Sorry, I don't think that is true. I think they were against hypocrisy. Similarly as many modern Christians, the people at that time were outwardly "good", but inside was not. And I think it is right to criticize authorities, if they are doing wrong.
It is a direct criticism of Jewish religious authority as I stated...I actually used the term anti-Judaizing in regard to Acts 15 and especially Galatians2:14 if you read my post carefully...it is very clear that Paul took an anti-Judaizing position...when the question of which Gospel accounts...
...according to the compilation of reported sayings of Jesus handed down to the current generation of "disciples of Jesus" by the Church Fathers, which sayings were selected for inclusion, at least in part, because (in the case of the quote you selected) they represented a rejection of Jewish...
Ignatius is only considered a Church father by those who seek to make excuses to not believe Gods Word and break Gods commandments and sin against God. Putting the teachings and traditions of men outside of the scriptures are against the very warnings of Jesus in Matthew 15:3-9. The Catholic...
Ignatius is considered a church Father, a disciple of Peter by the vast majority of Christian churches. He provides a reliable historical record of the early church, and he wrote many letters against the "Judaizers" (Jewish Christians who mixed grace with following Jewish Law) much as our good...
Again... I opened the door and then you ask a question... as if you don't want to answer?
I never said you did. Do you add to what people say? I believe it is against RF policy to misrepresent what someone says. We were talking about Peter.
So my statement still stands. If you can remember...
This was based on the sentiment of your last reply. You'd have to tell me whether you're interested or not.
LOL no, it doesn't. I didn't claim all early Christian writings were pseudepigraphal. So what you said about me doesn't stand at all.
Because you claimed there were witnesses to the...
Extremist 'antinomian' sects of early Christianity - including but not limited to Gnostics - were amoral, inasmuch as they believed that salvation in Christ and mystical union with God had rendered them free from conformance to every moral injuction.
They had their roots in the so-called...
Hi Brickjectivity:
Thank you for writing. My reading of your post makes me believe the Lights are coming on. :0) You wrote:
Let's try to get a little closer to being on the same page to remove semantics from the deliberations. Paul uses the phrase "Word of the Cross" in addressing the...
The possibilities and diversity of doctrine were nearly endless and the mainstream 'proto-orthodox' church (in a sense) agreed with and rejected elements of each, in its own sort of via media or middle path between the different extremes.
As the atheist New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman...
Again, spot on.
It bears noting, however, that these earliest of Christian texts - the synoptic gospels and the Pauline epistles - testify to a number of competing theologies in the early church, typified by Paul's disputes with his opponents - namely, the 'Judaizers' (Galatians2:14) or...
Are you freaking kidding me, God name Satan, but before this, Satan actually was
Lucifer. Then God changed Lucifer's name to Satan, the devil.
Lucifer was called the covering Cherub, that stood over the Mercy Seat before the Throne of God in heaven. Ezekiel 28:14-16
Maybe before you go saying...
Satan didn't speak to Eve. Jesus did. It was part of the "plan" to save man. He was lied to from the beginning. John 8.
I never said Peter was Satan. Satan is an idea, not a thing. Peter struggled with "idea's", even trying to tell Jesus he would follow him anywhere, and Jesus told him he would...
The author of Galatians here makes an argument that gentile converts do not have to keep the law, however I think he does not by his argument oppose the law for those who are required to keep it or those who choose to. He does not (in Galatians2:14) tell Cephas to stop keeping Jewish customs...
To point at someone and say "you are not a true christian" is different than someone pointing out what true Christians do not do.
This passage pertains to one who has sinned against you.It becomes a private matter.It is not to be spoken of or gossiped about.It must be resolved between the two...
I know when Peter was discriminating against the uncircumcised Gentiles,Paul let him have it in public openly in front of everybody.
Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with...
The whole book is a study in Christian Freedom and it is really brought home in the fifth chapter.
It is my not humble enough opinion that Christians have exchanged one set of laws for yet another. Rather than embracing the FREEDOM that is ours in Christ, they have embraced earth based churches...