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The semikhah tradition of succession died out in the fourth century, according to the Jews. But the semikhah was already practiced by the Christians from the Apostles, the way God transferred Authority by succession in the old covenant, is how Authority was transferred in the new Covenant. “As...

No. Not into the new Covenant. It was a long established Israelite practice to hand down succession, and Christianity adopted it, Paul being a devout Pharisee, knew its origins back to Moses. “As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Now separate to Me Barnabas and...

As Augustine said. “The new is in the old concealed; the old is in the new revealed.” There is a parallel relationship between old covenant and new covenant. Not just in prophecy but also in typology. The bronze serpent prefigured Christ on the Cross. Jesus associated the Manna in the...

Rome was founded in 753 BC. Can I suggest a course of reading for you?

That’s right, you are textbook without the Apostolic teacher, sheep without Apostolic Shepherds. Your flocks are scattered, thousands of conflicting interpretations and doctrines can be found in bible alonism, and all from the same bible. The Bible is the source of your ever growing divisions.

It’s in your Bible man, the Israelites transferred Authority through the semikhah, the laying on of hands. Before Moses died he ordained Joshua his successor through the laying on of his hands. The semikhah is called the chain of hands, because it was an unbroken succession of the laying on of...

No, the Successor possesses the Apostolic gift of God through the laying on of hands by an Apostle. Authority is passed on but also the Grace to use that Authority. The Successors reflect and represent the Apostles who sent them. So after the Apostles died, you have the Apostles ordained and...

I doubt very much whether Trump would suspend the elections, considering how Trump viciously put the boots to Zelinski for suspending his elections, calling him a dictator. Trump doesn’t even think a time of war is excuse enough to suspend elections. Trump could still win the next 4 terms if it...

The Apostles Rule in their successors. “Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Being under the governance of the Apostolic...

You are in the de-supernaturalised form of Christianity, Protestants don’t impart the Apostolic gift of God through the laying on of hands. The “gift of God” that was passed on from Paul to Timothy through the laying on of his hands and what Timothy passed on through the laying on of his hands...

Catholic Bishops like Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Jerome, Athanasius, Cyril, Augustine and many more. These are the ones that preserved the Scriptures from the Apostles and created the first Canon. This was all done by Catholics.

I’m addressing you directly and your posts because that’s what forums are for. You quibble about what is unimportant like the method of selection, but ignore that part about the gift of God being given at the laying on of hands. No, the Early Church was not a Protestant style democracy. Titus...

Who carried on their ministry and preserved their writings? Elves?

The problem is you don’t recognise the servant leadership of the Apostolic successors who have rightful authority thus aren’t authoritarian. You think any authority is authoritarian it seems, which is the bane of all Protestantism. The Early Church was not a democracy, and the Shepherds were...

You quibble with words, and the plain meaning escapes you. Is it important that people were chosen by raising or stretching hands or not? “In the name of the Lord, tell them not to argue over words that are not important. It helps no one and it hurts the faith of those who are listening.”...

If she is initiating the divorce, the guilt is on her. Men still think it is their job to make the woman “ happy “, and it isn’t, never was. Modern women think it’s men’s job to make them “ happy “. Men will sacrifice their happiness for their families. Modern women will sacrifice their...

It doesn’t matter, a priest will anoint your baby if you ask him, anointing is how healing is done Scripturally and formally by the church. “Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the...

Take the baby to a Catholic priest for anointing with oil. Do 50 Our Fathers each day slowly and meaningfully and consecrate yourself and your family to God The Father, asking for His special care and blessing.

No, it’s right on point. The highest authority in Protestantism is each man’s opinion, Scripture simply exists to justify his opinion. It’s very different for Catholics, we hold to the singular objective interpretation of Scripture handed down from the Apostles. Our personal opinions are...

Χειροτονήσαντες , Cheirontonesantes, Having chosen. Having chosen now for them in every church elders. It’s a pretty irrelevant and obscure point you are trying to make here, if anything. I don’t see how it matters the methodology whether by hand raising or lot, people were chosen. Anyway...