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Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!! ... Not until 757 AD did the church accept sprinkling in such sick-bed cases of necessity. It wasn't until 1311 AD, when the Catholic council of Ravenna, declared that sprinkling was and acceptable substitute for immersion and from that time forward sprinkling replaced immersion in the Roman Catholic church. The Orthodox church refused sprinkling and still immerses to this day. Click to View Question #1: Was Jesus baptized by full immersion in the Jordan River? Answer: Matthew 3:16 o YES NO o "After being ... Answer: Matthew 18:2-3 o YES NO o "And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:2-3 14. Every Christian can understand the Bible by merely read it. FACT: Catholics are taught that only the priests can understand the Bible and the common man in the pew cannot understand the Bible without the priests help. Click to View Question #1: Do ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-overview-false-teaching.htm

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Official creed of the Wesleyan Church Wesleyan Beliefs The Wesleyan Church is an evangelical, Protestant, holiness denomination organized to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. The technical name for our church's theological heritage is Arminian-Wesleyan. This refers to the teachings of James Arminius and ... He also taught about the entire sanctification of believers by which their hearts are made perfect in love for God and other persons. Wesleyans are convinced that the Bible is God's written Word and the final authority for all Christian beliefs and practices. Therefore, our statements of faith, which we call "Articles of Religion," seek to express only what the Bible teaches, as those teachings have been understood by the Church as a whole in its official assemblies. The Discipline, the book containing the constitution and bylaws of The Wesleyan Church, includes twenty-one "Articles of Religion." Each has its own brief list of supporting Scripture passages. Chapter IV The Constitution Of The North American General ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-wesleyan.htm

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The $200 Text: A Written Debate Concerning the Sabbath Affirms: David F. Smith (Seventh-day Adventist) Denies: Gene Frost (Christian) Click to View How it all began! Mr. Smith places an ad in the newspaper to which Mr Frost replies. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Wednesday, December 14, 1949 $200 FOR ONE TEXT 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 the 7 specifications below will be sufficient to claim the $200. SIGNED: DAVID F. SMITH, Pastor Seventh-day Adventist Church 1. ONE TEXT stating that SUNDAY is the SABBATH or the Lord's day. 2. ONE TEXT that says the WEEKLY ... There is no prohibition against eating pork in the ten commandments. The doctrine of abstaining from meat today is of the devil. (1 Tim. 4:1-4) 2. That the Seventh-day Adventist Church denomination is not in the Bible. 3. That they are "deceitful ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sabbath-debate-frost-smith.htm

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Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon ... Are we not forced by the evidence to interpret the discussion in the early church about the authenticity of certain biblical writings as a reaction to an already published book? From this perspective, the same documented debates that are usually evaluated to demonstrate a gradual growth process of the canon serve instead as proof that the Canonical Edition of the Christian Bible was finished, published, and widely used. (The first edition of the New Testament, David Trobisch, 2000, p ... However, Harnack differed at a decisive point from Zahn by sharply distinguishing between the public reading from a Pauline collection and the formal recognition of the corpus' canonicity." (The New Testament as canon, Brevard S. Childs, 1984, p 422) III. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue: 1. False claims by Catholic and Orthodox church leaders like James Bernstein: "The second big surprise came when I realized that the first complete listing of New Testament books as we have them today did ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-earliest-evidence.htm

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Lesson 23: The Lord's Church Other names honor and glorify John the Baptist, Martin Luther, the day of Penticost, the apostles, Rome, Antioch, Nazareth, the Greeks, the Russians, the methodical way of doing things, Christians, the free will, being primitive, southern, missionary, general, the seventh day, science, catholic, the advent, and the list goes on and on. Even by their names they do not claim to be Christ's one church. Why can't we give the glory and honor to God and Christ where the honor belongs? Today we hear the sincere but mistaken plea to "attend the church of your choice." Why not attend the church of God's choice, the church of Christ, the only one that Jesus "purchased with His own blood" (Acts 20:28). Christ did not shed His blood to purchase any denomination nor did He purchase a group of denominations. The word denomination means a fraction or part of a whole. The Lord's church is not a fraction or a part of anything. It is complete within itself. Any church claiming to be the only church ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-23-lords-church.htm

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Moral failures of Modern Pentecostal preachers ... Hickey, Marilyn Faith healer Word of Faith teacher - shameless use of charismatic trinkets (blessed cornmeal, oils, cloths, seeds, coins, etc.). Jenkins, Leroy Televangelist convicted felon for arson & assault. Jones, Bob Prophet Was one of the main "prophets" of the Kansas City Fellowship (The other being Mike Bickel). Despite being discredited in a sexual misconduct scandal in 1991 (Minister removed after confession of sexual misconduct, Olathe Daily News, 11/31/91), Bob Jones remains a "prophet" within the Vineyard. Jordan, Bernard Prophet, Bishop lover of money Khulman, Kathryn Divine healer, Evangelist, Pastor adultery, divorce McPhearson, Aimee S. Pastor, Evangelist She is controversial because she faked her own kidnapping in order to carry on an adulterous affair in 1926. During the outcry against her over this affair she incorporated The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, which later grew into a large Pentecostal denomination. The Foursquare denomination exists ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-pentecostal-preachers-immoral.htm

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Scripture contains a pattern that must to be followed. ... the scriptures belong to the catholic Christians (ch. 15; 19). He charged Valentinus with tampering with the scriptures "by his different expositions and acknowledged emendations" (Praescr. 30). The gnostic controversy made imperative a clarification of what writings accurately expressed apostolic teaching and apostolic authority. Against the secret tradition claimed by certain gnostic Christians, Irenaeus appealed to the public teaching of the churches. This included the teaching of the scriptures, as can be seen by Irenaeus's refutation in Books 3-5 of Adversus haereses. Irenaeus is recognized as the first orthodox Christian author whose works argue from ... we have such proofs, it is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth: so that every man, whosoever will, can draw from her the water of life. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scripture-pattern.htm

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The canon of the Bible: A conservative, bible believing perspective ... The Canon of the Bible A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! A conservative, bible believing perspective! 1. 100AD: All 27 books of the New Testament ... II. Canon of the Old Testament: 1. Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? 2. A list of Old Testament books quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers 3. The Old Testament Canon: The council of Jamnia 4. List of books in the Christian Bible, Roman Catholic Bible, Greek Orthodox Bible III. Refuting the claims of Roman Catholics and Orthodox: 1. Questions for Roman Catholics and Orthodox 2. Scripture contains a pattern that must to be followed. 3. Scriptures were more important than tradition to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/canon.htm

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Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture Jerking, shaking uncontrollable laughter proven from the Bible? A leading Pentecostal tries to explain and defend from the Bible the wild manifestations seen in their assemblies and revivals! A refutation of the tract called, "What's Going On? An Extraordinary Visitation of God!" By Dr. Shirley A. Elenbaas of White Horse Christian Center. This tract was picked up in February 98 in the "Toronto Blessing" tract rack! But first note these quotations: John Wimber actually said: "There's nothing in Scripture that supports these kinds of phenomena that I can see, and I can't think of anything throughout the church age that would,' Wimber writes. 'So I feel no obligation to try to explain it. It's just phenomena. It's just ... We take note that this is highly selective list that omits all the occult "Christian groups" like the Shakers of the 1700's. Such an appeal to history is in fact totally un-authoritative. The Roman Catholic church makes exactly the same appeal to history to substantiate ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

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The Roman Catholic view of Marriage is flawed, incomplete and ... B. The Bible has three purposes of Marriage: Offspring: "be fruitful and multiply" (Gen 1:28) Companionship: "It is not good for the man to be alone" (Gen 2: 18) Sexual satisfaction independent of the desire for children: "because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife", "it is better to marry than to burn with ... But the Roman Catholic view of marriage cannot allow for this great advice. In short, it is a sin for one either partner to withhold sex when requested. This underscores the fact that the Roman Catholic church is wrong when they refuse to include "satisfaction of sexual appetite" as the third purpose of marriage. II. Guilt: Rather than ... Most of the sexual abuse problems within the Catholic church could have been prevented if they had not adopted the false doctrine that church leaders cannot be married. Orthodox leaders have always been allowed to be married and the statistical facts speak for themselves: Sex abuse scandals are dramatically reduced when church ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-marriage-birth-control-celibacy.htm

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Other False Doctrines that originated from inherited sin commit a mortal sin." (Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Pg 264) "We (Catholics) promised through our Godparents in baptism to renounce the devil and to live according the teachings of Christ and His church." (Catechism of Christian Doctrine) A "Dedication ceremony" is where the child is dedicated to God through the parents. ... Most churches practice infant baptism in order to remove inherited depravity, the guilt of Adam's sin and most importantly to change their eternal destiny from hell to heaven. The Catholic and Lutheran church openly teaches that newborns that die without being baptized will go to hell. Imagine two newborns, one day old, lying in incubators. One ... Baptism was always performed by total immersion not sprinkling or pouring: Acts 8:36-38 Baptism only for penitent believers, never infants: Acts 8:37; Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38 Infant baptism or sprinkling was not practiced before 200AD A note about Pentecostal, Christian & Missionary Alliance, AGC: They correctly do not practice ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-spawned-false.htm

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sola-scriptura-oral-written-final Notice that at the end of the process, the Christian, "of himself" (using his own powers of interpretation) believes the scriptures. Notice that Clement calls "slothful" those who do not put the work into interpreting the Bible for themselves! These false teachers just carelessly grab anything they can find to support their doctrines without doing a proper and though study. Again this sounds real "Catholic" or "Orthodox" because they are lazy and want the priest to simply tell them what the Bible says, rather than doing the work and studying the scriptures for themselves! "From this, therefore, do we draw up our rule. Since the Lord Jesus Christ sent ... The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches have changed the original meaning of "viva voce" from the words spoken by inspired apostles, to whatever the current practice and dogma of the church is today. Here is proof: "But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It is a treason because it rejects the Divine voice of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-oral-written-final.htm

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Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries To quote a Unitarian theologian, as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! Lamson, Alvan: The Church of the First Three Centuries Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "Summing up the historical evidence, Alvan Lamson says in The Church of the First Three Centuries: "The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity . . . derives no support from the language of Justin [Martyr]: and this observation may be extended to all the ante-Nicene Fathers; that is, to all Christian ... This is an example of self quoting! Unitarians quote the Watchtower and the watchtower quotes the Unitarians. For Arians (Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians & United Pentecostal Church International: UPCI) to quote a Unitarian theologian, Alvan Lamson as an authority to prove the pagan origin of Trinity, is about as trustworthy and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Lamson.htm

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Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods This paper will show that there is nothing sinful for Christians to eat genetically modified foods and will explore what the Bible says, and what the earliest post-biblical church said about it. In the twenty-first century, we are surrounded by disparate groups that forbid certain kinds of food on moral or religious grounds. Orthodox Jews abhor pork and shellfish, Muslims only pork. Some people, reputed Christians, seek to impose a vegetarian diet on all who claim the name of Jesus, while a number of other people teach that it is essential to the Christian faith to follow no more than the Jewish dietary laws. Nor is it only believers who hold certain kinds of food to be gravely ... By David W. T. Brattston Box 1599 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia B0J 2C0 First North American serial rights: 2,846 words without endnotes; 3,277 words including endnotes Telephone (902) 634-8473 Click Your Choice Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm

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Official creed of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Within the universal church we receive the gift of ministry and the light of scripture. In the bonds of Christian faith we yield ourselves to God that we may serve the One whose kingdom has no end. Blessing, glory and honor be to God forever. Amen." Where are they today? Originally part of the Restoration Movement (begun by Thomas and Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone and others), the Disciples of Christ adopted a denominational structure and created Christian Missionary Fellowship in the late 1800s, thus "abandoning" the "non-denominational" principle of the Movement. In recent years (1970s following), the Disciples of Christ denomination has sought to broaden its "liberality" and has endorsed the following anti-Biblical positions: ordained women ministers ordained women elders denied the requirement of immersion for salvation as essential to salvation, as they did when they were first founded. participated in unity discussions with the Roman Catholic church, apparently ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Disciples-C.htm

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Catholicism's SHOCKING attitude toward the Bible! If Christ had intended His religion to be propagated and preserved by means of a book, can any conceivable reason be urged why He should not have written one? Of His ability to do so there can, for the Christian, be no question." (Plain Facts for Fair Minds, p. 26). "Is it not strange that if Christianity were to be learned from ... The written words of the New Testament were not the product of mere chance, but were divinely purposed and planned. Click to View 2. Not Intended To Be Circulated. We mention again that present day Catholic officials would like people to believe that the Catholic Church loves and respects the Bible as ordained of God. However, in ... "Of all the advice that we can offer your holiness we must open your eyes well and use all possible force in the matter, namely to permit the reading of the gospel as little as possible in all the countries under your jurisdiction. Let the very little part of the gospel suffice which is usually read in mass, and let no one be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-attitude-towards.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity ... with a wealth of scriptural quotation. ... take up directly and immediately the Biblical revelation and to postpone any explicitly consideration of the dogma to the very end. (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965, Trinity, p304) It was the custom in former times for theologians to blend their own speculations and those of others with the statement of the Bible doctrine. ... correct interpretation of Scripture." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 106) The NT does not approach the metaphysical problem of subordination, as it approaches no metaphysical problem. It offers no room for a statement of the relations of Father, Son, and Spirit which would imply that one of them is more or less properly on the divine level of being than another. (Dictionary of the Bible, John L. McKenzie, Trinity, p899) "Because the Trinity is such an important part of later Christian doctrine, it is striking that the term does not appear in the New Testament. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible! ... In fact, it can be shown that the New Testament books were gathered into one volume and were in circulation long before the Catholic Church claims to have taken its action in 390 at the council of Hippo. In the following we list some of the catalogues of the books of the Bible which are given by early Christian writers. 326. Athanasius, bishop at Alexandria, mentions all of the New Testament books. ... Scholars are certain that this manuscript was made early in the fourth century, not later than 350 A.D. This manuscript found by a German scholar named, Tishendorf, who was a Protestant, and this manuscript which is the most complete of all has never been in the hands of the Roman Catholic Church. Another valuable manuscript that has never been possessed by the Roman Catholic Church is the Codex Alexandrianus. It, too, is now on exhibit in the manuscript room of the British Museum in London. It was a gift from the Patriarch of Constantinople (of the Greek Orthodox Church) to Charles I in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm

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Modalism refuted: UPCI's Sixty Questions On The Godhead refuted ... The author of the questions seems unaware that the words Lord, LORD, God, GOD are translated from various Hebrew and Greek words. When LORD and GOD appear in the King James Version they translate the Hebrew word Yahweh (or the contraction Jah) which the American Standard Version renders Jehovah. The plural Hebrew word Eloheem is ... Notice that these "60 Questions" are in fact in the form of a Catechism. (UPC raises a question then provides an immediate answer) The 60 questions of the United Pentecostal church (UPC) in red. The UPC then provides their own answer to their own question. Bible Answer/refutation to the UPC position are below each question/answer in ... Thayer defines the word translated "godliness" as meaning: "reverence, respect;" and comments, 1. "in the Bible everywhere piety toward God," 2. the mystery which is held by godliness and nourishes it, 1 Tim. 3:16;". UPC Question #8. "Has the Christian only one Heavenly Father? Yes, Matthew 23:9" The Christian also has only one ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism-UPC-60-questions-godhead.htm

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Welcome to the Hamilton church of Christ, in Ontario Canada ... We have no one to answer to but Christ. He is the head of the church which leaves no room for any human head. As was true in the first century, so also there is no inter-congregational organization, but rather independent congregations in different locations with Christ as Lord and Master. Whereas denominations have a human creed or catechism to enforce unity, ... It is our desire to wear no other name than Christ's and to be known simply as Christians, members of the body of Christ. We are people of a restoration spirit who want to restore, in our time, the original New Testament church. While each denomination creates their own unique blueprint (human creeds and statements of faith) we call upon all to honor God's original blueprint found in the Bible. We emphasize that going back to the Bible does not mean the establishing of another denomination, but rather a return and restoration to the original church of the Bible. You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/churches/hamilton-church-of-christ.htm

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About who we are! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca ... These three terms are synonymous and refer to a single office in each local church. Click here for more. As was true in the first century, so also there is no inter-congregational organization, but rather independent congregations in different locations with Christ as Lord and Master. Our local churches are organized autonomously. Whereas denominations have a ... It is our desire to wear no other name than Christ's and to be known simply as Christians, members of the body of Christ. We are people of a restoration spirit who want to restore, in our time, the original New Testament church. While each denomination creates their own unique blueprint (human creeds and statements of faith) we call upon all to honor God's original blueprint found in the Bible. We emphasize that going back to the Bible does not mean the establishing of another denomination, but rather a return and restoration to the original church of the Bible. You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/seek-about.htm

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Pentecostalism: Worshipping God with your mind in neutral! ... In that state a person supposedly had capacity to see and understand things that only the eyes of the spirit can behold. (For further information on tongues speaking and ecstasies in the pagan world, see the Encyclopedia Britannica articles "Mystery Religions," "Mysteries," "Religions of Primitive People," and "Gift of Tongues." See also A. R. Hay, "Counterfeit Speaking in Tongues" in What is Wrong in the Church? Vol. 2 (Audubon, N.1.: New Testament Missionary Union, n.d.), 15-53.) Testimonies by Pentecostal-charismatic believers describe exactly ... Click to View "You really cannot understand what God is doing in these meetings with an analytical mind," he said. "It's not a move of man, it's a move of God. The mind is never going to understand what God's doing....The only way you're going to understand what God's doing is with your heart." ("An Evening with Rodney Howard-Browne" (from the Newswatch column of the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1995, page 43, by Julia Duin) and (Holy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neutral-mind.htm

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Johannes Greber: "The New Testament", and "Communication with ... ... Johannes Greber was a Catholic priest in Germany in the 1920's. In 1923, he was invited by one of his parishioners to a prayer meeting. Greber describes what he encountered there: "Scarcely was the prayer ended when the boy fell over forward with a slump and an exhalation of breath so suddenly that I was startled...After a few seconds he was pushed upright in a series of jerks as though by an invisible hand, and remained sitting with his eyes closed." (Johannes Greber, "Communication with the Spirit World of God--Its Laws and Purpose.) We want to draw your attention to the fact that what happened to Greber is common among "Christian/Pentecostal" and occult ... The Society accurately depicts the Bible's condemnation of such communication with spirits as contact with demons. Secondly, keep in mind that Greber was originally a Roman Catholic priest, and therefore held beliefs in harmony with those taught by all the major orthodox denominations of Christendom--beliefs which the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Greber.htm

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When the Bible was first viewed as having both an "Old and New ... ... taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. I. Comments by Scholars: "The term New Testament, as it is used in second-century Christian literature, may very well refer to the Canonical Edition. ... Cyprian a few years later used the terminology of "old and new," without the word "covenant," in reference to the scriptures: "As you examine more fully the scriptures, old and new, and read through the complete volumes of the spiritual books"" (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Everett Ferguson, Factors Leading to the Selection and Closure of the New Testament Canon, p 308, 2002) II. Roman Catholic and Orthodox get Marcion wrong: Father James Bernstein, an Orthodox church leader wrote: "It is not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-old-and-new-testament.htm

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Norton, Andrews: A Statement of reasons for not believing the ... and believable as quoting the a Catholic Bishop to prove that Peter was the first Pope! Norton, Andrews: A Statement of reasons for not believing the doctrines of the Trinitarians concerning the nature of God and the person of Christ Click to View "In the book A Statement of Reasons, Andrews Norton says of the Trinity: 'We can trace the history of this doctrine, and discover its source, not in the Christian revelation, but in the Platonic philosophy . . . The Trinity is not a doctrine of Christ and his Apostles, but a fiction of the school of the later Platonists.'" (A Statement of Reasons, Andrews Norton, 1872, Fifth edition, American Unitarian Association, Boston, MA, p 94, 104., as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, ... who knew him in the fulness of his fine powers" (A Statement of Reasons, Andrews Norton, 1872, Fifth edition, American Unitarian Association, Boston, MA) p ix, biographical notice) That Norton is the leader of an Anti-trinitarian "Unitarian" church. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Norton.htm

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Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston ... Tertullian probably wrote On Idolatry in his earlier, "catholic" period, when he was a member of the mainline or "Great Church", between AD 198 and the 220s. In Chapter 14, after noting of Christians that "by us, to whom Sabbaths are strange" and mentioning "the Lord's day", Tertullian wrote that it was already well-known by pagans that Christians "have a festive day every eighth day". Tertullian had been a prominent lawyer in the City of Rome before converting and being ordained in Tunisia, where he became the founder of Latin Christian literature. Compiled in Syria, The Didascalia is a long comprehensive manual for church practice from the first three decades of the third century. In contrast to Jewish Sabbath ... The only exception, a Christian listing or summary that included the Sabbath, was Tertullian's On Modesty 5. This was in a violent attack against the orthodox, mainstream, church after he had joined a narrow, rigorous, sect. Jesus Himself was notorious to the scribes and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm

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Creeds: The ancient "rule of faith" (regula fidei) was not a ... Most members of the churches of Christ, have never even heard about Alexander Campbell, much less ever quote him as doctrinal authority. Whereas each local Reform church follows the creed written by a single man 500 years ago, each local church of Christ collectively interprets scripture and has a high degree of doctrinal unity ... This rule, as it will be proved, was taught by Christ, and raises amongst ourselves no other questions than those which heresies introduce, and which make men heretics." (Tertullian, the Prescription Against Heretics, Chapter XIII) Click to View The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches love to quote (Tertullian, the Prescription Against ... From what and through whom, and when, and to whom, has been handed down that rule, by which men become Christians?" For wherever it shall be manifest that the true Christian rule and faith shall be, there will likewise be the true Scriptures and expositions thereof, and all the Christian traditions. (Tertullian, The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-creeds-rule-of-faith-regula-fidei.htm

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Great Bible Doctrines! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca ... Why We Must Obey God's Silence: Acts 15 God's Road map on how to determine doctrine from the Bible 1. The doctrinal dispute in Acts 15 2. Examining the four argumentation methods 3. Generic and specific authority 4. A critical lesson from the US Constitution! 5. A critical lesson from the driver's handbook! 6. Gifts of benevolence from the church treasury: The Bible Pattern If you drove your car the way you interpret the Bible, would you be arrested? Click to View Test yourself: What does this traffic sign mean? (click on one to be scored) (a) Left turn only, all other directions forbidden. (b) Left turn permitted, all other directions OK. (c) Left turn preferred, all other directions OK. Various Bible topics: 1. The Bible rejects any concept of reincarnation 2. A Christian Analysis of Reincarnation in Contemporary American Society 3. The 7 Promises Of God to Man 4. Is Doctrine Important? 5. What is the true Bible "Christmas" story of the birth of Jesus? (separating fact from Catholic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexdoctrine.htm

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Bible Prophecy Fulfilled ... Since the silence of God was broken by commanding the Gentiles to be circumcised, even though circumcision was an Old Testament covenantal requirement. The Jews had mistakenly inferred the Gentiles must also be circumcised, but this kind of inference was common among first century Jewish and Christian thought. The Jerusalem conference was to determine one thing: Do the Gentiles need to be circumcised to be saved or not? When the Gentiles ... Both were commanded in the Old Testament, but God is silent on both in the New Testament. All nine times Christians are commanded to "sing" not play instruments. Instrumental music was banned in all first century Jewish synagogues and the Orthodox church has practiced acappella worship without instruments from Pentecost down to the present. The Roman Catholic church introduced instrumental music in AD 790 in one church, which let to the churches severing into two different communions of fellowship in AD 1054. All the great church reformers opposed ... ... https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/welcome.htm

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Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ... ... For the union with the body of the Church is of such importance that the sacraments of the Church are helpful to salvation only for those remaining in it; and fasts, almsgiving, other works of piety, and the exercise of Christian warfare bear eternal rewards for them alone. And no one can be saved, no matter how much alms he has given, even if he sheds his blood for the name of Christ, unless he remains in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church." (Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, 1438-45, From the Bull "Cantate Domino", February 4, 1441 (Florentine style) Decree for the Jacobites, Denz. 165.) The ... "It is shown also that it is necessary for salvation to be subject to the Roman Pontiff." (Opuscula Theologica, Vol. I, Part 2, Chap. 36, Edited by Fr. Raymond A. Verardo, O.P., Marietta, Turin, 1954, p. 344.) The American Bishops in their Collective Pastoral Letter: "Jesus lives undiminished only in that Church which has written and preached the Scriptures; in that Church which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-one-true-church.htm

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Freewill Weekly Collections for Benevolence In Synagogues: First ... ... Anything we do that we have have no Bible authority for, is a sin. 2. "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'" (Matthew 25:40) a. Not a single non-Christian is included as recipients where Jesus holds us accountable. b. Liberals wanting to build secular schools, buy food and clothing in needy African countries with church treasury funds shockingly use this verse as a proof text that Christians must help non-Christians. 3. John 6 and the feeding of the ... Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church 17. Organization of Synagogues: Elders, officials, attendants, Independent, autonomous 18. Attendance: Weekly Sabbath Assemblies in Synagogues absent from Tanakh 19. Public Bible readings: Preaching and Teaching In Synagogues 20. Greek ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Freewill-Weekly-Collection-ancient-Synagogue-money-Benevolence-First-fruit-gold-Jerusalem-widow-orphan-Jews-Christians-only-Church-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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The Canon of Marcion the heretic ... IV. Marcion's canon was much less than what was already accepted as scripture by Christians in general. Marcion's concern was to exclude books that he disapproved of from his "canon." He was not assembling a collection of Christian books, but making a (very restricted) selection from the corpus of texts which already existed and which must already have been recognized as sacred by many in the church-otherwise he would not have needed to insist on ... Paul "spoiled" the novelty of this theme by continuing to quote the Old Testament as though it were authoritative for Christians, and Marcion accordingly had to expurgate even the Pauline letters that he retained. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; John Barton, Marcion Revisited, p 351, 2002) V. Roman Catholic and Orthodox get Marcion wrong: 1. Father James Bernstein, an Orthodox church leader wrote: a. "The first person on record who tried to establish a New Testament canon was the second-century ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-canon-of-marcion.htm

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Acceptance of the "disputed" NT books: Hebrews, 2 Peter, James ... that might be called the 'fringe,' but there was very little disagreement over what was at the core of the matter...The division of opinion...was not over the core, but over the 'fringe.'" (The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, Lee M. MacDonald, 1995, p 132) It is interesting Song of Solomon was never quoted by Philo. ... Athanasius of Alexandria (A.D. 367). In the West, the New Testament canon was not settled until the Council of Carthage in A.D. 397." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 97) The circumstances around each book are different. Here is a discussion on each: Hebrews: 1. P46, Chester ... James is quoted by Origen many times in his Commentary on John (19.61) 2. "The Alexandrian Church is the only one which, as far as the sources enable us to determine, can be proved always to have included James in the Canon along with a number of other Catholic Epistles on a basis of equal authority with the rest. In the case of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-disputed-books.htm

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Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His ... By quoting one book from the collection, it verifies the entire collection. None of the apocryphal books were ever quoted in the New Testament. Not even once! This proves the Catholic and Orthodox apologists wrong when they try to defend the apocrypha in the Bible. I. What books were in each of the three collections: The Law (Torah) - ... The Hebrew and the Septuagint read "heal." The criterion of dissimilarity argues for the authenticity of this strange saying, for the tendencies in both Jewish-'' and Christian 21 circles were to understand this Isaianic passage in a way significantly different from the way it appears to be understood in the Markan tradition. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-jesus-favored-old-testament-textual-manuscript.htm

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Introduction to the history of psychiatry ... physicians played essentially no role in the certification process itself." (Diagnosis, Guardianship, and Residential Care of the Mentally Ill in Medieval and Early Modern England, Richard Neugebauer, American Journal of Psychiatry Dec 1989 AD) Not only did doctors have no role in confining the insane, they did not treat them. ... idiots, and eccentrics, but also rejected wives, deflowered daughters, and spendthrift sons were thus rendered harmless and virtually invisible." (Madmen and the Bourgeoisie, Klaus Doerner, 1969 AD, p 14) For almost 1000 years, the "dark ages" were dominated by the Roman Catholic church controlling the world and every aspect of society. ... The Church was the historic foundation of the support of the poor. Henry destroyed this welfare network of 15,000 local churches [parishes] that were already caring for their poor out of Christian obligation and suddenly the poor had no support at all. Queen Elizabeth was forced to make the state care for the poor through ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-introduction.htm

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The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! ... Thus, if Catholics are to sustain their doctrine that the authority of the apostles was transmitted to authorized successors, they must produce the passages which openly and plainly reveal it. This they have not done. Please notice the following from a Catholic source: "...The Christian faith has been taught, and was intended by ... Another Catholic writer quotes the same passage and asserts that Jesus was teaching that the church would never teach error. Please note the following: "Why can't the Catholic Church ever teach error? Because Jesus promised to be always with His church to protect it from error. 'Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations...teaching ... In the Catholic Rheims Version, Acts 14:23 is translated, "And when they had ordained to them priests in every church..." All reputable Versions of the Scriptures, the King James, New King James, American Standard, New American Standard, etc., render this verse, "And when they had ordained elders in every church..." The word ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm

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Rylands, John: Bulletin of The John Rylands Library ... The first will speak of the need for a reappraisal of the traditional interpretation of New Testament Christology; the second will deal with evidence requiring special attention in any reappraisal of New Testament Christology. Section 1: Aloys Grillmeier's valuable book entitled Christ in Christian Tradition (1965) has an epilogue headed " Chalcedon--End or Beginning? " Hem this learned Roman Catholic scholar reminds us that, react as we will to the Christological disputations which agitated the church from the Council of Nicaea to that of Chalcedon, the Fathers certainly " intended to preserve ... And if it is asked why a reappraisal of Christological doctrine is urgent today, I would give at least four reasons. (1) First, is it not a pressing apologetic and catechetical need? Put more precisely, do we not find the orthodox doctrine of the person of Christ a source of much perplexity to inquiring non-Christians and to many a Christian believer under instruction ? " True God from true ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Rylands.htm

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Bible Authority: Generic & Specific plus 4 methods of authority ... ... I. The Doctrinal Dispute In Acts 15: Circumcision = Saved? A. Acts15 serves as a model or blueprint for determining the truth on doctrinal teachings. 1. The Apostles, elders & whole church (multitude) were involved: 15:6,12,22 2. Four different arguments were made to prove that circumcision was not necessary: a) ... Yet today we have the same type of disputes over the exact same subject of "how to be saved": What Must I do to Be saved? Jewish Christians in 50 AD Circumcised according to Moses: Acts15:2 Lutheran, Catholic, Anglican Infant Baptism + Confirmation United Pentecostal Believe, baptized + speak in tongues TV Evangelists Place hand on TV set & give lots of $ United Be a ... circumcism: Gal 2:1 b) Paul's knockout punch could have been asking Titus to stand up from within the audience as an example of a living uncircumcised Christian approved of God: Gal 2:3 C. DIRECT BIBLICAL STATEMENT: ACTS15:13-21 James quoted Bible verse to prove 1. This is the most common type of Biblical ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-authority-acts-15-silence.htm

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Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca Historical documentation of what early Christians believed 8. The Origin of Synagogues as a model for the Christian church 9. Septuagint and Bible manuscript variants in the Old Testament 10. Nimrod and the Archology of the Tower of Babel 11. Archeology: Digging up Bible stories! 12. The Exodus Route 13. Bible ... Using the Bible only rather than human traditions: 1. Start here: Introduction and Overview to Sola Scriptura 2. Sola Scriptura debates between Christians vs. Orthodox/Catholics 3. The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions 4. Irrefutable questions that anti-sola Scriptura defenders can't answer 5. Creeds violate sola Scriptura because they compete with the ... First day Worship 10. The 10 commandments are Abolished Today 11. The Sabbath was abolished when nailed to the Cross: Col 2:14 12. 10 Commandments for Sabbatarians! 13. "Ellen G. White the Plagiarist" Website! 14. Controversy within the Seventh-day Adventist church (SDA) False doctrines of the Roman Catholic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/

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tongues-benny-hinn-ministries-fake-fraud-miracles-healing-prayer Although the secular media is anti-Christian and very hostile to Christianity in general, we as God fearing, Bible believing Christians feel that their criticisms are completely valid. When the media (the world) examines the miracle claims of Benny ... After all, no church that claims immediate, supernatural, apostolic type healings has ever been documented. If you have such documentation, please send to us at: email-webmaster.htm. ( 1. documentation that proves the illness existed. 2. documentation that proves an instant supernatural change took place. 3. documentation that proves the illness is 100% gone.) See also: Click to View 20th Century Tongues... Faith or Fake? Click to View See more videos of Pentecostal misbehavior! Click to View The Benny Hinn and all other Pentecostals and Charismatics are identical to many occult world religions The Benny Hinn video Collection American Media documentary: 5 Part Video: (broadcast March 2005) Click to View part 1 Introduction: review of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-benny-hinn-ministries-fake-fraud-miracles-healing-prayer.htm

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Rejected books, widely used in the first two centuries, but not ... Sinai, it is obvious why every church in the world, except for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, rejects it as pseudepigraphal and a forgery. The Book of Jubilees is within the official canon of the Orthodox Church (Ethiopian), but is called the "Book of Division". But still, it is a historical document that circulated among the Essenes in about ... It has heretical doctrinal slant of the Gnostic Encratites. "Literally, "abstainers" or "persons who practised continency", because they refrained from the use of wine, animal food, and marriage." (New Advent Catholic Enyclopedia, Encratites) Gospel According to the Hebrews: The date of the book is difficult to know but may be as early as the first century. The book has been forever lost: "The Gospel according to the Hebrews" was a work of early Christian literature to which reference is frequently made by the church Fathers in the first five centuries, and of which some twenty or more fragments, preserved in their writings, have come down to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-rejected-books.htm

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Encyclopædia Britannica ... Constantius (Constantine's son) exiled and crushed by force, the Trinitarians In 350 Constantius became sole ruler of the empire, and under his leadership the Nicene party (orthodox Christians) was largely crushed. The extreme Arians then declared that the Son was "unlike" (anomoios) the Father. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, ... For Jesus Christ, as the divine Logos become man, moves thereby to the side of the creatures-i.e., to the side of the created world that needs redemption. How, then, should such a Christ, himself a part of the creation, be able to achieve the redemption of the world? On the whole, the Christian Church rejected, as an unhappy attack upon ... The concept of person, taken from Roman law, served to join the fully divine and fully human natures of Christ into an individual unity. Christology is not the product of abstract, logical operations but instead originates in the liturgical and charismatic sphere of prayer, meditation, and asceticism. Not being derived primarily ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm

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The Madaba map (mosaic floor) 542 AD St. George's Orthodox church ... ... There is now a (flourishing) wholly Christian village called Kariatha (Coraiatha), near Mēdaba, city of Arabia, ten miles west toward (the place called) Barē. 582. Kariathaeim. Numbers 32:37; K. 112:14; L. 270:10. Textual variants: Kariathieim (Greek). For contemporary site Coroiath and Eoraiatat (Latin). Another wholly Christian town (cf. K. 26:14) is located west of Madaba and probably indicates Kh el ... Click to View It is truly sad that this portion of the Madaba map is missing that shows Mt. Sinai and the shape of the Red Sea. We must keep in mind that in 545 AD, the prevailing view of the Western/Latin church (Rome/Roman Catholic) was that Mt. Sinai was located at Mt. Musa in the modern Sinai peninsula. The Madaba Map is located deep into Eastern/Greek (Constantinople/Orthodox) territory of the church. It is entirely possible that there was a rift between east and west as to the real location of Mt. Sinai. Perhaps the Madaba map located Mt. Sinai on the eastern side of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-madaba-map.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Abba ... The case of "Abba" John was raised in the home of a full time minister for the United Church of Canada. The united church at one time was Canada's largest protestant denomination, but is slated for extinction in the year 2021. This dramatic fall from number 1 to non-existent is the result of two factors: The first is ... He also believed in the full inspiration of the Bible. He quit attending the United church where his father was a minister and joined a fundamentalist, Bible believing church. He came to realize that the church his father raised him in, was not Christian, but a false religion whose doctrines were based upon current social trends, rather than what the Bible ... Coupled with this, was the moral dilemma of divided loyalty between his earthly father and his Heavenly Father. The depression and psychotic behaviours were a smokescreen for escaping the need to transition into full independent adulthood. John had no chemical imbalance in his brain until he began taking the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-abba.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... ... This contrast has to do with the value of spiritual gifts. b. V8-13 Then Paul referred to the three gifts of prophecies, tongues, and knowledge (again obviously representing all spiritual gifts) and contrasted them with the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love (vs. 8-13). i. This contrast has to do with the duration of spiritual gifts. As long as earthly life shall last, faith, ... Tongues ceased when perfect knowledge comes: Knowledge in part Knowledge is complete V10 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part but when the perfect comes V12 now I know in part but then I shall know fully 6. The Pentecostal/Charismatic interpretation that the "perfect coming" is "Jesus" or the "second coming" violates the context of the passage and is therefore wrong. 7. All Spiritual gifts ceased when their purpose expired: a. The church reaches corporate maturity since it has a compete written law of Christ. b. We have the Bible and don't need them any more. III. Gifts cease when church reaches ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-1Cor13-8-13.htm

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Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ... ... Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped ... Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church 17. Organization of Synagogues: Elders, officials, attendants, Independent, autonomous 18. Attendance: Weekly Sabbath Assemblies in Synagogues absent from Tanakh 19. Public Bible readings: Preaching and ... Weekly attendance No (3 times a year) Yes: every Sabbath Yes: every first day, Sunday. Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 16:2 Government Levitical High priest Sole top authority (like Catholic Pope) Democracy: Body of equal rulers (Mark 5:22, 35-36, 38; Luke 8:41, 13:14) Democracy: plurality of equal elders/ bishops/ ... ... https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/welcome.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. ... The nineteenth century lrvingites of London were marked by unbiblical claims of revelations and by "tongues-speak." For over 1800 years the gift of tongues, along with the other miracle gifts, was unknown in the life and doctrine of orthodox Christianity. Then, around the turn of the twentieth century, tongues became a major emphasis within the holiness movement, a large section of which developed into modern Pentecostalism. The charismatic movement, which began in 1960, carried the practice of tongues beyond traditional Pentecostalism into many other denominations, churches, and groups, both Catholic and Protestant, filling the void in true spiritual living with false ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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Scientology is anti-Christian, Satanic and Neo-Gnostic? ... Now we say this thing called a thetan [ei. the soul] is capable of producing all sorts of things, and we say this is the person, so therefore, we differ enormously from the Christian statements on the subject. They say, 'you, son, must save your soul.' The fellow says, 'I don't have one!' So therefore, the Christian religion ... "The Egyptians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jainists, Sikhists, Brahmans, NeoPlatonists, Christians, Romans, Jews and Gnostics all believed in reincarnation and the rebirth cycle. It was a fundamental belief in the Roman Catholic Church until 553 AD when a company of four monks held the Synod of Constantinople, (without the Pope present) and ... "The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than to win...The law can be used very easily to harass, and...will generally be sufficient to cause [the enemy's] professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly." - L.Ron Hubbard, Magazine articles on Level O Checksheet, American Saint Hill Organization ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-christianity-compared.htm

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Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion ... With respect to trinitarian theology, even though Rahner's axiom (see above) suggests that God's relations to us, including creation, are constitutive of God and vice versa, theologians traditionally speak of a perfect and reciprocal exchange of love "within" God, that is, among Father, Son, and Spirit independent of their ... Third, the filioque ("and from the Son") clause, inserted into the Western creed in the sixth century but denounced by the Orthodox church, remains a serious obstacle to reunion between East and West. Theologians should work assiduously for ecumenical agreement. Fourth, to speak of God as "three persons" always has been problematic and ... Seventh, trinitarian theology must be pursued within the context of the "God question" of every age, whether this question takes the form of existentialist atheism, secular humanism, or some other. Eighth, the Christian doctrine of God must be developed also within the wider purview of other world religions. Trinitarian doctrine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

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Essay on the Demoniacs of the New Testament, Hugh Farmer, 1775 ... In this regard, he was orthodox among his fellow church preachers. Supernatural demon possession is real, but it has never been the cause of insanity. (Essay on the Demoniacs of the New Testament, Hugh Farmer, 1775 AD) "[between 1300 - 1700 AD] Mental illness is judged a phenomenon of natural, not supernatural, origin; commissioners seek to measure mental status, not divine possession" (Diagnosis, Guardianship, and Residential Care of the Mentally Ill in Medieval and Early Modern England, Richard Neugebauer, American Journal of Psychiatry Dec 1989 AD) "The repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in 1736 had officially ended the waning ... He traced 'upon what grounds ... and for what reason madness and epileptic fits, rather than other disorders, are ascribed to possession' and how this belief had erroneously arisen, to his final conclusion 'confirmed by the view given us of the demoniacs in the Christian church', that they 'were all either mad, melancholy, or epileptic persons'. He was at ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/essay-on-the-demoniacs-of-the-new-testament-hugh-farmer-1775ad.htm

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