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Yup.

https://courses.washington.edu/hist112/ ... 0FAITH.htm

Sixth. concerning the sword: The sword is ordained of God outside the perfection of Christ. It punishes and puts to death the wicked, and guards and protects the good.

Without looking it up, I recognize the quote from Hubmaier on the role of the state, because it's actually from the Schleitheim Confession. Perhaps GPT messed up? Unless they are dependent on the same source, or one of them is actually using the other's wording about something that they agree on.

I don’t believe in the trinity. One could ask the question, when did the church decide on the co-deity of the Holy Spirit? I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t the first council Constantine called for. No I agree. Because it was much earlier, and not by a council, but by teaching passed down from the be...

When I think of the Trinity at the basic and fundamental level, I don't think of a word, or of technical details, or doctrinal development in explicating it. Like, you don't need to know all those things. I'm willing to discuss and defend the details, but the core of the Trinity is very significant ...

I saw an interesting statement recently: There are issues on which it's better to be wrong than to be apathetic. (Although it's certainly best to be right though). That would apply to most of the things listed under 2 and 3 I would think.

This is an interesting list to start with as "essential", particularly since the word "Trinity" never appears in the Bible and the New Testament sure doesn't ever claim it to be foundational to the faith. But the NT does teach that following and obeying Jesus is. Which leads me ...

The essentials in my view are the first and second greatest commandments. The rest is less weighty. Absolutely. If I have all faith, so that I can move mountains, or all doctrinal truth, or an outwardly very righteous life, and have not love, it profits me nothing. YouTube has a sermon by Rick Rhod...

Why not just start form the Nicene Creed? I'd be fine with that personally, as it lines up with the previous orthodox teachings of the church (per the rule of faith, etc.) and the worst christological heresies of the time do not. But a couple reasons, 1, I've been studying the 2nd century church re...

For me West Virginia is usually the place you go to get to somewhere better - driving through on the way south. I do think of the West - Colorado and Utah, in my experience - being the place you go to see nature. If the purpose of your travel is to see museums and historical sites, then none of thes...

I don't see "worth keeping" vs. "optional" as a way to categorize doctrines. I know my church thinks the head covering is worth keeping. But we also think Christians can disagree about important matters, even things that make it necessary to belong to a different congregation or...