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From Dr. Strangelove Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

From Fiddler on the Roof.

“In our case, murder being once for all forbidden, we may not destroy even the foetus in the womb, while as yet the human being derives blood from other parts of the body for its sustenance. To hinder a birth is merely a speedier man-killing; nor does it matter whether you take away a life that...

“I give thanks [to God] that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. (I baptized the household of Stephanas also; beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel...

I didn’t baptize myself. I was baptized by a pastor and as a pastor I have baptized others. Paul famously said he was thankful that he wasn’t sent to baptize.

They are to this day through the preserved writings of the New Testament.

It was possible and it was required.

If you’re thoroughly convinced that you don’t belong here then you probably shouldn’t be here. However, I think you’re wrong about that and would like to ask you to reconsider. I’ll tell you why, if you’re interested. If you’re not, then all I can do is thank you for the time you’ve invested in...

A mental coin toss this morning to decide which work of Tertullian to read next: The Apology or Against Praxeas - in light of the fact that it’s been longer since I read the former vs. the latter, The Apology wins the toss. Who do I have to thank for this renewed interest in Tertullian? My good...

Enrico Pallazzo

Any Christian in Rome would have been a Christian residing in Rome.

See Acts 1:21-26 for the requirements of an apostle.

I’m talking about apostolic succession in the Bible.

See the dating of the New Testament books.

Not hardly. The Bible time frame ends in the 1st century A.D. That’s right. And that’s why you’re mistaken.

Apostolic succession within the Bible time frame, not extended beyond the Bible time frame.

Within the Bible!

You go beyond the Bible.

No.