The Bible and Apostolic Authorship
One method to decide what book should or should not be in the Bible is to only consider those that were written by the Apostles themselves.They heard directly from Jesus, so we should trust what they...
View ArticleTradition in the Scriptures
Orthodox Christians hold to both Tradition and the Scriptures, as both are seen as coming from the Holy Spirit. Some object to idea of Tradition being on the same level as the Scriptures, but Paul...
View ArticleTradition in the New Testament
Many times the New Testament writers rely on the passing on of tradition. There are frequent refernces to the “law being put into effect by angels”. You who have received the law that was given through...
View ArticleTradition in the Early Church
The early church was born out of the apostolic tradition that was given from Christ Himself. What the apostles received they passed on to the church and “other learned men”. Before there were New...
View ArticleJesus as Tradition
When Jesus appeared on the scene, few, if any saw it coming, or at least not the way they thought it would happen. Jews had been memorizing and studying the the Scriptures for centuries and though they...
View ArticleThe Bible of the Early Church
300 years before Christ was born, the Hebrew bible, which Christians consider the Old Testament, was translated into Koine Greek. The title of this translation was called the Septuagint. It is this...
View ArticleThe So-Called Apocrypha
During the 1500’s, Martin Luther desired to create a translation of the Scriptures into his native tongue of German. To translate the Old Testament into German he decided to use the Hebrew Scriptures...
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