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To: verga; Gamecock; FatherofFive
I would disagree; I think it's highly accurate. The only way the early creeds were estabished were through the scriptures and how God has revealed Himself to us. For example, we know that God the Father, Son, and Spirit are all presented in the Old Testament in various ways. Our "logical" conclusion to sorting this out comes from the wisdom that God gives us as Christians.

Those who knew Nestorianism was heresy, simply knew it was so because of the Holy Spirit who helped interpreted the scriptures.

The only way we can rightfully divine the word of truth is to ask God to help us interpret it correctly. All Christians should understand that those who stumble into heresy (and we all do to various degrees) is because we fail to listen to the spiritual truths taught by the Holy Spirit.

10 posted on 01/02/2010 11:18:06 AM PST by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD

once again, it’s all your personal opinions. Why should anyone trust you over the millions of other so-called “christians”?


12 posted on 01/02/2010 11:32:31 AM PST by verdadjusticia
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To: HarleyD; FatherofFive
Those who knew Nestorianism was heresy, simply knew it was so because of the Holy Spirit who helped interpreted the scriptures.

And of course you can document this by quoting from the Council of Ephesus.

17 posted on 01/02/2010 1:37:55 PM PST by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: HarleyD
The only way we can rightfully divine the word of truth is to ask God to help us interpret it correctly.

And how do you know you are listening to the Holy Spirit and not Satan?

The Church of the apostles was definitely one: "There is one body and one spirit," Paul wrote, "just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all" (Eph. 4:4-5). Paul linked this unity to the Church's common Eucharistic bread: "Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of one bread" (1 Cor. 10:17). Jesus had promised at the outset that "there would be one flock, one shepherd" (John 10:16).

So which one church is the Church that Christ promised “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Mat 6:18

If there isn't one church, Christ is a liar.

A few questions:

1. Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book?

2. Other than the specific command to John to write the Revelation, where did Jesus tell His apostles to write anything down and compile it into an authoritative book?

3. Where in the New Testament do the apostles tell future generations that the Christian faith will be based solely on a book?

4. Where did the table of contents of the Bible come from?

21 posted on 01/02/2010 4:04:49 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED. Barack OBORTION is a close second.)
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