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To: R. Scott
"We know this because it is included in the Pentateuch. "

We don't just know it because of the Pentateuch. The nation of Israel testified to it, to their kids and grandkids. That is the reason that they accepted it as true. Because their parents and grandparents saw it and testified to them that it was true.

I don't know what you mean about the council of Trent.

And no, it wasn't just the land Israel occupied. Historians record that the entire region converted to monotheism. They didn't all convert to the worship of the Jewish God. But the belief in multiple Gods like Egypt had worshipped prior to the plagues, ended for all the nations close to Egypt. I didn't get that from the Bible. I got that from a college course at a state university.

25 posted on 03/12/2005 8:08:07 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
I don't know what you mean about the council of Trent.

To refresh your memory:
“That's why things like the council of Trent were so important. Several conflicting doctrines about Jesus had arisen. What the councils did, were to examine scripture in depth, hear all of the arguments and decide whether the doctrines were scriptural or not.”

It was in the Church’s self interest to have only one Church, one doctrine, one system of belief and ritual.
I refer to the Catholic Encyclopedia:
In treating the canon of Scripture they declare at the same time that in matters of faith and morals the tradition of the Church is, together with the Bible, the standard of supernatural revelation; then taking up the text and the use of the sacred Books they declare the Vulgate to be the authentic text for sermons and disputations, although this did not exclude textual emendations. It was also determined that the Bible should be interpreted according to the unanimous testimony of the Fathers and never misused for superstitious purposes. Nothing was decided in regard to the translation of the Bible in the vernaculars.

On 24 May the general congregation took up the discussion of original sin, its nature, consequences, and cancellation by baptism. At the same time the question of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin was brought forward, but the majority of the members finally decided not to give any definite dogmatic decision on this point. The reforms debated concerned the establishment of theological professorships, preaching, and episcopal obligation of residence. In reference to the latter the Spanish bishop, Paceco, raised the point whether this obligation was of Divine origin, or whether it was merely an ecclesiastical ordinance of human origin, a question which led later to long and violent discussions. In the fifth session (17 June, 1546) the decree on the dogma of original sin was promulgated with five canons (anathemas) against the corresponding erroneous doctrines; and the first decree on reform (de reformatione) was also promulgated. This treats (in two chapters) of professorships of the Scriptures, and of secular learning (artes liberales), of those who preach the Divine word, and of the collectors of alms.
And no, it wasn't just the land Israel occupied. Historians record that the entire region converted to monotheism. They didn't all convert to the worship of the Jewish God. But the belief in multiple Gods like Egypt had worshipped prior to the plagues, ended for all the nations close to Egypt.

During the time of the Judges of Israel: According to Ugaritic literature, the Canaanite pantheon was headed by El, the creator god, whose wife was Asherah. Their offspring was Baal, who married Anath (The OT indicates that Ashtoreth, a.k.a. Ishtar, was Baal's wife). Dagon, Resheph, Shulman, Koshar and Mot were other gods of this pantheon. The cultic practices included animal sacrifices at high places; sacred groves, trees or carved wooden images of Asherah. Hardly monotheistic.

27 posted on 03/13/2005 3:18:11 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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