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General Discussion / The word persona

« on: September 05, 2019, 06:42:24 AM »

I retired from it several years ago but for about 5 years I was an active debator on religeous issues. I learned a lot more about the gospel during that time then I expected to initially. Eventually I got burned out on it.

Anyway, I had discussions with some pretty knowlegable Catholics on a few occaisions. What I found was that when they couldn`t prove their assertions with the Bible they would insist on quoting what they called the early church fathers and they wanted to give them the same authority as my King James. Since I couldn`t get anywhere with them I did a crash study on some of these writings which are early Catholic writings. I studied the oldest ones and found a suprising amount of things that i could use in debating modern Catholic doctrines.

One was this. I have issue with catholic trinity doctrine and the early church writers wrote in Latin. The Latin word for a person is Homo. However when these early Catholics wrote abouty God as a trinity they used the word persona instead of the word homo. The modern word person is derived from the Latin word persona and of course means something different then the original Latin.

A persona in Latin is the mask an actor would wear to play a part or a roll. When they talked about a trinity they were talking about a God with three personas that He has presented to the world.

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Bible Discussion / Melchisedec question for Christopher

« on: September 05, 2019, 03:12:12 AM »

I was reading your article on tithing and I have a question about your Melchisedec coments. Which Melchisedec is a Biblical figure that has long been an interest of mine. You cite Hebrews 7:6 as proof that Melchisedec had a father and mother.

How do you reconcile your interpretation of the verse with Hebrews 7:3 which states that Melchisedec has neither beginning nor end of life but was made like the Son of God and is a continual Priest?

The sentence "But he whose descent is not counted from" is generally considered to be a reference to the fact that Melchisedec was not a Levite.

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Introduce Yourself / Introduction

« on: September 04, 2019, 06:00:10 PM »

I`m a long time believer though not currently active in a church.  I can`t find the one I need in Wayne county.  The present time is a sad and troubling period of my life and I find myself in great need to reconnect with brethren who understand things of God. I`ve read some of the moderaters articles and found them reassuring to my own understanding of the gospel which has evolved from a peasants 36 year search for truth. I see some similarities in his journey and my own, I am interested in the house church movement and we are both in Indiana.

So I have decided to try this forum. I found this site via a google search on the perils of self love doctrines and I read creationliberty`s writing on the issue. It  really spoke to me and I think we are on the same page on a lot of topics.