Posted on 05/19/2007 3:06:54 PM PDT by NYer
No it is not the history of my church It is the history of the great falling away of the Church of Christ. If the author wanted to start with the counsel of the church of Christ. instead of the catholic church he would have started with the counsel of Jerusalem.
could it be the in his heart he knows the diffrance?
No it is not the history of my church. It is the history of the great falling away of the Church of GOD. If the author wanted to start with the counsel of the church of Christ. instead of the catholic church he would have started with the counsel of Jerusalem.
could it be the in his heart he knows the difference?
"Council of Jerusalem" is a name applied subsequently to a meeting described in Acts of the Apostles chapter 15 and probably referred to in St. Paul's letter to the Galatians. Paul claims he "went up again to Jerusalem" ( ie a second time) with Barnabas and Titus "in response to a revelation", in order to "lay before them the gospel (he) proclaimed among the Gentiles" (Gal 2:2); them being according to Paul "those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders" (Gal 2:6): James, Cephas and John/ He describes this as a "private meeting" (not a public council) and notes that neither he nor Titus, who was Greek, were pressurised to be circumcised.
Thank you for the further explanation. Forgive the possible contention which may follow, but I am pinging a few Mormon Apologists whom I have tried to persuade regarding Romney’s candidacy and the huge negatives which his religion will present to the DNC goon squad. These Apologists pulled me into exchanges over the person of Christ and the false claim by Mormonism that it is a Christian sect and the restored church of Apostolic Authority.
When in doubt ...
Islam is a syncretist cult. It took bits from Judaism, bits from (mostly Docetist and Arian-tinged) Christianity, and bits from paganism. That was one of the secrets of its success, since Mohammed imposed it by the sword but also realized that it would go down a little better if it had recognizable features. Like the Mormons, he would have occasional readjustment visions when necessary.
Why am I getting pulled into this?
Don’t you know that Fred Thompson’s church, the Campbellites, disagree with this creed and believes too that all Christians were apostate until his church was founded.
a typical strategy. even wiccans claim to be all about truth, justice, and doing good.
How silly! Fred Thompson’s church (Stone-Campbell) believes in restoration theology too. I guess that strikes him out of contention too.
“Great Post, gotta love Church history. Wrote my History Thesis on the role of the Roman Catholic Priest in Elizabethan England. I considered posting a chapter or two of it here, but decided against it, too boring, lol.”
Too Boring?!
What about this?:
God’s Secret Agents : Queen Elizabeth’s Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EMSZ7O/002-9867275-3858467
or this?:
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300108281/002-9867275-3858467
We may, from our backward perspective, view the events and peoples in History as significant but past actors, while it may indeed be possible to see His Hand in action on such a broad canvas when we study the events and the peoples of those past ages. Thank you for the link to the books ... I'm ordering them tonight! I would have no clue they existed except a fellow freeper shares the data.
Well, this may be close to what you were asking for: O’Gorman’s 1895 A History of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States is online through google.com books:
O’Gorman starts with the age of exploration and the book has over 500 pages. It seems worthwhile.
very kind of you to dig that up. It looks quite interesting. i’ve downloaded it.
Thank you; also donwloaded.
Why have sections been redacted ... blacked out?
***could it be the in his heart he knows the diffrance?
could it be the in his heart he knows the difference?***
Popcorn time! The Pelagians are making a showing!
Too Boring for some people. I loved writing it, my future wife, found it very boring, lol.
BTW, if there is even a remote chance that a manuscript will be used differently from a Thesis format, use the approved method that allows for posting numbers in text and reference at chapter ends or manuscript end. I used this method with the little stem cell/cloning/abortion book available free on the net. A downloader can download the references or not, depending on how they intend to use it.
As a Catholic, I have always counted the Council of Jerusalem as the first council. Unfortunately, many Protestants have disagreed with me.
HUH!
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