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church history

  1. AlexB23

    How the Catholic Catechism connects to Church History

    Guys, after linking the AI on my computer to a downloaded Catechism, and a downloaded Church History book, this has supercharged the AI's understanding of the Catholic Catechism. The Catechism provides a glimpse into the practices and beliefs of the early Christian Church as well as the...
  2. Tranquil Bondservant

    Church History Thread

    I thought that it would be a good idea to have a thread dedicated to posting thoughts/discussions on events or people from Church history or the Church fathers. The topic itself can be very edifying as it can involve things like sharing in the experiences and thoughts of the early Church, the...
  3. T

    Who first used the term “unpardonable sin”

    Hello brothers and sisters. My question is not on what the unpardonable sin is, at all. My question is, who first coined the term(s), or who first used the term(s), “unforgivable sin” and “unpardonable sin”? These terms are nowhere in the Bible. I know the scriptures they represent, but who...
  4. T

    Predestination- What does it mean?

    Hello Brothers and Sisters. Curious, prior to Calvin’s double predestination theology, what did the church believe predestination meant?
  5. T

    Supra and Infra Question

    Hello brothers and sisters, I have questions around supralapsarian and infralapsarian views. 1. Were these views initially brought up and discussed during the reformation? 2. Who are the earliest Christian’s to hold one or the other of these views? 3. Does the old church discuss any of this...
  6. Juco

    From Careless to Zealous - My Journey to Truth

    Hi everyone! First time posting here. I'm not sure what to start with about myself, so I guess I'll talk briefly about my story, as someone who was not raised in the church. I first called on the the name of Christ in 2015 (at the age of 26) after a lifetime of being relatively indifferent to...
  7. Kilk1

    Any patristic sources on 1 Timothy 2:11-12 that address whether the context is the church?

    1 Timothy 2:11-12 has been variously understood. One view I recently heard is that it teaches women to be silent not only in church, as is the case in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, but also in secular matters. After making several contextual arguments for women not to teach with authority, this...
  8. HopelessHaze

    The Puritans: Friends or Foes

    Why You Should Read the Puritans | The Road to Emmaus | Christian Blog This article is arguing that the Puritans have been misrepresented in popular culture. It takes a look at some of lesser known Puritan pastors and argues that these men do not fit the common stereotype of the Puritans. It...
  9. Deade

    Waldensian History

    I was studying Waldensian history and came across some Youtube videos that have a lot on that. It is called the Lineage Series and it starts as far back as when Constantine took over Christianity in the Fourth Century. Starting Episode 6 is the Waldensians. You can just scroll through the...
  10. Mary Meg

    Why I'm discontent with my Protestantism

    Happy Easter! He is Risen! :blacksunrays: If you've been following my other musings the past couple days, you probably know a little of what I'm going through... how I'm questioning my Protestant heritage, and struggling with how to read Church history and remain a Protestant. If you're new to...
  11. Mary Meg

    Scripture vs. History

    So, here is my next question in the line of "questioning my Protestant heritage". Hopefully a slightly more focused question than before? In my other thread, there has been a lot of talk about the Church Fathers, especially about accepting them as infallible authority ... Well I never said that...
  12. Mary Meg

    Questioning my Protestant heritage

    Hi. I grew up in a small Southern Baptist church that my something-great-great-grandparents helped found. It's not really a great place for dynamic preaching or worship -- it's just my family and a few other families, sharing the love and Gospel of Christ. I love it for that, and in some way, it...
  13. BobRyan

    2000 years of Christian church history - and details on Protestant Reformation

    Since we have seen people asking about Wycliffe the "morning star of the reformation" -- who came long before Luther... and also don't know Jerome of Prague or Jan Hus etc.. Here we have a free online book on not merely the Reformation but also all 2000 years of church history in extremely...
  14. I'm_Sorry

    John Calvin - Heresy and capital punishment of Church History

    I've been listening to Jacob Prasch and he has some very harsh words towards church history. E.g. What was going on? How did this all happened? Its quite disturbing, especially some of the methods used to torcher and kill heretics by the inquisitions.