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I really don't see why, NT Wright is simply describing the Pauline doctrine of sin and the Law:
Would to God they were all saying it, which is not to dismiss the Law, but the New Testament doctrine regarding how we fulfill the righteous requirements of the Law:
Yes, the answer to your question can be found in the two links below:
God has allowed me to believe that Saul and Mathias were not apostles. Which questions the legitimacy of half of the new testament and the agenda of "organized religion" and that "The Church" is possibly the false profit that Jesus warned us about. I also believe that Mary Magdalene is the thirteenth apostle whose teachings were disparaged and she was driven from Israel by the misogynist Peter and the other male apostles.
God has allowed me to believe that sin is removed through pain and suffering. And that everyone must be purged of sin before entering heaven. Thus the purpose of hell is to cleanse your soul not to punish it. That is why Jesus didn't just die he suffered to remove our sins.
How open minded of you. A christian is any one who believes in the teachings of Jesus, often different from the teachings of "the church". Which denomination in your narrow minded "faith groups list" believes that Jesus is the son of god but that the Bible was edited and compiled to appease Constantine and his mother? The Cathars? And that "the church" exists to enforce its own authority and power. Ask William Tyndale about the evil of "the church".
You're entitled to your own definition, of course, but Christian Forums has one, too. I merely reprinted the relevant wording for you in case you, a relatively new member, might have missed seeing this information.
The new translation of the finalized Biblical canon was largely the work of St Jerome, who, in 382 AD, was commissioned by Pope Damascus I to revise the Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") collection of biblical texts in Latin then in use by the Church. Emperor Constantine was not involved in choosing the Biblical Canon but The early Church fathers chose most of the writings that would be included. The Eastern Church had a similar canon that did not include Revelation at that time. The Cathar's had no input on the finalized Biblical Canon but the books were chosen by an ecumenical counsel of elders and Bishops, Not Constantine or the Roman government.
You are welcome here any time brother. Just don't promote homosexuality,abortion, or tell anybody they are not a Christian. Those are the main rules that get people tripped up. That and flaming~basically directly insulting people, name calling, calling people liars, or even sometimes you get busted for in-directly insulting somebody. Oh one other thing, sometimes there are certain rules depending on what forum you are in where you can't talk about certain topics or disagree with certain points of view. Just read that gorum's "statement of purpose" to find out the rules of that "room"
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I looked up a couple of sources about what you are saying here and I believe we are both right in a way. It is true that Christianity was introduced to the British Isles before the Roman Catholic Church got there in the first century by travelers from Rome and other areas where there were Christians like artisans and tradesman.They started having small gatherings. However at that time and for the next couple of centuries, Paganism was still the norm especially on the main Island. Christianity surged with the conversion of Constantine however in the third century with the departure of Rome from the British Isles then arrived Angles, Saxons and Jutes with their religions. Yet somehow Christianity survived on the Western edges of Britain. Missionary activity continued in Wales and Ireland, and in Western Scotland Saint Columba helped to bring a distinctly Irish brand of Christianity to mainland Britain.Let me guess. You're a recent convert.
Actually, the Anglican Church is most likely older than the Church in Rome; and most of Northern Europe was Christianized by missionaries sent out from Britain, not Rome. But don't bother with the real history. The one you were told in RCIA classes is a lot more colorful.
Well, it was also the norm in most of the "Christian world" of that time, in all the countries bordering the Mediterranean, for example. Mithraism was a close competitor, too, as well as various other cults.
I think you underestimate the church in Britain. After all, three British bishops were delegates to the Council of Arles in the early fourth century (before Augustine and even Constantine's doings).
