Restoring the Ancient Church. Apostasy and Restoration, Part 2

FAIRLDS ^ | Barry Robert Bickmore

[sevenbak]

This is PART 2 of many on this subject, restoring the ancient Church. Look for more to come.

[the invisib1e hand]

I love how all the splinter denominations [and sects, out of deference to the present company] are always yapping about "the New Testament church" and getting back to the roots and all. Then they slander Catholicism.

Cognitive-disonnance-alert.

[DManA]

What an insulting bigoted post.

[the invisib1e hand]

What an insulting bigoted post.

Yeah, and I'm a racist 'cause I don't trust Barack Obama!

Thanks for proving my point.

My sympathies.

[mnehring]

bump for when I have a spare hour to read these.

[DManA]

Thanks for putting an exclamation point on my post.

[mnehring]

Good point. I’m not Catholic, but I do see your point. I think there may be a line with tradition and theology with all churches. IMHO, some of these ‘splinter’ churches are trying to rediscover a closer theology (albeit most still leave out Christianity’s Jewish heritage) but they leave out tradition. I believe the latter is very important because we learn much from tradition. Just something for me to chew on more later.

[humblegunner]

Look for more to come.

Will they be as long as this one?

Because you could restore three or four ancient churches in the time it takes to read all that.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

dange dude. would be a faster read if we just ordered the book. lol.

[big'ol_freeper]

Who Holds the Keys: Pope or Prophet?

[count-your-change]

On would think restoring something would requires an understanding of it as a prerequisit.
Consider the following statement as an example:
“Furthermore, Paul insisted that the organization set up by Christ, headed by Apostles and prophets, should remain essentially unchanged.” Then Eph. 4:11-14 is quoted.
Here the writer attempts to turn the descriptive term, “apostolous” into a title of by capitalizing it when the Greek does not anymore than disciple was “Disciple”.
Eph. 4:11-14 doesn’t speak of “Apostles” but of “apostles”, meaning simply a person sent forth or a representitive and it is in this sense that Paul used the term in Phil. 2:25, “apostolon”. This is usually translated as “envoy”, “messenger” or something similar indicating one sent out. Hence Paul was an apostle of Christ but not one of the twelve nor was he a replacement for any of the twelve. Other men could be called apostles as Barnabas was at Acts 14:4. Sent forth but not part of a line of “Apostles”.
That others besides the twelve Jesus chose were termed apostles is not evidence that a line or office of “Apostle” was established.
The writer needs to examine the Scriptures a bit more, I think, on this point.

[DManA]

I vote Pope. At least he’s a Trinitarian Christian.

[TheDon]

Thanks for the link, and I love the tagline quote!

[big'ol_freeper]

You are very welcome.

[the invisib1e hand]

here's some more: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most computers come with them nowadays.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[1Truthseeker]

No need to restore the ancient Church; Jesus has already done just that go to a full apostolic pentecostal church. The kind that believes the Bible 100%.
That believes that there is a holiness standard and is practiced by the saints of the church.
That believes in healing and laying on of hands.

It is very simple if you would like a vision of the beginning church just read Acts it is all there.

Satan the father of all lies likes to mimic God and make a mockery of his work that is why there are so many denominations.

Proverbs 14:
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

[greyfoxx39]

No need to restore the ancient Church; Jesus has already done just that

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Click the image.

[greyfoxx39]

Why is this in the News forum? It is taken from an LDS apologetics site.

[sevenbak]

I posted this specifically to the religion forum. Perhaps your searches for all things Mormon brought it up.