That fragment seems to suggest that Muhammad is still alive. But also we have no way to be absolutely sure of the dating of the ink on this 6th century Syrian bible or indeed that the battle of Gabitha mentioned in the writing was the same as the battle of Yarmuk.
You look like someone is working in an organization who has to write something.
What God says is all sufficient for me. What must be established is whether God has spoken. God is not a liar and I would not blaspheme Him by suggesting that words which are clearly false are of Him.
I was wondering if you apply what you're saying on your books
The struggle went too and fro between Constantine I (opposed to Arianism) - some emperors in the 4th century who were Arians and Theodosius I who finally established the Nicene creed as the official doctrine of the state church. From 381AD onwards the Trinity was the official doctrine of the Byzantine empire.
I was wondering how the final creed of belief of a certain religion is determined not by discussion between scholars but by imperial creeds.
It's Roman-Christianity, ask
George Atwell
The scriptures themselves support the deity of all 3 members of the Trinity. In practice the early church worshipped Christ in a way that would be blasphemous were he not God- the scriptures also testify to angels doing the same (Hebrews 2). There is a difference between the actual church of God and the official state religion of the Byzantine empire. But the creeds finalised in 381AD finalise a Trinitarian understanding of the nature of God which has persisted to this day in the Christian church. When Thomas an apostle of Jesus says: "My Lord and my God" of Jesus the declaration could not be more clear.
Don't be so sure about the scripts support of Trinity as non-Trinity churches are using same scripts.
What is the difference between actual church of God and the official state religion of the Byzantine empire? Byzantine empire creed that determined your creed of belief.
Nobody knows if there was an apostle called Thomas and if he said so or not.
I was wondering if something basic in your belief like "Jesus to be God the Son" or Trinity is depending on a short statement like this. It should have been very clear in your scripts in the first line in the first page.
That Christians have held different views on this over the years is clear but while heresies come and go Arianism was firmly defeated in the 4th century and mainly disappeared until the emergence of Mormons, JWs and Philadelphians in the last 2 centuries. These groups remain cults and the vast majority of Christians are Trinitarian.
Arianism never been defeated, it was not the state religion but Unitarian always existed all over the history till date.
All the Messianic Jews I have met have been Trinitarian so not sure what you meant there.
What Messianic Jews you've met?
Messianic Jews are all apostles, Jews who believed in El-Messiah, their history is in Gospels. El-Messiah himself is a Messianic Jew. They're monotheistic, they know/said nothing about Trinity, they lived and died as a Jew as per Moses Law.
The unity is in Christ Himself. None of the major denominations claim that it is impossible to be saved outside of their own group though historically some of the leaders have done so , often due to unhealthy political influences.
Do you bet on my ignorance?
You've to use the ward "major" as there are many.
There is no agreement about "Who is Christ ?" among different denominations.
Actually the main differences between denominations is about the nature of the Christ.
Denomination.
The discussion on the nature of Christ is the reason for dividing and exile from the heaven
A Christian is one who can confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh and died and rose again for us. He is one who follows Christ. A false understanding of the Trinity may not be a barrier to salvation if a person is looking for that salvation through Christ. By this reckoning even Mormons and some Jehovah witnesses may be among the saved.
This is what you and laws in this forum say.
You're not presenting your God, You're not sitting neither on Catholic Peter's chain in Vatican nor on Orthodox Mark's chain in Alexandria nor on many other chairs.
The Popes sits there who are speaking by Holy spirit (according to your and their belief) has a different opinion which is not able to change soon. They are the people who decides with the name of your God(according to your belief) who is going to survive or not.
If they give you "
indulgence" then you're survived otherwise you're lost.
If you're neither Catholic nor Orthodox then both see you as non-Christian and will not survive. Sometimes they see Moslem has better chances than you