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The Roman Catholic Church Changed the Ten Commandments

Posted on 10/11/2018 by

For some reason I do not think of it much, but the Roman Catholic Church changed the ten commandments. I have to suppose it was to try to hide from their members that bowing down in front of statues is … Continue reading →

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Real Church, Francis Chan, and the Roman Catholic Church

Posted on 10/10/2018 by

This was the newsletter I sent to my Christian-history.org newsletter list:   I was asked yesterday what I thought the best denomination was. I had a chance to address that at the “Heaven’s Family Reunion” in Pittsburgh in August. I … Continue reading →

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Christian History in a Nutshell

Posted on 03/20/2014 by

Ready? Let’s go! The apostles formed churches. Those churches formed churches. These churches had no leadership higher than the local city or town. Nonetheless, they were taught to carefully preserve the apostles’ teaching. Over time, as the churches grew, some … Continue reading →

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Through the Bible in a Year: Matthew 13 to 17

Posted on 01/18/2012 by

This is another long commentary. I hated not giving you the information because I know there are those who will really benefit from it. So today, I have introduced a new convention. Some of the sections are marked "(Advanced)." Children … Continue reading →

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The Magisterium and the Protestant Reformation

Posted on 12/20/2011 by

I had never heard of the "magisterium"until I read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. He uses it to refer to the authorities of the church in his trilogy, which was written specifically as an attack on Christianity. (As usual, … Continue reading →

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When Protestants Become Catholic: Are the Church Fathers a Danger to Born Again Christians?

Posted on 12/17/2009 by

Today I read another article about a Protestant becoming Catholic through the reading of the early church fathers. Is this really where the writings of the church fathers lead? I’ve been reading the writings of the 2nd through 4th century … Continue reading →

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Apostolic Succession: Tradition, Apologetics, and Contending for the Truth

Posted on 05/21/2009 by

Due to working on Christian History for Everyman, I’ve been slow in posting here. I’m working on a page on apostolic succession, however, and it is perfect for a blog entry. The line (uh, here I am quoting myself again) … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the Ten Commandments of Catholicism

Posted on 05/11/2009 by

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog on the ten commandments. There I argued that the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) split “You shall not covet” into two commands in order to draw attention away from the command they omit, … Continue reading →

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