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April 07 2009 By virtueonline God Looked East The disappearance of Christianity in its homeland

In Nisibis (now Nusaybin in southeast Turkey ), where a famous Christian community dates back to the second century, and which nurtured Ephrem, the greatest of the Syrian theologians, there is a church dating from 439. It was locked and abandoned after World War I when the inhabitants, fleeing massacre, escaped into Syria .

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April 06 2009 By virtueonline 'Exciting discovery' reveals Henry VIII as firm believer in Catholicism

It will be shown in public for the first time at the British Library's exhibition Henry VIII: Man and Monarch, which opens later this month and marks the 500th anniversary of Henry's accession to the throne. Related Articles

The roll, which is around 13 feet long and 5 inches wide, is made of narrow strips of parchment stitched together.

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April 06 2009 By virtueonline ACNA Canons Published, Comments Welcome

1. confessional unity, expressed in matters of Faith and Order;
2. subsidiarity, where what may be wisely left to the local level (both diocesan and congregational) is left to the local level, including property ownership;
3. missionary focus, especially in structures, roles and representation;
4. flexibility, recognizing the diversity of Godly approaches common among the partners coming into union;

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April 01 2009 By virtueonline Gene Robinson - a theological 'Rip Van Winkle'?

Van Winkle's problems stemmed from acting as if history were not history, and from being ignorant of facts of which everyone else was aware.

In the same way, there are those in the Church who act as if an awareness of the tension between Old Testament Law and New Testament gospel were new - indeed, as if the Church had never held the Council at Jerusalem described in Acts 15, or as if Paul had never written Galatians 3:19.

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April 01 2009 By virtueonline Rethinking Prayer Book Revision

While Canada and United States have divergent formations of their Books of Common Prayer, they shared the same common scriptural language. With a prayer book whose content is predominately biblical (some place it at 80+ percent scriptural reference) the language of the Authorized Version has long been our common prayer language.

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March 26 2009 By virtueonline What the Evidence Really Says about Scripture and Homosexual Practice

In other words, the fact that God had designed two (and only two) primary sexes for complementary sexual pairing was Jesus' basis for a rigorous monogamy position. He reasoned that, since the union of the two sexual halves creates an integrated, self-contained sexual whole, a third sexual partner was neither necessary nor desirable.

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March 24 2009 By virtueonline The Doctrine of Grace Alone: Sola Gratia in Scripture and the 39 Articles

What exactly is the doctrine of grace alone?

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March 16 2009 By virtueonline The Pope, Bishop Williamson, and what the Church is all about

1. Is this topic even something to get excited about?

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February 28 2009 By virtueonline What Is Sola Scriptura? Do We Reject All Tradition?

Unfortunately, this "Tradition" changes from one generation to the next and is essentially a form of ongoing revelation resident in the authority of popes and bishops and the magisterium.

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February 27 2009 By virtueonline JERUSALEM: More Bible proof: Temple relics unearthed

The finds include official government seals bearing the names of Ahimelekh ben Amadyahu and Yehokhil ben Shahar, who were high-ranking officials in Hezekiah's government. The life of Hezekiah, the son of King Ahaz is detailed in the biblical books of Kings, Isaiah and Chronicles. Hezekiah was the 13th king of independent Judah.

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