Posted on 03/20/2015 6:57:58 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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**We fit into a long line of those from other ages and places who have tried to live to the glory of God.**
A few years ago we were taking a tour of Canterbury Cathedral.
Every afternoon the Cathedral goes quiet and The Apostles Creed is said by every visitor who chooses to do so.
When we finished reciting the creed our tour guide told us we have just joined 1,000 years of Christians who have recited the creed in that very spot. Puts things in perspective.
In all too many circles “church” history has been re-written as it has been in secular history.
Thanks for posting this article! So appropriate to the season (winter to spring, Lent to Easter) and to the times we live in. Clinging to my Lord Jesus more and more these days. Grateful for Christian parents who wanted me to know church history. Praying for so many things and glad that God is in control!
That is so cool
Yep
The Pilgrim Church by E.H. Broadbent <—highly recommend. It is a classic on church history throughout the world since Polycarp.
The writer is from a Brethren background, but the book is Christ centered, and is very well-researched and documented, with lengthy quotes from the writings of believers throughout the centuries. I think it is a very worthwhile read.
When we finished reciting the creed our tour guide told us we have just joined 1,000 years of Christians who have recited the creed in that very spot. Puts things in perspective
I am sure you corrected them by saying that is impossible since Protestants have only been around for 500 years. No Christians before then.
Oh. I get it. That’s a joke, right??
Oh. I get it. That’s a joke, right??
no, I was deadly serious. the joke is many on this RF board must believe it judging by the way the Church is attacked daily.
puts things in perspective.
***the way the Church is attacked daily***
No, the errors of Roman Catholicism are pointed out frequently.
The catholic (little c) church has been with us even when the existing Ecclesiastical bodies of the day, like Rome, jumped the shark.
well, since that Cathedral was built by papists, odds are the people reciting the Apostles Creed before the “light” of King Henry VIII arrived were worshipping bread, statues, Mary, praying to dead folks, offering the idolatrous Mass, etc etc.
think how powerful a testimony it would have been if when the tour guide said “Christians” have recited that Creed for over 1,000 years, you could have raised your hand and said no it has been 480 years, before that the people weren’t Christians, they were lost papists!!
it is easy to spout nonsense on the internet, but to make a fool of yourself in public at a place like this Cathedral, was a bridge too far even for you I guess.
when I say you, of course I am not “making it personal”, that would violate FR rules.....I mean you in the general sense.
I mean “you” in the general sense.
Like I said, there is always a remnant.
Go dust off your Bible. You can read all about it!
Much of it by religious intellectuals...such as you purport to be
conservatives believe words mean things.
I am a conservative.
I also happen to believe the orthodox, historical Christian Faith and defend it the best I can from those who do not.
lol
Like I said, there is always a remnant
ah, the remnant hiding in caves from 95ad thru early 16th century. they have no names, they left no writings, but we know they were there hiding in caves. how we know? ummmm, don’t ask, we just do!
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