[pipeorganman]

Thank you for your reply.

Just as the Assemblies of God have 16 Fundamentals of Faith that must be adhered to, so too, does the Catholic Chuch have dogmas that must be adhered to in order to be a Catholic. That is why the Canon of the Bible is so important. It is one of those fundamentals that must be believed by all believers. Thus, when Luther, of his own accord, removed books from the established Canon of the Bible, he stole from all succeeding generations of Protestants, Fundamentalists, etc., their patrimony.

I seriously doubt that this is being taught at an AOG church, but far stranger things have happened. :(

I sincerely hope that they are not teaching this, as the doctrine of the Trinity is one of most beautiful of Christian teachings.

[Conservative til I die]

Pipeorganman, forgive me if I'm being a little simplistic here, but regarding the Canon, how could Martin Luther decide to declare books of the Bible as phoney between 1519-1534 when the Council of Trent didn't "add" them to the Canon until 1546, just before Martin Luther died?

Also, do Protestants have anything to say about the Orthodox Church always using the deuterocanonical books, as the Council of Trent is not binding on them?

[the808bass]

Hey, the AOG is still a really small, small world (everyone knows pretty much everyone or knows someone who knows someone). Would you care to freepmail me the location of said AOG church? I'm not going to go on a crusade. Just curious, really.