Pentecost is the capstone of the Easter season, it is the celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church. Traditionally, Catholics may wear red on Pentecost Sunday to commemorate the tongues of fire which appeared over the apostles heads at the first Pentecost. Catholics traditionally ...
Why was Paul so important in the history of Christianity? In the Bible, why was the Book of Colossians written? Why was the Book of Samuel written? In the Bible, why did Paul go to Rome? In the Bible, why did Paul persecute the Church?
The church in question here is a Catholic church, more on that later. So that way works if you trust the authority of the church, you can trust we got the New Testament right? But obviously many Protestants are reluctant to trust the authority of the fourth century church. Second, you ...
“An exclusive focus on literal interpretation is a modern phenomenon, because that’s not the way ancient Christians read the Bible.”Houghton goes on to say“The mid-15th century invention of the printing press made copies much more
L. Moody both used the term, "baptized with the Holy Ghost" just as it is used in Acts 1:5 about Pentecost. Later, because of some wildfire and theological differences of people who used the term, "the baptism of the Holy Ghost," Plymouth Brethren said that that term should refer ...
And speaking of holidays, the Bible states that the Jewish People were to come to Jerusalem three times a year: Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles). Sukkot at the Western (Wailing) Wall Jerusalem in the Muslim Tradition ...
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, this is said to have occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion. Jesus's resurrection is seen in Christianity as a victory over death....
It is important for a community to have a common statement of belief. This can be seen everywhere, from corporate mission statements to pacts in children’s backyard clubs. As theCatechism of the Catholic Churchputs it, “Whoever says ‘I believe’ says ‘I pledge myself to what we believ...
The Church is sanctified and cleansed by the laver (or washing)of waterin the word of life. What’s this washing of water? It obviously refers to water baptism. The “word of life” refers to the words which were given by Jesus for the baptismal form (Matthew 28:19). Even John Calvi...
But it is very important, because that was the start, and has a great deal to do with our lives today, and with what we are doing here today. There was, before the angels, an incredible potential. It is the same incredible potential that now is the heritage of man. The angels, in...