Lent is a period of fasting for six weeks prior to Easter which was instituted at the Council of Nicea in 325. There is no earlier record of such a practice, and no formal practice of fasting is instituted for any occasion, or even required on a voluntary individual basis, for Christians in the New Testament. […]
Recent Posts
- March, 2025
What is Lent? And is it biblical?
- January, 2025
“God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man.” (James 1:14) but “God tempted Abraham” (Genesis 22:1)
A contradiction in the cleansing(s) of the Temple?
The women who found the tomb empty “said nothing to any man” (Mark 16:7-8), but “told all these things to the Eleven” (Luke 24:8-9)
The disciples meeting the resurrected Christ in Galilee Matthew 28:7 and in Jerusalem Luke 24:33
Categories
- Answer
- Uncategorized
- more