Scholars Plan to Reunite Ancient Bible
The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again – online.
Discovered at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai by German Bible scholar Constantine Tischendorf in the mid-19th century, much of the Codex eventually wound up in Russia – just how exactly the British Library won’t …
July 26th, 2008
Angels and Christianity
Angels are generally most closely associated with Christianity, despite their origins in much earlier belief systems and cultures. Nevertheless, the angel has been important to the Christian faith since its conception, and there are almost 300 references to angels in the Bible in some 280 different verses, making it very much a feature of the religion. While the exact nature and status of the angel …
July 19th, 2008
The Church & The Bible
The psalmist wrote “Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right” (Psalms 119:128). The first Christians were guided by the “apostle’s teaching” (Acts 2:42). They were taught to “remember the words of the Lord Jesus…” (Acts 20:35). The Lord’s church has always thus honored and been guided by the Sacred Word. However, this has not been the attitude of all churches.
Someone …
June 28th, 2008
