----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: Re: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 11:04 AM > Subject: RE: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists > > > > > > > Given, however, that the Catholic Church predates the Bible by several > > hundred years, it is not a necessary condition of our religion. Rather, > > it was the Catholic Church that codified the Bible to be a supplemental > > resource of vast importance to our faith. > > John, that is really not an accurate statement. With regard to scripture, > at least part of scripture was codified when Jesus lived. How this differs > from the bible is really not clear. Further, we have Christian cannon > including the letters of Paul going back a very long ways. > > Second, your statement about the existance of the Catholic church assumes > that Christianity before Constantine can be equated with the Catholic > church. I've seen very little in early church history that supports that. > Indeed, there is significant evidence that the majority of Christians were > gnostic during the first couple of centuries. > > Now, if you wished to argue that the covenent communities came before > scripture, then you would have my...and most biblical scholars' support. > But, that is a seperate question from which came first: the Catholic church > or the bible. > Not being argumentative, but making assumptions based on what I remember being taught as a child, I have to ask if the authority of the Pope existed pre-Constantine? The assumption being that Peter was the first Pope and Popes led the Church from day one. My actual knowledge of the early church is nebulous at best.<G> xponent A Question Of Continuity Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
