christian historians serious answers please?
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I'm sure that there have been very small pockets of Charismatics throughout history, but in my studies I have observed that the major Charismatic movement occured in the 20th century.  A Doctor at Dallas Thelogical Seminary did a study of Church history and could not find ONE occurunce of indiviuals speaking in tongues in the early (post-apostolic age) church.  I would not assume that Charasmatics neccessarliy stemed from Protestantism.  Where I live, in Houston Texas, one of the largest groups of Charismatics that I know is the "Charismatic Chatholic Center."  The following link has been very helpful to me in regards to the theology of Charismatics.  \nhttp://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/cor/dominion.htm\nFeel free to e-mail for further discussion of this topic, as it gives me great joy to talk about it!!!\n\n jr2443@yahoo.com\n\nTake care,\n Don
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Alright all you would be Biblical scholars out there -- Paul did have 2 friends in which he was close to -- They were Aquillia who was the husband to Priscilla and they were tent makers -- Paul was a Free Roman at birth on to adult hood witch was no small matter in and of itself during that day in time -- He was raised at a Gentile (non-Jew uncircumcised) and only claimed to be Jewish in his later years from the tribe of Benjamin, from a long-established Pharisee family in Tarsus that was practically erased off the face of the earth so there was no one around to validate his claim. -- Before he became Paul he was known as Saul in the Roman Empire and carried a fair amount of status. Men of that status were automatically expected to have a wife even just for show. Usually a mutually agreed upon business arrangement between the brides father and the groom for more political power -- The wife always stayed at home while the men when away and about to deal with business. So it is commonly accepted that he did have a wife in that capacity but not a wife in the since of how we perceive them today. As for "the thorn in his side" it has been speculated on for thousands of years -- Most commonly believe that it was eye sight problems he continued to have after the blinding light of seeing the full glory of Jesus that day -- Others speculate that it was his wife calling him back home to Rome and quit his insanity with the new religion -- And some take it literally that he had some sort of kidney, bowel or internal problem -- But the truth is no one knows -- There is a lot of new information on Paul in the newly published Gnostic Gospels found with the Nag Hamani Library from the 70's -- You can find the complete Gospels and English translations on the Internet that can shed new light and a different perspective on biblical times if that's what you are looking for -- Maybe a few more facts to fill in the gaps -- Hope all this helps and please feel free to email me if you have any more questions, I'll be happy to help and share what I know --\n---Angel
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Oh boy did you just drop a bomb :)  I'm expecting this answer thread to be long and heated.\n\nIn short, the Gnostic Gospels are what you are referring to (also used as the basis for Dan Brown's books including the DiVinci Code.)\n\nThe Gnostic Gospels are a set of books written from around 20 to 40 AD.  After Jesus Christ, the Christian movement was gaining a whole lot of followers really really quickly.  At the time, of course, Rome was the power of the world.  While Rome was a pretty diverse place and had a whole lot of religions going on, this particular one threatened the authority of Caesar since Christians would not recognize him as a living god.\n\nLong and short of it is that the quickly growing CHristian thing was a threat.  And a whole lot of subversion was undertaken to minimize or marginalize the threat.  A bunch of people started teaching inaccurate and blatantly false "Christian" teachings in order to confuse the new religion and help it disappear.  These Heretics (false teachers) succeeded in large part for the better part of 300 hundred years.  So now what you ended up with was a bunch of Apositles out there trying to teach the true teaching of Jesus having to compete with the Heretics (later known as the Gnostics.)\n\nIt was in 325 AD that the Church of Rome called together all the leaders of the Christian Churches to Nicea.  There, in Nicea, is where all the teachers agreed on the fundemental teachings of Christianity so that they all could be sure that they're teaching the same thing and so that they all could be sure that no one is teaching Herecy.  It was also there that the Church "cannonized" the Bible.  Basically they took a long hard look and researched all of the scriptures that were floating around and based on their research of where the scripture came from, who wrote it, the motive behind writting it, and whether or not it could be coraborated by other sources, they decided to put all the "good" scriptures into one book called the Bible.\n\nThe "left out" scriptures were left out for good reason.  They were herecy.
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That is a very intelligent rant there. Good for you. And, thank you for being the christian you are.\n\nNow, for all the laughable responses you got.\nThe bible is not historically accurate. It has been PROVEN many biblical stories were in fact translations of ancient roman, african, and greek stories. NOT the word of god. Also, nothing in the bible is able to be verified. Therefore it cannot be classified as anything but Fiction.\n\nAs for God having the power to make sure his words were conveyed correctly. That is also highly incorrect. It has been discovered much of the bible was not even close to interpreted correctly from it's original form. It has many completely made up parts and was written by christians with alterior motives and an agenda.
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christians : hellooooooo !\nit is obvious this question cannot be answer with your stupid " it is in the bible " ....duh !\nthe question is about records, like the ones the city make? got it now christians?\nsomething that recorded anything about his existance at the time he existed.\nis there anything?\nnothing?\nhow convinient .....\n\nthere were no birth certificates back then, but there was a census ?\nthere were no death certificates back then, but there was a trial where he was sentenced to death ?\n\nhowcome ,christians, there is nothing about this jesus guy?
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Well, history verifies my theology, (Christianity), so I'm not sure how to respond. One supports the other in my case.\nEDIT:\nHistory is HIS STORY
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No, I really don't know what you mean...are you referring to Christians or who? I have no idea, otherwise I would do my best to properly respond to your query.
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I believe you are very right in alot of new or unfed Christian hearts. We get complacent and don't read The Bible and get refreshed on what EVERY follower of God had to go through! Paul had the thorn in his side, Stephen got killed, all were mocked! Look at poor Job, what a price to pay! When we really start to follow The Good Shepherd's voice just know that He's going to lead you into "The valley of the shadow of death" at some point in your life to test your faith in Him(with good right!). Good question and point to make, friend! I hope that helps you. God bless.
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Regardless of what has been found. You are always going to find someone trying to portray Christianity as fake or not real. Or in that fact people claiming that Christ is not the Savior for man kind. The only way to find out is see for your self. Open up the bible and read scripture. Or find someone to help you study the bible. The truth is there it is just up to you to search it out.\n\nGod Bless
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They were Jewish. \n\nAlso Christians are not a sect of Judaism and we actually have very little in common.
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If you are really looking for an answer. I invite you to visit www.christiananswers.net. More simply you can buy The Holy book ( the bible) & find out yourself. Read! Read in the name of God
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I found one on crossdaily.com that is pretty good. But you  have to becarful. I found that even though they are christian there is a good deal of stuff being discussed that isn't exactly christian like. Good luck.
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This site gives you a very large list of Christian names, and their meanings.\n\nHave fun.
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Go here and get the full thing, including how it was authenticated.  Sounds real to me.\nhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0406_060406_gospel.html
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Please refer to this site :\nhttp://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity\nYou will find answers to most of your doubts, and get links to other URLs which offer more details, as well !
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I've attached a link as a source to help you begin your search but I think it's going to be like looking for needle in a haystack.  I can tell you (as can anyone else) that Jesus Christ began Christianity but as far as who began all the differences (Catholic vs. Protestant vs. Baptist, etc), I have no clue.  It's just different interpretations of the Bible.
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That's something that interests and intrigues me too. Unfortunately didn't have enough time and patience to go through it.\nBut, as you said that its something you would like to research yourself I hope maybe links listed bellow in the Source could help you to start from somewhere.\nOne more thing, I have also heard that the headboard that was placed above Jesus on the cross was recently examined by forensic scientists, and that the writing on it has been studied by historians and cryptologists. So, maybe you can do some search regarding it.\n\nAs well there is a book (you can find it on amazon.ca) "The Case for Christ - A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus", written by Lee Strobel. I didn't reed it but the review about it sounds interesting to me, and maybe from it you can find some additional information (source) where you can start or continue deeper digging for some more relevant answers.\n\nHowever, hoping that I helped you even just a bit, I wish you good luck in this exciting research!