Therefore, the best way to discover what a church should be is by a careful study of Scripture. 2. One way we can get to the true meaning of the biblical text is by reading it in light of its own cultural setting. If we want to understand the writings of the Apostle Paul, for ...
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Richard Hooker that claims that the Christian Church is both a political society and a society supernatural and another by Thomas Seville on the contribution of the Gospel of Saint John to origins of eucharistic ...
There was an inevitable conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England who had established an absolute monarchy. The resentment among the people toward the power of the Pope and the church was also growing because the English suspected that a large part of their wealth was ...
At first blush it might seem so, but most people see at once that the argument is weak. One reason Fundamentalists talk about the Inquisition is that they imagine it was established to eliminate the Fundamentalists themselves. Not “Bible Christians” They identify themselves with the Cathari...
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The early Church held the same position as the contemporary Church does—that is, while it is necessary to be a Catholic to be saved, there are exceptions.
City of London church, St Antholin’s, Budge Row, which was demolished in 1875. St Antholin’s in Nunhead was destroyed during the Blitz and later rebuilt and renamed St Antony’s (the building is now a Pentecostal church while the Anglican parish has been united with that of St Silas)...
In the early church, this term fostered a sense of community and mutual support, crucial for the fledgling Christian communities facing external pressures and internal challenges. I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of itPaul's humility is evident in this phrase. The Greek word ...
“Take care to do all things in harmony with God, with the bishop presiding in the place of God, and with the presbyters in the place of the council of the apostles, and with the deacons, who are most dear to me, entrusted with the business of Jesus Christ, who was with the Father...
At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius the first surviving use of the term “Catholic” in reference to the Church. At that time, or shortly thereafter, it was used to refer to a single, visible communion, separate from others. The term “Catholic” ...