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Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant
Posted in Bible, Christology, Church Government, Personal Development, Relationships, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged church history, Connecting, Covenant Theology, Historical theology, Personal Development, Reformed Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, Salvation, Scripture, theology on May 18, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Our People – Second Century
Posted in Christology, Church Government, Early Church, Eschatology, History, Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged church history, Connecting, Historical theology, Personal Development, Reformed Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, theology on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The second century was full of persecutions, the Apostolic Fathers, the rise of the Episcopate, the growth of heresies, and the flowering of the Apologists. Come get a gander!
Primitive Roman Church
Posted in Church Government, Early Church, Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged Historical theology, Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, theology on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How far back does the bishopric of Rome go? We have evidence of numerous home-based churches modeled after the Synagogue system… a far cry from the Papacy!
Summary of the Discussion
Posted in Church Government, Personal Development, Prolegomena, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged Personal Development, Reformed, Roman Catholicism, theology on July 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A summary of the discussion so far. I’ve been working with Tim Troutman on the biblical data for the Roman Catholic hierarchy – check out the comments!
Holy Orders – Part 3B
Posted in Bible, Church Government, Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged Personal Development, Reformed, Roman Catholicism, theology on June 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tim Troutman brings up four texts in the NT to demonstrate the episcopacy is in harmony with the NT teaching. Do you think he succeeds?
Response to Holy Orders – Part 3A
Posted in Church Government, Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged Personal Development, Reformed, Roman Catholicism, theology on June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tim Troutman’s claim that the Jewish system of ecclesiastical government resembles episcopacy is examined. Turns out that the Jewish system resembles that of Presbyterianism much more closely.
Response to Holy Orders – Part 2
Posted in Bible, Church Government, Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged Personal Development, Roman Catholicism, theology on May 31, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Part 2 of my assessment of Tim Troutman’s essay on Holy Orders – this one addresses the differences between clergy and laity and Tim’s handling of the biblical text.
Response to Holy Orders – Part 1
Posted in Church Government, Early Church, Roman Catholicism, Theology, tagged Historical theology, Roman Catholicism, theology on May 25, 2010 | 49 Comments »
The Roman Catholic use of terms such as elder and bishop is a distinct change from the use of those terms in the New Testament. This is a problem.
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