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Look at Aaron's Wikipedia page, or go read what the rabbis have to say, Aaron was the High Priest. There is no serious dispute in this regard. Leviticus 21:10 and 8:12 are clear that Aaron was consecrated as High Priest. But whether it was Aaron or Moses doesn't matter. The key point is that...

daq You pointed out Leviticus 21: 10. And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; How was that not referring to Leviticus 8: 10 Then Moses took...

Bishops are in 1 Timothy 3, but we are never told what they do, just some considerations on who shouldn't be selected. Old Testament priests were called presbyters, probably because they were trying to not confuse them with the Levite priests. Eventually as the seperation between the Jews and...

The Jewish Model The High Priest, Aaron & Successors The common Priesthood, Levites The Priesthood of Believers, Israelites and Jews The Christian Model The High Priest, Jesus Christ The Common Priesthood, Bishops and Priests The Priesthood of Believers, Christians In both models...

They enter the four great basilicas of Rome: St. Peters, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. Mary Major, and St. John Lateran, but are only opened during jubilee years for the purpose of earning the indulgence that comes by walking through them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_door

Indulgences were not banned. I received an indulgence by walking through the four holy doors in Rome in August 2000. Can you point to somewhere that the church is granting indulgences for money?

KCKID, How is the Peter exercizing the authority given to him to bind an loosen on earth and heaven an abuse? Unless you believe that the Church doctored that passage of scripture to claim something Jesus didn't authorize, could you explain how Peter didn't have the authority to make a binding...

Yes, they were Jews, which meant they were also supposed to follow the circumcision and dietary laws of the Torah, and not interact with Gentiles. But, they rejected both because Peter said so. Why? Because Jesus gave Peter authority to bind and loose on Earth and on Heaven (Matthew 16:19) So...

Not explicitly no. But there are three explicit mentions of Christians gathering on the first day of the week, but no mentions of Christian gatherings on the seventh day of the week, only Christians attending the Synagogue on that day, mostly as carryover from the fact that the early church was...

According to John, the first two appearances to the Apostles in the upper room happened on the first day of the week: John 20: 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said...

Sniper762, in the bible, when days are counted, the count includes the first and last day. For instance, when a Jewish baby is circumcised on the 8th day as Abraham was directed, that means you count the day the baby was born and the day they are circumcised. So if a baby is born on Sunday, they...

1peterlight I use the Catholic RSV, which is one of the oldest modern translations. I've head good things about the Douay-Rheims, which is the oldest English translation. I do accept the Catholic canon including the what you call the "Apocrypha". As I explained in my long post, the authors of...

Every one of your points had to do with scripture or specificall the KJV. Protestant model puts the authority in Scripture, and in Catholicism it rests with the bishops who have the bible as a primary source for our beliefs. As such, I was contesting your asserition that the 1611 KJV bible is...

makahiya117 How the Bible came to be: Moses, the prophets, and other leaders of the Hebrew people wrote and copied the OT for centuries. After the restoration of the Temple after the exile, things were pretty quiet for a while. Then, Alexander the Great came to power, and built an empire that...