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Early lain Vulgates often did not have all 7 of these books in. If they ahve been around for so long why do so many Christians reject them ie why do some Bibles have 66 books and others 73. In our lectionary I think we only get one reading from the Septugent per year. These books seem...

Looked up the passages in Ephsians and it didn't mention any Old Testament figures by name, but neither does it rule it out. As to descending into the earth; it could mean Hell, Sheol or some other etherial plane of existance, that I don't doubt. All I'm saying is that if thins aren't spelt...

Ah well if we're talking out of fashion: Knight Rider, A-Team, Air Wolf, Robin of Sherwood (1980s), Kung Fu, Walker Texas ranger, Space Precinct and Cadfael.

Sensible answers please! Is he either walking the earth today or did he die in the flood?

I don't think they could have ever been in the same Hell that is alake of fire at the very end, it was probably Sheol. All those great prophets and patriarchs from the Old testament were holy people, just like saints but I don't think they could go to Heaven until after Christ died because it...

After Cain killed Abel God put a mark on Cain's forehead so that no-one would try to kill him and told him he had to wonder the earth. Does that mean that Cain could still be alive today, just wodnering around from one city to another, one country to another or could he be long dead. He could...

The Septugent or Biblcial Apocrypha was not defined until the COuncil of Trent in 1546 even though those books had been widely used for centuries. Then there are other Apocryphas which are most definatly not Biblical such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Bartholomew the gospel of...

It was never added to the Bible, which is why it is apocryphal. There are 7 books between the Old testament and the New called the Septugent but theya re often called ther Apocrypha and these were added by the Catholic Church in the 16th century. Tnhey are not heretical and are certainly worth...

Some of the Apocryphal stuff like the Gospel of Nicodemus try to explain what happend between Christ's dying and resurrection. In the Old versions of the Apostles Creed it say's Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into...

Pagan rules could hold their authority from the devil and Christian ones from God. Also, with most peopel here being Americans you might not have the same understanding as people who actually live in a monarchy. Culturally you are aversed to it as thye idea of monarchy to you compromises...

Forgot to mention! I've been reading the Life of Adam and Eve. I don't regard it as inspired but I'd reccommend it as a really good read. Basically it is just a Medieval story that tries to flesh out our understanding of Adam, Eve and Seth. In other words it just tries to fill in the gaps...

I would never consider anything like that as inspired and I would assume it was left out of the Bible for being a bit gnostic On Bartholomew; Jesus summons Satan and commands him to tell Bartholomew how he became the devil and it is this story that we all accept since I've never found it...

Don't you think I'm smart enoughto come up with things myself? Obviously I had to consult the Gospel of St Bartholomew and the Life of Adam and Eve. I wonder! Are there types of snakes that bite people on the heel? (just out of interest)

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. I've never understood what this means, so I'd like to know if anyone has an interpretation. This is what I've come up with. Before the...

The Roman Emperors, thwe Chines Emperors and the Egyptian Pharoes all believed themselves to be God's in human form European monarchy is historically quite different though. Kings were seena s being divinly appointed htough really it was down to either preimageniture or election (yes many...

What's the proper meaning then? It has always made sense to me. Peter was the first to recognise Jesus so he was made head Apostle and he was the first Bishop of Rome (though he didn't hold the exact tile he did do the job) and he was given the keys of heaven and the authority of loosing and...

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I alwasy thought that was when the Church was created.

It is a shame that churches have always been targets as they usually had plenty of silverwhere and of course lead on the roof. We have a real problem in England with lead thieves. In our church we had a matching pair of chairs that were positioned in the sancuary for visits from the Bishop and...

If you have someone Baptized as an infant and brought up in the Christian faith then it does mean something, but those people who get their babies Baptized and then don't go into a church again unless its for a wedding or a funeral, then yes it would mean nothing. Those brought up in the faith...

When someone decides to be an athiest they ahve turned away from God. The de-bpatism is an outward sign of what has gone on inwardly. It's a sign of the rot inside if you ask me but what I mean is the damage was already done. If they change their waqys and come back then I think their...