puppyshoes
05-23-2009, 08:38 PM
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/FONT] I'm facinated by some of the writings that didn't make it into the Canon of the New Testament. Some of these writings are nonsense, while others have great value in shedding light on religious beliefs in the first and second centurys. Like the "Gospel of the Birth of Mary." St Jerome included it in his translation of the Bible into Latin. I find the "Gospel of Nicodemus" the most interesting.It also went under the title, "The Acts of Pontius Pilate." The description of hades is entertaining, and yet both the Orthodox Christian faith and the Catholic Church believe that Christ decended into hades, on the second day while still in the tomb, to save the rightgous dead, starting with Adam and Eve and all who died without hearing the Gospel preached. I don't know about the West, but The Orthodox Church is saying that since Jesus was in another deminsion where there was no time, all rightgous people who were trapped there heard Christ preached to them and He brought their souls into Paradise. Not everyone in my Church agree on how many He saved, but the early Church had some people arguing over universal salvation, some even thought that Satan and the Fallen Angels would repent and be saved. This was formaly rejected by the Bishops of the 4th century Chuch.:flare:
/FONT] I'm facinated by some of the writings that didn't make it into the Canon of the New Testament. Some of these writings are nonsense, while others have great value in shedding light on religious beliefs in the first and second centurys. Like the "Gospel of the Birth of Mary." St Jerome included it in his translation of the Bible into Latin. I find the "Gospel of Nicodemus" the most interesting.It also went under the title, "The Acts of Pontius Pilate." The description of hades is entertaining, and yet both the Orthodox Christian faith and the Catholic Church believe that Christ decended into hades, on the second day while still in the tomb, to save the rightgous dead, starting with Adam and Eve and all who died without hearing the Gospel preached. I don't know about the West, but The Orthodox Church is saying that since Jesus was in another deminsion where there was no time, all rightgous people who were trapped there heard Christ preached to them and He brought their souls into Paradise. Not everyone in my Church agree on how many He saved, but the early Church had some people arguing over universal salvation, some even thought that Satan and the Fallen Angels would repent and be saved. This was formaly rejected by the Bishops of the 4th century Chuch.:flare: