When Anglican tradition is at variance with the Bible and/or the teachings & practices of the very early church, we must choose which one to...
We are saved and justified by God's grace alone. God's saving, justifying grace is received only through faith, and explicitly not through any...
Now reading The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization, by Vishal Mangalwadi (a Christian philosopher...
I knew you'd discount Tertullian. You're getting to be predictable! :laugh:
"Far be it from us to suppose that God abhors in us that [intellect] by virtue of which He has made us superior to other animals. Far be it, I...
"But before the baptism, let the baptizer fast, and also the baptized, and what ever others can; but thou shall order the baptized to fast one or...
Justin Martyr gave the early church's understanding in about 155 A.D. when he wrote that infants are born "without knowledge or choice" and that...
“By grace ye are saved, not of works,’ but by the will of God through Jesus Christ . . . If we please Him in this present world, we shall receive...
"They that receive not Baptism with perfect faith, receive the water, but the Holy Ghost they receive not." --Jerome The idea that the parents'...
Yes, it was quite brief.
Very well then, let's review the evidence in favor of the Johanine Comma. For starters, read this article (by a person who is neither a...
Not really evidence that the claim is true, but rather you cited evidence of the "stinking thinking" out of Rome that still carried enough...
You throw that phrase around as if it were a 'swear word.' Do you have an axe to grind with people who think their particular Bible version is...
I have no idea why you're fixating on the "Comma." The differences stretch far beyond one passage in the Bible.
You make it sound so incredibly easy, as if everyone should have simply seen the Trinity as the obvious truth. But you forget the Arians, who...
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I'm not suggesting that any Anglicans are biased against KJV. I'm referring to the so-called "scholars"...
Well, therein likes the problem. It's "contemporary (i.e., modern) scholarship." People who have bias or antipathy toward the Bible version read...
Since the ten horns with crowns indicate ten rulers (or kings, or heads of government), my guess is that the first beast is a political leader....
Ditto for me. Around my parish I only hear the word "mass" about once per year, in reference to the Christmas eve "Midnight Mass" (which is...
Good comments from all, thanks. :yes: If I'm understanding everyone correctly, the basic analysis appears to be along these lines: the 'necessary...