“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” WhileChristwas on earth His disciples wereunder thelaw: but Christiansarenot. Here then we can say that a Christian is a fruit-bearing branch abiding in Christ, the trueVine.AChristianisoneinwhomChristlives(Galatians2:20),onewho...
The Eucharist is a true sacrifice, not just a commemorative meal, as “Bible Christians” insist. The first Christians knew that it was a sacrifice and proclaimed this in their writings. They recognized the sacrificial character of Jesus’ instruction, “Do this in remembrance of me” (Touto ...
If our children have the background of a godly, happy home and this unshakable faith that the Bible is indeed the Word of God, they will have a foundation that the forces of hell cannot shake. — Ruth Graham 308 What Is Christian Humility Quotes Christian humility does not consist in de...
Thinks of the transformation of Moses’ face after he met with the Lord in the tent or on the mount: he had to wear a veil because his face was too bright to look at. Also, Romans liked addressing people in indirect ways. We still do this in some formal discourse and letters. It ...
Here are examples of what early Christian writers had to say on the subject of the the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist: Ignatius of Antioch “I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ...
Paul emphasizes it was God’s will, not Jerusalem authority, that led to the journey. Acts 15:2 states that the church in Antioch appointed Paul and Barnabas for the task. Those of repute: leaders of the Jerusalem church; the term, while positive, ma...
1 :a see established by an apostle(such as Jerusalem, Antioch, or Rome) 2 usually capitalized A, Roman Catholicism : the Roman see. Is Apostolic and Pentecostal the same? The difference between Pentecostal and Apostolic is that in Pentecostal beliefs, they believe in the Holy Trinity or the...
“…So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch” (Acts 11:26). “Then Agrippa said to Paul, ‘Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?’”...
He insisted that the primary intellectual task of the biblical scholar was to make a clear distinction between what the textmeantin its original setting and what itmeans.That ran directly counter to the practical aims of the dominant ... Meeks,A Wayne - 《Harvard Theological Review》 被引量:...
When I got married for the first time, I was a co-dependent disaster, so when the first marriage was coming to an end due to her infidelities, among other things, I was put in a psych hospital for threatening to kill her; there, they asked me how long my religious parents had been...