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    Today's Appellations, Yesterday's Taunts

    The word "priest" in English has its roots in the Latin word Presbyter which comes from the Greek Presbuteros meaning "elder" and signifying in the church one who governs in a congregation leading by service. It never had a negative connotation until the time of Wycliffe and then again in the...
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    Paul in Jerusalem

    It is not so. The council disbanded and did not meet again. It played its role but was not a standing body to govern the church.
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    Today's Appellations, Yesterday's Taunts

    It is a matter of lexicography. The word means what it means. The word being χρηματίζω which means "To be divinely admonished, to be instructed by a divine communication" and that it is used with that sense in Mat 2:12; Luk 2:26; Act 10:22; Heb 8:5; Heb 11:7; Heb 12:25.
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    Today's Appellations, Yesterday's Taunts

    You see Apostolic Succession in the word "christian". Remarkable. No one I know sees that in the word.
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    The Triune God.

    The doctrine of the Trinity is no mystery though the reality it seeks to describe is.
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    Today's Appellations, Yesterday's Taunts

    It's from a commentary by a Presbyterian. Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible. It's well known, has a long history, and is well regarded for its sagacity and scholarly acumen. Of course Barnes is not alone in noticing that "Christian" is not a pejorative in The Acts of the Apostles. Nor is he...
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    Disasters and Trump

    So you think of Michael Richard Pence as your ox? I bet you don't really mean that. You're trying to use an analogy, right? :smirk:
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    Disasters and Trump

    Have you heard of changing one's name by deed poll? Evidently not. Check it up - it'll be an eye opener for you. Legal instruments for a change of name are fairly common, even in the USA. Popes take a papal name upon their accession to office; for example, Jorge M. Bergoglio adopted the name...
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    Disasters and Trump

    That's right. It is not his birth certificate name. It's his name now however. But you know that, right? Being a historian and all.
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    Disasters and Trump

    I rarely refer to the pope. But he took a new name as pope. Francis I think. Just like his predecessor took Benedict XVI as a new name. Of course one has to be in the know to understand that, right? :smirk:
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    Disasters and Trump

    His name is Michael, you know. :smirk: Michael Richard Pence. But I do have doubts about him in the role of president.
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    Paul in Jerusalem

    Paul might not have liked that message :) He spoke Greek but I doubt he spoke Latin too and in Rome Latin was the language of the people. Anyway, Paul did go to Jerusalem so things worked out as they are recorded in Acts and elsewhere. Ideally nobody would have accused Paul and no one would...
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    Disasters and Trump

    I like Donald when he is tweeting and playing golf; at least at those times he can't start a nuclear war (note it is nuclear not nucular). The congress needs to get on with his impeachment. He's a bad president. Even Michael Pence may be better in that role.
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    Disasters and Trump

    Donald plays golf way more than any predecessor did. Besides he has a lot of time on his hands, he said. So he has to fill it with something he enjoys; like golf. Other competent people can handle the duties of the presidency.
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    Paul in Jerusalem

    No, it was a church council but not a governing body. Just a meeting between bishops and apostles and elders and so forth to decide the issues raised by the gospel preached to gentiles.
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    What NOT to Do in Church

    I think I'd prefer a cotton or linen Thobe for church :)
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    Loving Your Neighbor

    That made me laugh :)
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    Disasters and Trump

    Donald is golfing and visiting in fly in fly out appearances. Maybe it helps with morale. The orders to do the useful stuff come from other people. Donald is not a very hands on sort of guy. He spends his time tweeting and making inane comments in speeches on Television and the radio and...
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    Paul in Jerusalem

    Paul did it for pastoral reasons. To allay the suspicions that rumor created. To put away the false claim that he advised Jews to abandon Moses' teaching and cease circumcision. Paul's teaching was that Gentiles need not become Jews to be Christians. Gentiles did not need to obey all of Moses'...
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    Today's Appellations, Yesterday's Taunts

    More selective reading on your part leads to additional poor reading of the text and the commentary. The salient part missed this time is: That it was given in derision is not probable, for in the name “Christian” there was nothing dishonorable. To be the professed friends of the Messiah, or the...
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