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    out of curiosity ...

    Are there any white people (of faith) in the bible, if so who?
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    The development of Doctrine

    The councils of the Catholic Church provide a good record of how Christian doctrine has developed, largely in response to heresies and partly in response to internal debates on the meaning of the scriptures. Here is a summary of the twenty-one councils of the Catholic Church. The following is...
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    Do you think ...?

    Do you think that converts from Protestantism to one or another of the Orthodoxies leads to the convert carrying over from Protestantism whatever prejudices and misapprehensions about Catholicism they had as Protestants to Orthodoxy?
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    Would you rather be Orthodox or Catholic?

    If, for some good reason, you were to decide to become either a Catholic or an Orthodox Christian, which would you choose?
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    Prayer practises.

    With the rosary and most Catholic liturgical prayers from the Divine Office Catholics (me included) open with the sign of the cross and its accompanying prayer In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Then follows the prayer we intend to pray, be it spontaneous or...
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    Free from the Law, oh blessed condition! I can sin as I please and still have remission.

    The topic comes from a little rhyme that Gordon Clarke wrote in his book What Do Presbyterians Believe I think he thought that some Presbyterians believed nothing at the time he was writing in the 1960s. So, are we, as Christians, free from the law and is that a blessed condition and does it...
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    What is your church's position on ordaining women to eldership (the priesthood)?

    The Catholic Church, through a declaration by saint John Paul II, refuses to ordain women to the priesthood, to ordination as a bishop, and, thus far, to the diaconate. Saint John Paul II wrote "Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter...
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    In the other place ....

    In the other place there is a long thread asking if John MacArthur is guilty of heresy for his insistence that the expression "mother of God" is all wrong. I'll cite the sermon recording and if you want to listen to him, I managed about 50% of it, then you may want to give an opinion on whether...
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    KJV with apocrypha ...

    There's a movement, it seems, of Protestants into Orthodox churches. There's also a demand for KJV + Apocrypha. The following Video gives testimony to the movement into Orthodoxy.
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    Ordination

    What is ordination, do you think? And anointing? [Edit: oops, wrong place, this should be in Theology]
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    Would you miss them if the creeds were all gone?

    The ancient churches authored and preserved the creeds that are accepted by nearly all Christians; such as the Nicene creed, the apostle's creed, the formula of Chalcedon, and others. Would you miss them if they were all gone?
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    The Penitent Thief.

    And one of those robbers who were hanged blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly: for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But...
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    People can be quite pushy about their doctrines.

    In the other place, much despised by some here, I've watched some of a debate about baptism and it is interesting how worked up folk get on the doctrine.
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    Christology

    The history of Christology over the first seven centuries of Church history is a fascinating and complex topic that involves many debates, controversies, and developments. Here is a brief overview of some of the main events and issues that shaped the Christian understanding of Jesus Christ...
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    Ultimate Authority

    In Catholic teaching the ultimate authority for all teaching is God. That needs to be unpacked a little I think. How does God communicate? through Jesus Christ first and foremost through the apostles who received their teaching from Christ through the bishops who succeeded the apostles through...
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    Is China really as evil as our media says it is?

    China has a long history of government by emperors and its society is structured according to family and clan groupings, or has been for a long time even if in more recent times that has changed a little. Christianity arose in a society that was ruled by an emperor and had a history of kings as...
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    Does answered prayer prove a theological point?

    When you experience a positive answer to your prayer does that give evidence that your prayer is acceptable to God with whatever theological implications that may have?
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    When your team may lose in sports is it okay to pray that they will win?

    What is prayer for? Should a Christian spend "God's time" on trivial matters like letting one's sporting team win? Or is it right and proper for a Christian to petition God for matters that re, objectively speaking, not very significant?
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    When is a vision a fairy tale that can be dismissed and when isn't it so?

    On the mount of transfiguration the Lord spoke with Moses and Elijah; Moses died near the end of the book of Deuteronomy and Elijah is said to have ascended in a chariot of some kind to heaven. Both were, I presume you'll agree, no longer Earthly people, yet they communed with Jesus in the...
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    Was it a mistake for God to send Samuel to speak to Saul?

    Was it a mistake for God to send Samuel to speak to Saul? Or do you think that it was Fake-Samuel that appeared, some sort of demon? Or if it was the real Samuel, then what does that say about your theology regarding communion with the saints in heaven?
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