by deaconrajan | Feb 5, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 7 Catholic Church gave the Bible Last week we saw why and how the Greek Translation of the Scriptures were done. I pointed outed out that we should not view ancient historical events with the same expectations as reading present day history. ...
by deaconrajan | Feb 4, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 8 Catholic Church Spreads Fast Because the early Church in Jerusalem was growing at a rapid pace, the apostles were being stretched thin by preaching, praying, administering the money and land given to them, and distributing necessities to those in...
by deaconrajan | Feb 3, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 9 First Council of the Church Towards the end the article published on August 28th we saw St. Paul proposing that Gentiles can become Christians without first converting to Judaism. Apostles, who were all Jews, were shocked. Circumcision was...
by deaconrajan | Feb 2, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 10 Where did each Apostle preach? After the council of Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas had a difference of opinion and they parted ways. From this point on, Timothy became Paul’s closest companion. His remarkable missionary journeys, which had...
by deaconrajan | Feb 1, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 11 Where did each Apostle preach? Bartholomew, according to a non-Biblical document “Martyrdom of Bartholomew”, was martyred in Armenia by King Astyages. Historian Eusebius who lived in the 4th century has recorded that Bartholomew preached in...
by deaconrajan | Jan 31, 2023 | Church History
Church History Part 12 Threat from Gnosticism According to tradition, St. Linus was appointed by St. Peter and St. Paul as the successor of St. Peter. In 2 Timothy 4:21 St. Paul writes about a Linus passing on his greetings to Timothy. It is generally believed that...
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