Mark is not considered an independent source. It's anonymous, name added late 2nd century and starts with "as told to me by"
More examples of Mark's use of Paul from the journal papers
Mark 1:1 uses Paul’s phrase “the beginning of the Gospel” verbatim (Philippians 4:15); and “Gospel of...
Well, according to the traditions of the Roman Catholic church, the pope, supposedly Peter's heir, is "Christ on earth". As for your referred quotes from the NT, a product of a harlot daughter of Babylon (Rev 17), who sits on the "beast"/Rome (Rev 17:3), Paul (Zech 11:10) is one of the two...
Jesus is quoted in the Christian New Testament saying a person can not serve two masters. Christians are servants of Jesus, not servants of Peter. See I Corinthians 4:1-2, Galatians 1:10, Philippians1:1-2 among other verses.
There are many more examples. Just consider the following list, adapted from a list collected by Michael Turton that David Oliver Smith also subsequently worked from, and which I’ve expanded with a few examples from other scholars I listed, especially Dykstra and Nelligan:
Mark 1:1 uses Paul’s...
Your first question can be somewhat detailed in response, so I'll be brief and perhaps more can be discussed another time. To be in Christ means to an extent to be part of the body of Christ. Yes, I know this may sound complicated, but let's take a simple example first. When Jesus was on the...
Mark 2:16 describes Jesus being wrongly chastised by Pharisees (Mark’s principal stand-in for any arch-conservative Jews) for eating and drinking with “sinners and tax collectors” (i.e. Gentiles), just as Paul describes Peter being wrongly chastised by conservative Jews for doing the same thing...
Thank you for all the trouble that you have taken with this question.
Before I review your verses, can you now see that nowhere did Paul have any clues about Jesus to offer.... can you see that?
I don't think that Paul was that much interested in the real campaign that Jesus continued after the...
Here are some examples:
Mark 1:1 uses Paul’s phrase “the beginning of the Gospel” verbatim (Philippians 4:15); and “Gospel of Christ,” otherwise unique to Paul (e.g. Romans 15:19, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 2 Corinthians 2:12, Galatians 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 3:2).
Paul then goes on to talk about how...
Is expecting them not to accept the original usage of the word "saints" unreasonable? I think it is.
Acts 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem...
Acts 9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout...
I find the definition of a parable is a story or an illustration and Not a real happening.
I find the people of Revelation 7:9-10 are also the living people of Revelation 7:14
Living people because they come through the coming great tribulation alive.
Revelation 6:9-11 those 'slaughtered...
Jesus Christ is our high priest, yet you do not acknowledge his title.
That was cruel. Never mentioned that.
But I did mention that the first century church never used "priests" among themselves as titles they used.
And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets...
I particularly like the point you make in paragraph 4. The fact is that shepherding a congregation is in some ways like raising children. If we don't give our children a bit of the rope of trust we keep them dependent upon us to make their decisions for them. And if that is how we have...
I heard that Timothy led a mammoth sized church. Nothing wrong with large congregations, as long as they can meet in small groups regularly as well. I would hope those twelve disciples would join the church in Ephesus.
The small-group model is also supported by another example, besides Jesus' group of twelve. It's in Acts 19:1-7 where Paul finds some disciples in Ephesus who he baptizes; and then, "when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied...
It's not a bad translation. A bishop is one who oversees the life of the Christian flock under his care, teaching them and encouraging them in the faith, and taking disciplinary measures where they may be needed.
An overseer without any authority isn't much of an "overseer" at all. In order to...
they were not given such titles in the first century. They were called 'older men' as can be seen by whats written in the scriptures. If your bible uses the word 'bishop', then its a bad translation. .
e·pi′sko·pos means 'overseer', not bishop.
pre·sby′te·roi means...
No, the Apostles appointed bishops to succeed them in the various churches that they founded. Hence the qualifications for electing bishops that St. Paul gives to Timothy in 1 Timothy 3.
This is a good argument against the Roman Papacy. However, it fails to account that the people in the...
The Essenes were of such great consequence that they did not rate a mention in the Greek scriptures. If Jesus made nothing of them what am I to make of them?
Are you suggesting that Roman Catholicism is not true Catholicism? Sun worship is definitely in evidence in Roman Catholic worship...