Was Peter In Rome Between 24 Ad An 64 Ad ?

[pathfinder777]

Thanks pathfinder for your reply. I think, and I'm no scholar, that there were two main reasons why these doctrines were not articulated until later. First, Scripture was not standardized into the Bible as we know it for the first few hundred years of the Church; some Churches had some, some more, some less books. The second reason, and maybe the biggest reason was that until certain heresies appeared, there was no need for the Church to articulate these doctrines, in that they may have been taken as wrote.

Absolutely, when faced with new heresies the Church was forced so to speak to address them and in doing so gained new insights (not new revelation) regarding Christ (as Christians we believe the Holy Spirit played a major role in this process). The NT canon also is viewed by many to my understanding to have been largely in response to "false writings" circulating those first few centuries. When applied to God's Scriptures i agree that the historical critical method should be used to better understand and respect Gods word, not to come up with some novel interpretation or discovery and use the press to promote it as has often occurred notoriously by a particular seminar group......most are familiar with..

In Christ

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[MarkRohfrietsch]

Absolutely, when faced with new heresies the Church was forced so to speak to address them and in doing so gained new insights (not new revelation) regarding Christ (as Christians we believe the Holy Spirit played a major role in this process). The NT canon also is viewed by many to my understanding to have been largely in response to "false writings" circulating those first few centuries. When applied to God's Scriptures i agree that the historical critical method should be used to better understand and respect Gods word, not to come up with some novel interpretation or discovery and use the press to promote it as has often occurred notoriously by a particular seminar group......most are familiar with..

In Christ

You are most correct regarding the "false writings"; the early Fathers through the oversight of the Holy Spirit did have their work cut out for them, but the Bible has stood up to the scrutiny of all of the subsequent generations, as it will that of generations to come.

It's surprising that with all this history, that every few years some group using the press or TV talks about the great wisdom that has been hidden from us by "the Church" in one or more of the Gnostic gospels. ...Speaking of which, it's been a while, they must be getting about due for an other round.