Posted on 02/25/2021 8:31:53 PM PST by GardenerForLife
There’s nothing in the Bible to suggest that there was going to be a succession of “apostles” after the twelve died. And certainly no Pope either.
“I’m...”
“I’m...”
“...my...”
No one cares about your ego.
Sunday was never sanctioned by God. It was totally man made. Same with Christmas and Easter. Even the modern trinity doctrine wasn't "official" until more than 3 centuries after Christ died...which means Christ and the apostles didn't know it, teach it, or believe it.
“However, the Apostle John was still on the earth and talking to the risen Lord face to face during this time.”
What’s the scriptural basis for this claim? Is the writer assuming, as Revelation itself doesn’t AFAIK claim, that it was written by the apostle John?
“First century Christians, biblical Christians, observed God’s holy days that are listed in Leviticus 23.”
Even gentile converts? Evidence?
A pilot hole ?
Linus being the second appointed after Peter is based on Irenaeus and some question if Irenaeus’ Apostolic Tradition is or was accurate.
The generally touted Catholic position about that Linus being the second pope and that he was ordained by Peter, is based, to a great degree, upon the writings of Irenaeus of Lyon.
“One Catholic scholar and priest noted:
Very little is known about Linus. St. Irenaeus of Lyons (d. 200) and the historian Eusebius of Caesarea (d. ca. 339) identified him with the companion of Paul who sent greetings from Rome to Timothy in Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:21), but Scripture Scholars are generally hesistant to do so...It should be remembered that contrary to pious Catholic belief—that monoarchical episcopal structure of church governance (also known as the monarchical episcopate, in which each diocese was headed by a single bishop) still did not exist in Rome at this time (McBrien, Richard P. Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI. Harper, San Francisco, 2005 updated ed., pp. 33-34)”.
There is more and I will leave the link:
https://www.cogwriter.com/linus.htm
Non sequitur. Whenever it became "official" has absolutely nothing to do with whether Christ and the apostles knew it.
Yep. Paul told them to.
The church in Corinth was composed of probably MOSTLY gentiles.
1Co 12:2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.
And yet...
1Co 5:7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
1Co 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Paul uses terms and concepts about Passover and the days of unleavened bread that they would not understand unless they were already keeping the feast. And by the way that word translated "keep the feast" means just that...observe one of God's holy days.
“I think all of Christianity needs to abandon their priests and preachers”
Ummm...okay. : /
The nature of God is a pretty big deal. The fact that Christ didn't teach the trinity telling...it wasn't discussed, it wasn't thought of, it wasn't a thing. They KNEW the nature of God and it didn't look at all like the trinity of today.
Disagree scripture makes the trinity clear.
To assume that the early church was in the dark is an assumption.
If the presence of 'I' in a text was an indication of egoism, then your screen name doubly convicts you.
If we’re getting rid of humans who may have led us astray from the True Faith, then let us please do away with all of the publishers, printers, translators, Bible scholars, etc. who most likely have provided us with less than perfect renditions of the teachings of Christ.
So it’s a binity?
(Oh, and if you're counting ifinnigan, I will have used variants on 'I' five times in this reply. I am such an egoist!)
Ignatius.
Did your school chums call you 'Iggy' or 'Nate'?
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