Original Christianity

Paul Warned That There Are Other Gospels That are Distortions of the True Gospel

Prologue We are going to talk about people following other gospels.  First of all, we need to remember that we are going to be talking about people living their lives in a dark world. Yes, there are false apostles and teachers, but there are also a lot of sincere, kind people who love Jesus and […]

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The Value of Reading the Writings of the Early Church Fathers, a Little about John Wesley

There is a lot to be found in the writings of the church fathers but there are errors too.  I didn’t see it as clearly at first.  Many years ago, I started to become lured by the sincerity of the writings and I got to be a little like John Wesley in thinking that the

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The Leading of Original Christianity Was Done By Apostles and Other Gift Ministries through the Spirit, Not by Bishops As We Have Now

Paul writes in first Corinthians about the preeminence of the gift ministries in operation: And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. (1 Corinthians 12:28 ASV) We can see that this was the actual practice by some

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Original Christianity Did Everything in the Name of Jesus [Christ]

The name of Jesus Christ was critical in Original Christianity.  Paul wrote that the name of Jesus [Christ] was the most powerful authority on heaven and earth, and everything that was done by a believer was to be done in the name of Jesus Christ: In General that in the name of Jesus every knee

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The Apostles and Disciples Had Major Disagreements and Made Mistakes

Most people are familiar with Jesus rebuking the apostles for their unbelief and their mistakes in the Gospels.  But somehow some think that everything the Apostles said and did was perfect and according to the will of God after the day of Pentecost when the Apostles record many great manifestations of power and believing.  Look

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Christians Stood Out In Early Christianity For Their Love To All During Terrifying Epidemics While Others Fled

Dionysius, around 260 AD, wrote a tribute to the heroic nursing efforts of local Christians in the great epidemic of that time. Look at the contrast between Christians and others: most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing themselves and thinking only of one another. Heedless of danger, they took charge

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A Sociologist Talks about How the Appearance of Christianity Improved the Lives of Women

One of the claims of the critics of Christianity is that the religion is denigrating to women, especially in the aspect that some Christian churches do not recognize the capacity of women to lead. Moreover, women are assigned a completely subservient role in many churches and in marriage, making the religion sexist. In his book,

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The Early Church Grew Exponentially with Powerful Preaching as Manifestations such as Prophecy and Miracles Continued Past the Original Apostles

While it is surely true that quality is more important than quantity in evaluating Christian growth, the increasing number of Christians is a topic that is first documented in the book of Acts: And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons

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Proof That There Was Refutation of The Book of Revelation

As an example of the dispute over certain books of the bible, and as further evidence that the canon of scripture was absolutely not always accepted, look at what Dionysius of Alexandria wrote regarding the dispute over the Book of Revelation: “Then, a little further on, he speaks of the Revelation of John as follows:

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Christ and the Start of Christianity Were Known To and Recorded By Non-Christians

One of the challenging questions posed to Christians now and again is proof outside of the Bible that Jesus Christ ever existed. Some people challenge that he ever lived. Rather than feeling slighted, I take the question as an honest one. After all, as with so many biblical events, surely there must be some corroboration

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There Is Scientific Evidence to Support Phenomena Described In the Bible If You Are Open Enough To Look at It; Original Christians Accepted some Things as Literal and Others Not

Introduction Postmodern theology is based at least in part on the premise that certain parts of the bible are scientifically impossible. The theory continues on that surely we know that so much of bible is just myths and fables. A worldwide flood as described in the bible would require more water that is possible under

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Original, Primitive, Christianity Was Neither the Liberal Christianity nor the Conservative Christianity of Today

With at least tens of thousands of the denominations ranging from ultra conservative to ultra liberal there are tens of thousands of viewpoints of what Christianity is. The Roman Catholics pride themselves in being the original, the main source of Christianity throughout the ages. But, of course, the eastern orthodox denominations dispute that. And since

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In Original Christianity the Deity of Christ and the Trinity Were Neither Promoted or Even Taught

Despite the overwhelming emphasis on the importance of the deity of Christ and the Trinity by most Christian groups since the Council of Nicaea, neither of these concepts was promoted or even taught by original, primitive Christianity. While Trinitarians have argued that verses like “I and my Father are one”, and “Who, being in the

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People Wrote Many Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses in Original Christianity, Some of Which Were Trustworthy

Christian gospel writing was not limited to the four Gospels we know as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  There are many known accounts of the life and times of Jesus. These include the Protevangelium of James, the Infancy Story of Thomas, the Arabic Infancy Gospel, the Armenian Gospel of the Infancy, the History of Joseph

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Early Christians disputed Hebrews, James, 2nd Peter, 2 John, 3rd John, Jude, and Revelation

In the Christian Churches of early Christianity, there simply wasn’t an Old Testament, New Testament, or Bible when Christ arose or even later when Paul died. These books, these collections of sacred writings, developed over centuries. The Law and the Prophets were scrolls that were widely read in these times. There were epistles, mainly by

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Original Christianity was in a Jewish Culture with Jewish Thinking

Original Christianity was not the huge international religion people know today. It was considered by most to be a sect of Judaism, initially called the Nazarenes, later the group became identified as “Christians” at Antioch. The teaching of this early Christianity was distinct, and identifiable in tracing its Jewish roots.i This only makes sense as

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Simple Doctrine

Original Christianity was much simpler. In contrast, the scope of modern theology is mind-boggling. Studying Christianity today in depth requires learning and comparing numerous “ologies” and “isms”. There is Soteriology (salvation), Christology (Christ), Eschatology (end times), Angelology (angels), Ecclesiology (church), Hamartiology (sin), Bibliology (bible), Pneumatology (spirit) besides Theology (God). There is covenentism, dispensationalism, ecumenicism, sacerdotalism,

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The New Testament Books Were Not Received as the Word of God Initially, at Least Not by Papias

If the epistles and other books of the New Testament were immediately received as the word of God then we would expect that disciples writing at that time would treat the New Testament writings with that status and respect. Unfortunately, that is not the case. There is no evidence that the New Testament writings were

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