disciples assembled on the Sabbath. The only day ever mentioned when Christians broke bread was on Sunday: Acts 20:7 Christians are commanded every Sunday to give into a common treasury of the church: 1 Cor 16:1-2 Jesus was declared the Son of God on Sunday: Rom 1:4 Ps 2:7 "Today I have begotten thee" was fulfilled on Sunday when he rose: Acts 13:33 The sign that Jesus was glorified was given on Sunday: Jn 7:39 + Acts 2:1,32 The church officially began on Pentecost Sunday: Acts 2:1 Jesus was crowned king on a Sunday: Acts 2:33-36 The disciples reception of the promise of the Father on Sunday: Acts 1:4-5; 2:1-4 The Holy Spirit ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-significance-for-christians.htm

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Early and Latter Rain Theology Refuted ... Some say their creeds are revelations of the Holy Spirit, while others would deny this, yet all believe creeds are an acid test of orthodoxy. We call these churches "pseudo sola Scriptura" organizations because although they claim to use the Bible only, they certainly do not in practice since they use creeds, believe the Bible is not understandable apart from the illumination of the Holy Spirit, both in the individual and the corporate church. d. Inward Witness Anti-Creedalists: Although the views of Sebastian Franck, 1499 - 1542 AD, did not endure, he is an interesting example of a man who saw the ... D. Latter rain never equated with the second coming: 1. A parable like law is created where "the early rain comes with seed time and the latter rain comes with harvest". The concept is then applied like a parable, to the "early rain" that fell on Pentecost when the church began to plant seed in 33 A.D. and "harvest" at the second coming. Further, they connect Pentecost + one generation (40 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-prediction-end-of-the-world-early-and-latter-rains-god-told-me-inspired-illuminated.htm

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Top ten list of why the Roman Catholic and Orthodox take the ... Top ten list of why the Roman Catholic and Orthodox take the wrong view of tradition Scripture itself is called "apostolic tradition" both in the Bible and the Church Fathers. It is wrong to assume every time the fathers used the word "tradition", that they are referring exclusively to "oral tradition" and not scripture. The Church Fathers continued to quote ... Yet in theological schizophrenia, they claim the "tradition of the Church Fathers" must be followed, but then refuse to follow the specific traditions that the Church Fathers recorded. Virtually all the apostolic fathers viewed a progressive sequence of revelation passing through three stages: 1. Oral teachings of Christ to his apostles. 2. Oral teachings of the apostles based upon Christ's oral tradition and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit for new information Christ never discussed. 3. All of Christ's and the apostles teachings were recorded in scripture. The early post-apostolic church viewed scripture as the final process of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-top-10-list.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches ... Furthermore, we must note the particular works and activities of these three persons in relation to us. The Father is called our Creator, by reason of his power. The Son is our Savior and Redeemer, by his blood. The Holy Spirit is our Sanctifier, by his living in our hearts. This doctrine of the holy Trinity has always been maintained in the true church, from the time of the apostles until the present, against Jews, Muslims, and certain false Christians and heretics, such as Marcion, Mani, Praxeas, Sabellius, Paul of Samosata, Arius, and others like them, who were ... And so, all who withdraw from the church or do not join it act contrary to God's ordinance. ARTICLE 29: THE MARKS OF THE TRUE CHURCH We believe that we ought to discern diligently and very carefully, by the Word of God, what is the true church-- for all sects in the world today claim for themselves the name of "the church." We are not speaking here of the company of hypocrites who are mixed among the good in the church and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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The New World Translation: A corrupt sectarian paraphrase. 1666 ... Click to View We speak the truth in Love... Click to View Like the Mormon's Bible, the NWT was translated with help of the Holy Spirit: (inspiration) If you notice the very significant Watchtower quote below, they do not claim the translators knew Greek and Hebrew, only that they were "experienced" and "anointed". By experienced, they mean that they had been JW's for a long time and would tow the party line. By "anointed", they mean inspired by the Holy Spirit. So not only do JW's believe that the Watchtower is inspired, they believe the NWT is translated by inspiration. This is the same claim that Joseph Smith ... The revision suggests that even though Jesus is highly honored, he is still one among many of God's created beings. (Similar revisions found in Rom. 8:32; Phil. 2:9; Col. 1: 16-17.) Acts 20:28 They change "God purchased the church with His own blood" to God purchased the church with the blood of His son" Wrath and indignation will come to every Jw from the Governing Body, who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... 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", (whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son ). Orthodox priests can be married but Catholic priests cannot. Actually married men can become Orthodox priests, but they never rise higher rank than mere priest. However single Orthodox priests are forbidden to marry like Catholics. If an orthodox priest is widowed, he is forbidden to remarry. Under no conditions is a Catholic priest allowed to be married in the Western/Latin/Roman rites, but in other Catholic rites married men can become priests like orthodox. And the list goes on. So relying on "apostolic tradition" is not a reliable method of attaining unity because the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches fight each other on doctrine all the time! Zell Said We reply: "Wait a minute! How can so many ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) ... This includes Apostles and Prophets, not just Pastors, Teachers and Evangelists. All of these ministries are needed if the Body of Christ is going to be properly equipped and the Church is going to be properly built up. The Gifts of the Spirit. We believe that the gifts of the Spirit enumerated in I Corinthians 12:7-11 are not only for today, but should be desired, sought after and evidenced in every church. If there was ever a time that these gifts were needed, it is today. We do not believe that these gifts were only for the embryonic church of the first 100 years. ... MFI's belief can be seen in three ways. Philosophy of MFI Ministers Touching Ministers MFI is not a fellowship of churches, it is a fellowship of ministers. This means that ministers of like vision and doctrine voluntarily associate themselves with other ministries for the purpose of fellowship, encouragement, vision expansion, equipping and strength. This also means that the members of the fellowship themselves need to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

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Apostate church organization: From 606 AD to the present time ... Click to View Bartholomew Orthodox, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch From 606 AD to the present time: 622 AD: Muslims change the church in 622 AD leaving only Rome and Constantinople as world powers. This is the way it has been to this very day. 622 AD: The Muslims wipe out Jerusalem, Antioch, ... Bishops are from smaller cities, Archbishops are from larger cities. Cardinals have no powers, and are like Canadian cabinet members chosen from the pool of elected Members of Parliament. (MPs) The Eastern Greek Orthodox church organization today: Click to View Orthodox organization today Click to View Organization and Hierarchy of Autocephalous ... The Orthodox church can rightly claim that the Roman Catholic church has contradicted, ignored and changed several the historic ecumenical councils. Christians, of course, reject all these historic ecumenical councils as apostasy and call the church back to her historic roots of 1st century Christianity that you can clearly ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-606AD-today.htm

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Sola Scriptura proven from the Bible! Irrefutable proof texts ... Scripture alone lights the one pathway in the darkness, and although we may only see a short distance ahead, even surprised at times by the route, we know the final destination is paradise. Let the Holy Spirit guide you with scripture to your heavenly home!" (Steve Rudd) Click to View ... Sola Scriptura means that you use the Bible alone for doctrine. This means Catholics and Orthodox need not appeal to their contradictory oral church traditions and Jehovah's Witnesses need not rely upon the Watchtower magazine to interpret the Bible for them. B. Catholics and Orthodox claim Sola Scriptura not taught in the Bible itself and is unscriptural. "the doctrine of sola Scriptura is not scriptural." ... "The idea of ... Luke begins by mentioning uninspired gospels by Christians, then the oral tradition of the apostles and concludes that scripture alone will allow Theophilus to know for certain what the truth is. Click to View Matthew 4:1-11. Three times Jesus was tempted by the Devil and each time ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-proof-texts.htm

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Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... It also destructive to truth, because individuals in the Christian Missionary Alliance church conclude that their faith and doctrine must be without error, because the Holy Spirit directly taught it to them. This is also known as the error of "irresistible grace", one of the tenets of Calvinism. It is false doctrine. ... As you will plainly see, the Bible is NOT the sole standard of faith, but a human origin creed is. Although the Christian Missionary Alliance church would argue that the creed merely teaches the Bible, in fact all church creeds make the same claim, yet they contain contradictory doctrines both between themselves and the Bible. All doctrine determined ... However, given that the teach the false doctrine "premillennialism" (see article #11) they reject Jesus own works that the resurrection of the wicked and the righteous happens at precisely the same time when Christ next appears. They teach that there will be a period of at least 1000 years separating the resurrection of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... To "see face to face," likewise a metaphor, simply means having the lack of clarity due to limited revelation removed. The full-orbed revelation of God having been given, the church is able to see clearly and distinctly the whole counsel of God intended for this age. The same may be said of the contrast ... Unlike the revelatory gifts which cease with the completion of the canon, and unlike even faith and hope which cease with the return of Christ, love never ceases. (Ibid.) Introduction: 1. The Bible clearly teaches that all 9 supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased upon the completion of the canon of the bible around AD 100. a. Those who claim miraculous power need to prove it by ... And the state of mature manhood Between knowing only part And knowing fully Between seeing things darkly And seeing them clearly (face to face) 6. "The Time When The "In Part" Ceases: The introductory statement, "when the perfect comes," represents the protasis of an indefinite temporal clause. The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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About who we are! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca We meet in houses clilck to view click to view We meet in huts "The church you can read about in the Bible!" Our view of the Bible The Holy Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the only complete record of God's will for man on earth. It is understandable by the common man by simply reading it. Contained in the pages of ... Jesus likened the Bible to the seed in the parable of the sower. We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that the seed will produce exactly the same "first century church" every time. We are determined to be simply Christians. We have no ambition to be anything more and we cannot be content to be anything less. ... As is the general rule of conduct, we will give credit where we know who the copyright owner is. For example, a name below or in an image or article, generally indicates the copyright owner. We put www.bible.ca in all our images, not to claim copyright ownership, but to merely control the images removal from our or other sites ... ... https://www.bible.ca/seek-about.htm

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The $200 Text: A Written Debate Concerning the Sabbath ... When this divine miracle takes place in us and we become TRUE followers of Christ and his apostles, then the law is "Written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshy tables of the HEART." 2 Cor. 3 :3. Anti-law Teachers John Wesley, noted founder of the Methodist Church, says: In the highest rank of ... I hereby offer $200 for one Bible text from the Bible -- either the King James (Protestant) Version or the Douay (Catholic) Version -- stating that Sunday -- the first day of the week should be observed by Christians as a day of rest and worship. A text meeting any one of seven specifications below will be sufficient to claim the $200. Signed: David F. Smith Pastor, Seventh-day Adventist Church (I answered specification 7: "One TEXT that states, WHEN, WHERE, and BY WHOM the weekly Sabbath was ABOLISHED.") This, Mr. Smith, is the offer. Where is the statement that "plainly" limits its fulfillment as to date, time, and place? You ought to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sabbath-debate-frost-smith.htm

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Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible! ... Any one of them would have been shocked had he known that his letters would in time be made use of by heretics in an attempt of usurping the place of the authoritative teacher, the Church of Jesus Christ." (The Faith and the Facts, p. 348). "There is in them no evidence whatever to suggest that it was the expectation of the writers that what they had written would one day be gathered together to become a part of the New Testament." (Campaigners for Christ Handbook, p. 162). There is evidence in the Scriptures that the inspired men looked forward to time when the written New Testament would be completed. They looked ahead to a time when the miraculous powers of the Holy Spirit would be done ... God declared that man is equipped for every good work through the Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:16-17). Who has the right to say that man is not equipped for every good work through the Scriptures? Following are quotes from Catholic authorities who claim that the Bible is incomplete and fragmentary: "I find ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-attitude-towards.htm

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Sola Scriptura: All-sufficient: The Bible alone is a blueprint ... Thou hast the Scriptures, he says, in place of me. If thou wouldest learn anything, thou mayest learn it from them. And if he thus wrote to Timothy, who was filled with the Spirit, how much more to us! "Thoroughly furnished unto all good works"; not merely taking part in ... God's whole plan was to start with inspired oral revelation, then part oral, part scripture, and finally when scripture was complete, it became the all-sufficient authority. We do not dispute that oral traditions continued after 100 AD, just that as time moved along, oral tradition by its very nature, became less important. Today oral tradition is utterly worthless since the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches both claim they are the right ... Most celebrate what they call the Lord's Supper no more than once a month, usually only once a quarter. (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 111) Clark Carlton, being Orthodox, teaches baptism by full immersion and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-all-sufficient-blueprint.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries I. THE DOGMA of the Trinity-The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion-the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons the Father the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these three Persons ... Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This the Church teaches is the revelation regarding 'God's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God came upon earth ... Autol.", 11, 15, P. G., VI, 1078). The term may, of course, have been in use before his time. Shortly afterwards it appears in its Latin form of trinitas in Tertullian. ... It is manifest that a dogma so mysterious presupposes a Divine revelation. ... The formulation "one God in three Persons" was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Official creed of the Presbyterian Church the author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God. [6.005] 5. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to an high and reverent esteem [PCUS for] [UPCUSA of] the Holy Scripture; and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty ... the Word in our hearts. [6.006] 6. The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men. ... Nevertheless, there shall be always a Church on earth, to worship God according to his will. [6.145] 6. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only head of the Church, and the claim of any man to be the vicar of Christ and the head of the Church is [PCUS without warrant in fact or in Scripture, even anti-Christian,] ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm

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Lohse, Bernard: A Short History of Christian Doctrine ... Some passages present triadic formulas. They are called "triadic," and not "trinitarian," because they name Father, Son, and Spirit alongside one another without reflecting upon the oneness of God and, hence, do not yet contain a doctrine of the Trinity. (A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Bernard Lohse, 1966, p37-39) When in the year 324 Constantine the Great, after his victory over Licinius, had become ruler also of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, lie found the Eastern church embroiled in bitter controversy. The first emperor to become a Christian, Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology. In the controversy over the doctrine of the Trinity he saw nothing more than unnecessary bickering of theologians, which might best be avoided by eschewing all speculation and by living together in love and harmony. At the same time Constantine was concerned about keeping or restoring ecclesiastical peace. After all, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lohse.htm

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White Estate's suppressions of Ellen G. White's book "Spirit ... Click to View White Estate's suppressions of Ellen G. White's book "Spirit of Prophecy"! This will tell you what they know and why they are afraid to let the truth be known! Click to View We speak the truth in Love! Click to View Suppression And The ... "Truth can well afford careful and honest investigation. We have nothing to be ashamed of in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist church." -- Arthur L. White, Secretary, Ellen G. White Estate, March 31, 1973, Address at Loma Linda, CA. Oh Really??? Ellen G. White, with all other early Seventh-day Adventists, strongly taught that, from October 22, 1844, until the same time in 1851, that there was no salvation for sinners. A few months before this seven years ended, Elder White and his ... "Early Writings," published in 1882, claims to contain all the early writings of Mrs. White, with "not a word omitted." If this claim were true' all of the omitted passages here quoted and referred to would be included. But they are not. Why were they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Spirit-of-Prophecy-supression.htm

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Biblical Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans! This does not mean very much, however, for generally speaking the New Testament is less intent upon setting forth certain doctrines than it is upon proclaiming the kingdom of God, a kingdom that dawns in and with the person of Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, there are in the New Testament the rudiments of a ... There seems to be no precursor of this idea in any significant usage of the numerical concept in the OT, nor may it reasonably be connected with the occurrence of triads of deities in ancient Near Eastern paganism." (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Colin Brown, 1932, God, vol 2, Three, p687, C. J. Hemer) "The Socinian and rationalistic opinion [Jehovah's Witnesses etc.], that the church doctrine of the Trinity sprang from Platonism and Neo-Platonism is therefore radically false. The Indian Trimurti, altogether pantheistic in spirit, is still further from the Christian Trinity" (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church New York: Scribner's, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted So Bacchiocchi desperately needs to establish that the Pope did change the sabbath to Sunday because without this link, White is proven a false prophet. Coupled with the Catholic Church's delight to have a Protestant "prove" that the Catholic church had universal power in 140 A.D. is a "marriage made in heaven"!!! It is interesting that the Seventh-day Adventist church condemns almost every other claim the Roman Catholic church makes, ... If you read my essay HOW DID SUNDAYKEEPING BEGIN? which summarizes my dissertation, you will notice that I place the origin of Sundaykeeping by the time of the Emperor Hadrian, in A. D. 135." Today, Adventist's have contradicted their inspired founder E.G. White who claimed the ... But this parallel comes from the post-Constantinian church when pagan influence on Christian custom was certainly increasing, and we should notice that the church of Rome was not successful in imposing this innovation universally throughout the eastern churches." "We conclude ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions Every time they see the word "tradition" they think it destroys the truth of sola Scriptura. There are a number of serious problems with this view. Scripture is also called tradition in the Bible and by the Church Fathers. Even the "Rule of Faith" Creeds were all based directly on scripture phrase by phrase, and never "oral tradition". Finally, there were liturgical traditions that the Church Fathers said were not found in scripture, but oral tradition alone. Amazingly, the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches practice almost none of this liturgy today, proving false their claim that their current liturgy came from the apostles. Today however, the Roman Catholic church, for example ... Had the apostles taught what the councils said, then they wouldn't have needed the canons! Click to View Roman Catholic and Orthodox "oral tradition" defenders attack the Bible and we defeat them with the sword of the Spirit! Click to View Anti-Sola Scriptura arguments refuted! Click to View Sola ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition.htm

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Johannes Greber: "The New Testament", and "Communication with ... ... translation of Matt 27:52, which is rendered to eliminate the reference to the resurrection of the dead which occurred at the time of the death of Jesus: ) 1976: References to Greber's translation appears several times in the Watchtower, as late as 1976. After 1976 ... The Watchtower has deemed it improper to make use of a translation that has such a close rapport with spiritism (Deuteronomy 18:10-2)." Deception Exposed: Remember, the Watchtower believes that the Holy Spirit communicates with the "governing body" in the production of the Watchtower magazine and the translation process of the NWT. Greber was making the identical claim that JW's make! Prior to the introduction of this New Testament by ... Why would demons try to convince Greber that his beliefs were wrong, and convert him to doctrines containing Jehovah's light and truth, when Greber's beliefs were those of apostate Christendom to begin with? Should you associate with an organization whose teachings agree with ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Greber.htm

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Douglas, J. D. & Bruce F. F.: New Bible Dictionary ... "TRINITY. The word Trinity is not found in the Bible, and, though used by Tertullian in the last decade of the 2nd century, it did not find a place formally in the theology of the Church till the 4th century. It is, however, the distinctive and all comprehensive doctrine of the Christian faith and gathers up into the ... The earliest foreshadowing is contained in the narrative of the creation, where Elohim is seen to create by means of Word and Spirit (Gn. i. 3). Here we are for the first time introduced to the Word put forth as a personal creative power, and to the Spirit as the bringer of life and order to the creation. There is revealed thus early a threefold centre of ... The threefold source revealed in creation became still more evident in the unfolding of redemption. The revelation of redemption was entrusted to the tnal'ak Yahweh, the Messenger of Yahweh, sometimes referred to as the Angel of the covenant. We do not claim that in every Old Testament passage in which it appears the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Douglas.htm

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Official Declaration of beliefs of the church of God, International ... Official Declaration of faith of the Church of God, International Cleveland Tennessee Click to View "The Church of God, with international headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, traces its roots to 1886 in a meeting house located at Barney Creek in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. The Christian Union was organized with eight members. Since that inauspicious start, the Church of God has become an international church with a ... Holiness to be God's standard of living for His people. In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart. In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Ghost In water baptism by immersion. and ... In the Scriptures, the virtues of thrift and simplicity are honored, but the vices of waste and ostentation are solemnly prohibited (Isaiah 55:2; Matthew 6:19-23). The living of a godly and sober life requires the wise and frugal use of our temporal blessings, including time, talent ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-church-of-God-international-cleveland-TN.htm

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A list of inspired and non-inspired books mentioned in the Bible ... God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! A list of inspired and non-inspired books mentioned in the Bible that are not part of our canon. Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page A list of inspired and non-inspired books mentioned in the Bible that are not part of our canon. Introduction: 1. There are quite a few inspired books referenced in the Bible that we do not possess today because the Holy Spirit ... Apostolic Fathers also debated this possibility.) Paul's first letter to Corinth, that predated the present "1 Corinthians"? "I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people" (1 Corinthians 5:9) (This could merely be a reference to the present letter of 1 Corinthians.) IV. Genuine divine books mentioned ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-books-mentioned-bible.htm

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Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture ... Surely their falling down would not count as a "slaying in the spirit" and a spiritual infilling! All the rest of the examples were OUT OF HUMAN FEAR or astonishment, not the Spirit of God. Again, this does not parallel in any way, "slaying in the spirit" in Pentecostal revival meetings where people do not claim to see God, but become twitching zombies! There are no examples in the Bible ANYWHERE that are anything like being "slayed in the ... In fact this is exactly what God warned about in 1 Cor 14:23, "If therefore the whole church should assemble together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?" This statement condemned two or more people speaking in tongues in the church at the same time. How much worse it looks with the common ridiculous spectacle of slaying in the spirit and the uncontrollable jerking movements defended in this tract! Both Edwards and the unbeliever condemns them! 2. It works against the Kingdom of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

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A Critique of NAMI Don Patton Randall Price on Mount Ararat Noah ... A Critique of the Claim by Noah's Ark Ministries International of a Discovery of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat By Randall Price, Ph.D. and Don Patton, Ph.D. 20 November 2010 Introduction to the Critique Noah's Ark Ministries International (NAMI) announced that on October 2009 it had reached the remains of a large wooden structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. The organization has declared 99% certainty that the structure is Noah's Ark and has claimed Turkish academics and the local government ... NAMI has stated that they have been involved with the search for Noah's Ark for seven years. They have discounted the efforts of other researchers because they believe they have not spent sufficient time to establish the trust of locals and because, ... Do you not judge those who are within the church?" (1 Corinthians 5:12). "But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good..." (1 Thessalonians 5:21). If Christians do not critique other Christians, especially those who make ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/NAMI-noahs-ark-discovered-found-made-in-china-fraud/NAMI-noahs-ark-discovered-dr-don-patton-randall-price-made-in-china-fraud-20-nov-2010.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... JW's have shot themselves in the foot so often in the last 75 years, their only escape from absolute ridicule is to claim Doctrinal development like the Catholics! Why did God only start "new light getting brighter" when Charles T Russell proclaimed ... uncreated Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit. But for Jw's the rejection of Catholic doctrinal development, while teaching the identical thing themselves, is typical of the wild contradictions that exist within Watchtower theology and in the end is utterly hypocritical! The "slight of hand" tactics of Jehovah's Witnesses. This slight of hand tactic is missed by most first time readers (and all JW's) of their book of deceptions, it is quite obvious to the true students of the Bible. ... We do not defend the developed Nicene concept of the trinity. The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, and it was, in particular, its faith in the deity of Christ, and the necessity to defend it, that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... Those who must believe the unbelievable, who must claim to see the unseeable, and who must spend their lives clutching at the unobtainable will always try to give their "vision" of the unreal to others by applying authority and force. One of the divines expresses it well: Recently many rumors have been coming to me as well as to your fellow elders.... If my memory serves me well, I do not believe you have attended any of my eleven o'clock services since September during which time I have addressed myself to all the controversial subjects that appear to be surfacing in our denomination. The most dangerous result I see from the many divergent discussions in the church today, has to do with what I call the Cheap Gospel.". . We must trust in ... Clearly this supersalesmam of the system would like to share a member's success and financial investments and would like to restrict the obvious freedom of spirit of that member-in short, to control him. Such attitudes are not limited to those who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH12-incidents.htm

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pre-earthquakes-history-data ... This is because of the comparatively scanty and incomplete information available from earlier centuries. Historical sources become more and more sparse the farther back in time we go. Even of modern records, seismologist A. W Lee in 1939 wrote: The statistics are complete enough to give a fair representation of the ... Do we have any indication that the "major" (7.0 and more in magnitude) and "great" (8.0 and more) earthquakes have increased in number and magnitude during the period it has been possible to measure them instrumentally, that is, since the end of the last century onward? If we were to believe a recent claim by the Worldwide Church of God, an ... In 1971, for example, seismologist N. N. Ambraseys at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, reported that he had identified about 2,200 "larger shocks" in the Eastern Mediterranean alone between A.D. 10 and 1699. Having started a fresh and painstaking examination of contemporary source material and recent ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-earthquakes-history-data.htm

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Major errors of Pentecostalism They claim their teachings come by direct revelation knowledge from God and are not subject to human scrutiny. 6. WORLDLY/HUMANISTIC THEOLOGY- WOF presents a distorted vision of God and the Christian life. God is the supplier of financial prosperity, health, and victory when the believer uses ... Too much of an emphasis on the Spirit runs the risk of planting seeds for a renewed modalism, i.e., the idea that we do not serve a Trinity, but one God who has worn 3 masks: the Father in the Old Testament, the Son while Jesus was on earth, and now the mask of the Holy Spirit. Modalism, which is the prominent feature of United Pentecostalism, has soundly been condemned throughout Church history (and by ... To determine an emphasis, ask yourself, "How often is topic X discussed or /promoted?" "How much time in a service is devoted to X?" If something like "going down" is either discussed frequently or a significant aspect of a service, then it is emphasized. 9. IS THERE AN AIR OF PROPHETIC ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-pentecostal-errors.htm

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Death of the Anti-Black Doctrine, Salt Lake City Messenger, December ... ... until after that time... this will not happen until after the thousand years of Christ's reign on earth.... "The second major stipulation that needs to be met.. is the requirement that Abel's seed receive the opportunity of holding the Priesthood first." (The Church and the Negro, 1967, pp. 45-48) Because Church leaders stressed for over a hundred years that blacks would never be able to hold the Priesthood DURING MORTALITY, the Mormon people were surprised when they learned of the death of the anti-black doctrine. They were aware of the fact that the change tended to undermine the concept that they were led by a "living prophet" who could not yield to the pressures of the world. Even though most Mormons claim they are happy with ... he did to Peter many years ago, that 'GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS' (Acts 10:34). To accept the anti-Negro doctrine is to deny the spirit of revelation. If we allow others to do our thinking on this vital issue it could lead to violence or bloodshed. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-blacks-racism.htm

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4 Competing Views of Church Organization ... Such a view is as purely mythical as the Muslim view that Jesus was a Muslim and Abraham sacrificed Ishmael instead of Isaac. The Greek Orthodox position: Orthodox believers object to Rome's claim of universal authority because it is contrary to the recorded history of the Ecumenical councils. The very first council at Nicea ... to accept, for they see the decisions of the Ecumenical councils as being inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit. Therefore it is like changing the Bible itself. 2. That there was a three stage evolution of church government first, with the simple Biblical arrangement of autonomous local churches, then the trends towards centralization at produced the Patriarchal system of the 4th and 5th centuries and finally the Papal monarchy. Orthodox believers want the "god directed evolution" to stop in the 5th century. Of course the Orthodox position of flawed in its very foundation, by rejecting the Biblical pattern as God's final purpose for the church for all time. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-perspective.htm

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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... the belief of God suffered corruption, but it is equally certain that during the life of the apostles their teaching on this great article did not suffer at all;" (III: 286) 2. "The historians and theologians of the early church unanimously maintained that tongues ceased to exist after the time of the apostles. ... They were the first to receive the promise/gift of the Holy Spirit d. They were preeminent over the church in authority. e. They had the unique authority (not power) to transmit gifts to non-apostle Christians. f. When the last apostle died (John about 100 AD) it was impossible to transmit spiritual gifts and they eventually died out. 4. Spiritual gifts went extinct around AD 100. a. The Montanus heresy of AD 140 proves spiritual gifts were extinct then and so also today. 5. When someone claims to be an apostle today ask them to perform "The sign of an apostle" 2 Cor 12:12 could be one of three things: a. Only a true apostle could claim to be an apostle and perform a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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