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To: Cronos

Sorry I am not communicating well. I am trying to understand what you were saying about how the words/teaching of Jesus, once potentially passed down in ignorance, became what we would call ‘doctrines’ or ‘truths’. You used as an example ‘breaking bread’. From what I understood, this was a teaching that was passed along but not fully understood until a later date?


101 posted on 07/14/2011 4:39:25 PM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
The teachings were not passed down in ignorance. We understood and interpreted and interpret the teachings in a certain way because that is the way we've always understood it.

We have practises that have always been even though some may not have understood the why, but we have learnt it from the Apostles who learnt it from Christ

The last supper -- we celebrate it each week on a Sunday. Why? Some groups say this should be on a Saturday, some say it should be only once a year.

Ask someone in the 4th century say in southern Gaul why they worshipped on Sunday each week instead of only once a year on Pentecost and a few would not be able to answer you exactly why, right?

Why, even now ask a bunch of Christians across denominations this and quite a few in each denomination will not be able to tell you why.

105 posted on 07/14/2011 10:09:19 PM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
Just as you, yourself said that you read the comments and thoughts on scripture written by others that influence your beliefs or perhaps direct your mind in different ways, that, extended back to include the comments and writings and thoughts on scripture by our fellow believers dating back to the Apostles is what constitutes our interpretation, not an interpretation of one individual who can be flawed.

No individual, approved or not in any way can change the faith. To come tomorrow and say "gay marriage" is ok, it's a change is wrong.

106 posted on 07/14/2011 10:15:57 PM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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