To: StAthanasiustheGreat
What did the Christians do for the first 300 plus years of The Church? There wasn't a canonized Bible yet, you realize that?My goodness --- Ignatius and Irenaeus and Tertullian and Athanasius and all the church had the scriptures. And the Roman emperors were burning bibles long before the RCC was ever organized.
113 posted on
03/04/2007 10:03:47 AM PST by
Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip; StAthanasiustheGreat
And the Roman emperors were burning bibles long before the RCC was ever organized. The Church was "organized" when our Lord appeared to the apostles and told Peter to feed His sheep on Easter night.
121 posted on
03/04/2007 10:12:37 AM PST by
wagglebee
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To: Uncle Chip
Where does their authority come from? And if you are going to refer to Ignatius, I believe that therefore gives him some authority, which means we can quote from him for support.
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