The Roman Catholic church is full of relics, why is this so important?
The Christian Catechombs of Rome date back to the 2nd Century.
Doesn’t change anything. It just confirms John 1:1.
For; people who need convincing that Jesus is exactly who he says he is, and insecure Christians that need reminding. MHO.
Two hundred thirty years? That is way after all that this article claims to be the first of had happened.
The Fish....?
I’ll stick with the scriptures. Jesus confessed that he was (and still is) the Son of God. The apostles’ testimonies all say the same.
Jesus Christ repeatedly said that God the Father was in him, and that he was in the Father; showing us that God the Father is infinite and invisible. That fact was finally realized by ‘doubting’ Thomas when he saw the risen Christ.
The story of Joseph gives a wonderful type and shadow of the Godhead:
Joseph existed and had a father before coming to the promised land. Yet he is not shown interacting with his brothers AND wearing the coat of many colors UNTIL coming to the promised land with Jacob (who loved Joseph more than the others).
Joseph’s symbolic death included a type of burial (the pit), his outer covering stained with blood, his disappearance (to Egypt), his bloodstained coat being shown to Jacob (the resurrected Christ ascended to his Father).
Then we see Joseph given all authority of Egypt; a position a king would only give to a son. He was the presense and power of Pharaoh wherever he went, even his brother Judah said “..for thou art even as Pharaoh” (Gen. 44:18).
Jesus Christ will reign until all things are subdued unto him. 1 Cor. 15:24-28
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Jeremiah toss that there?
Interesting, but not that big a revelation!
By 230 AD, we have lots of Christian writings (too many to list here), not just Bible, the catacombs, and even an alleged Christian emperor (Philip the Arab).
By that year, Christianity was so widespread (although still illegal or sublegal), that it justified massive persecution by Decius (the emperor who overthrew Philip).
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There was an inscription in a tomb in Israel that said Jesus is an Egyptian. It caused a bit of a stir when it became public.
Nope. A confirmatory piece of evidence is trivial apart from refuting people who invent their own fantasies contrary to long-existing evidence and documentation. Media sensationalism at its finest.
I guess they forgot what Immanuel means.
Immanu - with us
El - God