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Should we worship Jesus?

Answered by . April 14, 2012 - 10:52 pm 1

It seems to me that the best way to approach this question is to look at what the Christians at the time of the apostles did. If they worshipped Jesus then we should probably do so too. If they did not worship Jesus then we should not. In recent book entitled Did the first Christians […]

Why do Christians go to church on Sundays?

Answered by . May 4, 2010 - 9:01 pm 7

There is no commandment in the New Testament about when we should meet, only that we should meet regularly (Hebrews 10:25). So Christians have chosen to meet at different times and on different days depending on what is convenient. For example, Christians living in Muslim countries often meet on Fridays because that is the Muslim […]

Are there any historical accounts of what the ancient Christians taught about the devil/satan?

Answered by . November 15, 2009 - 1:44 am 7

Early Christians after the 1st century AD typically understood the devil/satan as a supernatural evil being, either a fallen angel or a demon. However, some early Jewish interpreters held a very different view. The famous 18th century Baptist commentator John Gill acknowledged that early Jewish teachers interpreted ‘satan’ as a reference to the natural inclination […]

Are there any accounts of the beliefs of the ancient Christians about the millennial reign of Christ over the earth?

Answered by . November 15, 2009 - 1:31 am

A significant number of early Christians believed in a literal millennial reign of Christ on the earth (numbers below are dates AD): 115: Papias 110-165: Justin Martyr 185: Irenaeus c. 163: Aviricius Marcellus 190: Tertullian c.194: Clement 200: Hippolytus 280: Methodius 280: Nepos 300: Victorinus 305: Commodianus 306: Lactantius c. 347: Cyril c. 350: Aphrahat […]