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    Was Bible Possession banned by the Catholic Church

    I was in NAM, Prisoneer Recoverly: we brought home around 6,000. When we were in the field, I was always in charge because I kept everyone alive. I could see landmines because of color blindness, had extra senses. I knew what was ahead, where snippers were, when magic carpets were coming...
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    The Revival ongoing in our parks again this year

    I found out today, that someone inherited all that garbage and had no idea how to get rid of it with spending a fortune. I spoke with that family. They were at the bomb fire too.
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    The Revival ongoing in our parks again this year

    Porn buring party A few days ago, many woke up to boxes of porn on their front poarch. My Neighbor who is a new Christian had a box of gay porn on his doorstep. He came to me with what to do. I said, you have a large fire pit. Let's collect it all. We put the boxes with space among them. We...
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    Was Bible Possession banned by the Catholic Church

    Tired one asks, did anyone say BBQ?
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    Was Bible Possession banned by the Catholic Church

    Anyone,what was I going to say?
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    Last night I had a weird dream. I was in 1810 southern states as a 6 year old with 2 younger sisters. Our parents were the Beverly Hillbillies.
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    I forgot what I was going to say.
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    nothign to say, thanks all
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    Peter the Rock?

    Now my wife is kicking me off, here is the rest of the parts. https://bible.org/seriespage/font-facegreekpetrafont-fide-school-interpretation https://bible.org/seriespage/nature-apostolic-office https://bible.org/seriespage/6-additional-considerations-exegesis-matt-1618...
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    Peter the Rock?

    3. The Christological School of Interpretation EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA, ALSO KNOWN AS EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI, C. A.D. 260-340219 Again, in his work Preparation of the Gospel, Eusebius writes: For instance, when He prophesied that His doctrine should be preached throughout the whole world inhabited by...
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    Peter the Rock?

    Like the other theologians examined thus far, Jerome has a Petrine understanding of Matt 16:18. Other than the popes themselves, he is the first church father to readily grant the pope full Petrine authority from Matt 16:18. In a letter to Pope Damasus, Jerome states the following: I think it...
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    Peter the Rock?

    2. The Petrine School of Interpretation One of his more significant works is the piece Against Praxeas; the work decries modalism, and some believe that Tertullian actually wrote the treatise for Callistus (see below), with Praxeus serving as a false name.164 In many of his writings...
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    Peter the Rock?

    “I will Build My Church”: The Role of ἐκκλησία (16:18b cont.) οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. Οἰκοδομέω occurs 40 times in the New Testament, and 8 times in the Gospel of Matthew.133 Οἰκοδομήσω is in the future tense, so Jesus is looking forward to building a community on the rock of...
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    Peter the Rock?

    Qumran sect was founded upon a “rock”.110 Tractate 1QH 6.25-28 reads: “For Thou wilt set the foundation on rock and the framework by the measuring-cord of justice; and the tried stones [Thou wilt lay] by the plumb-line [of truth], to [build] a mighty [wall] which shall not sway; and no man...
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    Peter the Rock?

    Cullman agrees with Ridderbos’ assessment. He also maintains that since the word πέτρα is feminine in the Greek and has a feminine ending (-α), the New Testament chose a less usual Greek word which had the masculine ending (-ος) for the apostle: Πέτρος.92 Cullman goes on to state that there is...
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    Peter the Rock?

    In his treatise On True and False Religion, Ulrich Zwingli states the following: [It] is as though Christ were saying, ‘I was right to give thee the name Peter; for thou art Peter. For staunchly and clearly and unwaveringly [Peter] confesseth that which has saving power for all. I, too, will...
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    Peter the Rock?

    καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃͅ τῇ πέτρᾳ. The καί merely serves as a connective conjunction, so it should simply be translated as “and.” When used with the dative, ἐπί can be understood in a spatial, temporal, or causal sense.72 Here, a spatial understanding works best, and the word may be understood...
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    Peter the Rock?

    Moreover, Simon also bears another name, Κηφᾶς. This name is a Greek transcription of the Aramaic wordֵֹכיפָא .56 The word ֵֹכיפָא means “rock”.57 The Hebrew noun kēph is found in Jer 4:29, Job 30:6, and Sir 40:1458; the common noun kephā appears twice in the Targum of Job from Qumran Cave 11...
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    Peter the Rock?

    https://bible.org/series/upon-rock-exegetical-and-patristic-examination-matthew-1618 1. The Exegetical Examination of Matthew 16:18 “You are Peter”: A Linguistic Study of Πέτρος (16:18a) κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω. “And I” (κἀγώ) follows the revelation that the Father made to Peter. According to...