Christianity and Paganism - What is the Truth?

The catholic church is the mother and her daughters are the protestants (protesting catholics). The mother created her own religion based off of a perverted judaism and also paganized syncretism (combining multiple religions). The mother also changed commandments such as the 7th day sabbath to her mark, the 1st day sabbath, and her daughters continue on in this today.

Best thing to do: Come out of her my people

 

They were to bind and loose based upon scripture. The catholic church and her daughters don't have authority to change scripture.

 

LOL - what a joke. The catholic church is prime evil.

 

No christian sect. I left the Whore and her protesting daughters years ago.

 

Adonia, do you know when the first, extant, writings of Mithra can be dated? (Hint: There are no manuscripts)

The earliest manuscripts for the gospels are within 40-50 years of Jesus life on earth. Would you care to venture a guess as to the distance in time from the claims of Mithra and the earliest manuscript for Mithra? (Hint: There are no manuscripts)
Exploding the Mithras Myth : Strange Notions

 

Adonia, there was no one, universal church, when the various bishops came together and shared the writings they had from the Apostles. The church in Antioch was considered the primary church, but the church in Rome had political power. Basically the church at Rome took the lead and grew strong, not by spiritual might, but by political alliance to the Roman Empire. Thus the separation of church and state was forcibly removed within the Roman Empire, however, the Coptic church and Orthodox church were never under Roman dominion.

As for Jason, he's a part of a cult called the Hebrew Roots, which denies the deity of Jesus and requires people to be redeemed under the burden of the Mosaic law. He's antagonistic to Christianity. Hopefully one day he will be granted God's grace. Until then we pray for him to have his eyes opened to the good news of Yeshua, YHWH himself.

 

This guy has no clue about the hebrew roots movement, lol

 

When in your opinion did the "bishops" come together and share the writings they had from the apostles. What year are you talking about?

 

I was referring to the council of Nicea.

 

After Nicaea in 325 there still wasn't any 27 book Canon. The first list was by Athanasius in 367. I don't see how you can hold that the wasn't one universal Church. How many Churches were there in the first 4 centuries? All these other churches also had bishops?

 

My point is that there was not one dominant church over all the land until after Constantine made the Roman Empire and Roman church rule over all areas. Before this, each church had various parts of the scripture, but there was no agreement because the churches were outlawed by the Roman Empire. The council of Nicea brought together the various groups to help determine what texts the various churches had and whether they were to be a part of the canon.
The Apostle Peter was never a Pope at Rome. The papacy was established after the Roman Empire declared the Roman church to be the main church of the Empire.

 

Come out of her to what?

 

One book I found most liberating was 'A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity' by Nick Page.

 

There was only one dominant Church before Constantine. You see the word Catholic all over the place when you read the Church Fathers. Whether or not you think that is the same Catholic Church that exists today is a different question. The "various" groups at Nicaea were all Catholic Bishops. The Bishops who held Arianism at the Council of Nicaea were also Catholic which is why the Council was held in the first place. I think the Easter Controversy of the 2nd century shows that the Bishop of Rome had authority over every Bishop West and East. They may not have been called Popes but they had the authority.

 

Come out of her (paganism, disobedience) to a life of obedience to the Father and not under man-made religion.

The churches are not the answer, they're the trap. They teach you to disobey the Father and obey their "works of the law" (their words). By which no man shall be justified.

Start keeping the sabbath to honor the Creator -- no manner of work done.

Start eating kosher so you are not as ephraim was prophesied to be and forget who he was.

Be the prodigal son and repent and go back to the Father humbly (no spitting) and ask to be joined back to Him in covenant.

Obey every word that comes out of the Father's mouth that is directed at you so that you may live. (Deu 32:47, Matt 19:17)

Rev 14:12 Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones,1 here are those guarding the commands of Elohim and the belief of Yeshua.