DAVEH: What ppl, Judy? Do you know to whom Paul was referring?
Paul used Pagan authorities to teach and contrast as in the Pagan poet he quoted on Mars Hill. Just north of Corinth was a city named Eleusis. This was the location of a Pagan religion where baptism in the sea was practiced to guarantee a good afterlife. This religion was mentioned by Homer in Hymn to Demeter 478-79 Bible Knowledge Commentary on 1 Cor. 15:29. Dallas Seminary Faculty.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/pr/pr04.htm THE GREATER MYSTERIES AT ELEUSIS
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Judy Taylor wrote:DAVEH: What ppl, Judy? Do you know to whom Paul was referring?Hi Blaine: The scripture that comes to mind is Isaiah 8:20 which (to paraphrase) says that doctrine can not conflict with what has already been revealed in the law and the prophets - baptizing for the dead certainly isn't part of that. Paulwas referring (1Cor 15:29) to something ppl
were involved in - he was not teaching this or making new doctrine. As for revelation.My belief is that God reveals to us what has already been written and noone has as yet even begun to plumb the depths of that. jt-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.
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