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  1. Albion

    Jesus and Mary Magdalene had children?

    There's really no evidence for it, nor did that program bring any real evidence to light. It is all in the realm of "could it be??" It's a popular theory in some quarters, however, just because it's stunningly contrary to what the Christian churches have always taught.
  2. Albion

    USA MY Take on Trump v Biden

    You reject it. But you reject it over the word catholic, even though you and the people who wrote the Creed mean the same thing by it? That's weird IMO.
  3. Albion

    USA MY Take on Trump v Biden

    So....although it's known among people with some religious training that catholic means universal (universally true, not universal in a geographic sense), that lone source of misunderstanding--which is not, we should emphasize, a defect in the Creed itself--is enough for you to disavow the Creed?
  4. Albion

    USA MY Take on Trump v Biden

    First, there is nothing wrong with "catholic" in the Creed because it means what you said and doesn't require any additional commentary to that effect. But also, there are people who read the Nicene Creed and imagine that it refutes rather than affirms the triune nature of the one God as it...
  5. Albion

    Is Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday.

    Yours is a reply that is saying (best I can tell) that the Sabbath cannot be abolished. But my reply was given in response to a post that was claiming that the early Christians wrongly abolished the Sabbath as far as they were concerned. That is a false charge.
  6. Albion

    Is Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday.

    But the Sabbath has not been abolished. Or moved. And Sunday worship was not an invention of the Roman Catholic Church. So...there appears to be nothing more to report on this particular thread.
  7. Albion

    JOSIAH

    I would be surprised if most delegates didn't value both of those and take the stand that they did after considering all the available facts, logic, and evidence. On the other hand, it's not reasonable to ask anyone of us how every last delegate at any church convention made his decision before...
  8. Albion

    JOSIAH

    As Josiah was saying, church convention delegates are not chosen because they are scientists, so the question cannot be answered that way. However, this doesn't mean that science is discarded during deliberations or that the delegates are hostile to it or ignorant of it or that there aren't any...
  9. Albion

    Choosing a ‘parish’.

    By the way, I once did belong to a parish that was about a 45 minute drive for me. Although I preferred it to the closer parishes, the initial lift I felt from finding "the one for me" wore down in time even though the parish was the same as always. Gradually, the drive became more and more...
  10. Albion

    Ecclesiasticals VS Canonical

    Perhaps it would help all of us if Josiah were to state which books he has in mind when saying that the Articles of Religion have a "UNIQUE" and "wrong" listing of canonical books. By the way, the prayer of Manasseh is not listed as a book of the OT in either the Articles or the Authorized...
  11. Albion

    Choosing a ‘parish’.

    Tigger, the importance of the driving time I do appreciate. That's for several reasons, but if I understood you correctly and the choice is between the parish you prefer that's a 30 minute drive and the alternative that is 20 minutes away, I wouldn't choose the closer one just to save 10...
  12. Albion

    Olympics?

    Curiosity seems the only saving grace for these Olympics. The shameful behavior of some of the athletes aside, it doesn't seem like real Olympic competition when the events are recently-contrived "sports" that no one at home has seen before and which is reminiscent of school playground activity...
  13. Albion

    Ecclesiasticals VS Canonical

    That would be a silly exercise. Yes, in the first several centuries of Christian history there were many different views on almost everything from the nature of God to the books of Scripture to church membership and on and on. It is estimated that there were over 80 different Christian...
  14. Albion

    Ecclesiasticals VS Canonical

    It's ridiculous to repeal the consensus of the whole church through most of its history because two men--Origin, who was anathematized, and Rufinus, who was neither a theologian nor a bishop but was influenced by Origin, held some contrary views in their day.
  15. Albion

    Ecclesiasticals VS Canonical

    What difference does it make what RUFINUS said? Seriously.
  16. Albion

    "the one who stands firm to the end will be saved"...

    I'd say it's either there or it isn't. The idea of "working at it" until some level of love is achieved doesn't seem quite right to me. However, the word "love" is probably also a stumbling block, considering how many different meanings we assign to that word and many of them refer to some...
  17. Albion

    "the one who stands firm to the end will be saved"...

    That's rather an unusual translation of the verse. I can see how "standing firm" might raise the question of different degrees of commitment. By contrast, "endure" or "persevere" don't suggest that to me at all.
  18. Albion

    Ecclesiasticals VS Canonical

    Honestly, I'm amazed to have anyone here think that the books of the Bible were decided by two such unlikely figures from history as Rufinus and Origen! What on Earth would make you think that they have the answer while and all the councils, churches, saints, theologians, and etc. somehow...
  19. Albion

    5 Democrats Legislators test positive for Covid

    The news reports said it was a privately chartered flight. I don't know if all of them travelled on one plane, but the photos seem to suggest that this was the case.
  20. Albion

    Ecclesiasticals VS Canonical

    Yeah, that's swell, but it was a matter of fact that I was adding to what you wrote. It doesn't matter what Rufinus or Origin had to say about it. It is NOT the case that the Apocrypha isn't allowed to be read in church. Indeed, doing so is ordered. But doing so does not mean that these books...
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