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I wasn't claiming they disfellowshipped one another, but some of their practices were very different from one another and they were not above expressing that. Definitely true... although I think, my opinion, that the Jewish Christians were much more zealous in pushing their ideas than the Gentile C...

Respectfully I abstain from this thread....

From what I've read, the Pauline and the Jerusalem Christians functioned as "two camps" more than most are comfortable accepting. Some beautiful, initial unity right after the Gospel era is a fraudulent claim, even under direct supervision of the apostles. I am not surprised. The two camp...

From what I've read, the Pauline and the Jerusalem Christians functioned as "two camps" more than most are comfortable accepting. Some beautiful, initial unity right after the Gospel era is a fraudulent claim, even under direct supervision of the apostles. Isn't there some record though o...

AS I’m starting to delve into Brown’s “Introduction to the New Testament,” I am wondering what relations were like between Judaic Christians and Gentile Christians generally, and Paul and James specifically. Doubtless there must have been some interesting conversations that took place among the foun...

... but it doesn’t say anywhere in the Bible that one has to be ordained in order to lead in celebration. But that’s another question for another thread! 8-) Perhaps it should be another thread, but I personally have a problem with allowing non-ordained people behind the pulpit, with very few excep...

... but it doesn’t say anywhere in the Bible that one has to be ordained in order to lead in celebration. But that’s another question for another thread! 8-) Perhaps it should be another thread, but I personally have a problem with allowing non-ordained people behind the pulpit, with very few excep...

gcdonner wrote:They do have some strange doctrines to be sure

I know nothing about them... curious.

In my opinion, if churches open the floodgates and allow open communion, what's the point of membership?? I guess that I believe in being a member of the church that is Jesus Christ... I guess that I am different in my opinion about this issue, in that I feel communion, what I used to call Eucharis...

Boot, I’m curious what you think of Raymond Brown’s “Intro to the New Testament....”