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I would have to ask, then, what is your view of Israelite kings? They were, after all, the civil leader over the assembly of Israel. Unless I can draw this back to Constantine, I would say we should start a new thread...However, I will draw it back to Constantine by suggesting that he was essential...

In the end the two end up in opposite places, so yes. No, God redeems individuals to His kingdom, a call to forsake those systems of the world. 2 Corinthians tells us to not be yoked with unbelievers. As a Christian does this he cannot participate with a government containing unbelievers. This is s...

Repentant sinners can be part of the kingdom of God. By all historical accounts I’ve seen this morning, Boris was actively waging war. His father forcibly converted his nation to Christianity too. Also, reading the account of his murder, it’s a little questionable given historical practices to rewr...

... My point all along is that we should be wary when using modern categories to work out teachings of 2000 years ago... I think it is wise to use categories from 2000 years ago to work out the teaching of Jesus and his apostles in their own time. The Greek word Jesus chose for "I will build m...

I do not think, though, that humans are universally incapable of participating in the kingdom of God when they participate in civil hierarchical structures. As an example of this, I present the Russian saints, the Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb . Being princes of Vladimir the Great and heirs to the...

I think from what I understand from your comments is that you don’t have the understanding that the gospel that Jesus taught was the gospel of the kingdom of God. Correct me if I’m wrong! I think tells us many times and Paul that there are two kingdoms - God’s and the world’s. We are called to be s...

It’s no assumption when one reads the bible and what it says about the Gospel that Jesus preached. The Jews were and still are looking for a political leader to be their saviour - Jesus showed us this wasn’t how it was to be. Furthermore what did Christ teach the early church before Pentecost? -Rea...

I will list what I think are some undisputed facts. 1. Constantine's mother was a Christian according to Eusebius. 2. There is no record of Constantine mentioning anything about the sign he saw on the sun until ten years after his historic victory against Maxentius. Following the victory, there is ...

MaxPC, weekly communion wasn’t instituted until fairly recently, mostly due to pressure from Protestants doing it. I believe Pope Leo made the change in the early 1900s. My understanding was that one was only required to take communion, following confession of course, once within the period between...

I'm gonna have to take several steps back to understand where y'all are coming from. For the sake of simplicity, let's use the definition of "set apart" for holiness. That is an acceptable definition. I'd like to know if y'all think physical things can't be holy. And if so, why or why not?