the devil is in the details, literally speaking, when it comes to believing what the bible says, as subtle change create subtle alterations in theological concepts. The sum-total of those is a distortion of early Christian beliefs. It amount's to nothing short of satan's disinformation, and it's intended to mislead and further distort.
We can only know what the early Church believed and how it worshipped by using the oldest biblical sources and Church descriptions of worship, beliefs and commentaries. We also know what the Church believed and how God was worshiped in the earliest centuries of the our Faith through our unchanged liturgical services. The Orthodox liturgy goes back 1,700 years (Saint Basil) and even further (Saint James).
These services untilize the Bible as the basis, interpreting it as the early church did. This is how the earliest Christians prayed and how they believed.
I remind you and the lurkers that
SCRIPTURE PLUS HOLY SPIRIT ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT
AS PROVEN
by the MP3 player New Testaments producing many viable churches quite without any other input from other more ‘trained’ etc. exterior groups or individuals. In 60% of the placements in remote tribal areas, very healthy viable churches spring up spontaneously—often more than one.
—NO TRADITIONS OF MAN
—NO DOCTRINES OF MAN
—NO MAGICSTERICAL
—NO EXTERIOR RITUALS
—NO HOLLOW IDOLATRY
JUST SCRIPTURE AND GOD
MORE THAN SUFFICIENT, ALWAYS.