Sentences with phrase «early church leaders know»

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@Brett The early leaders of the church, Popes, Cardinals and Bishops used the generic term «wife» as church, collection of people or congregation because they knew they were about to screw the sheepies over not matter their gender.

Although it would be a mistake to suppose that Paul speaks at every point for all the early church — that he surely does not do, as he himself lets us know in no uncertain terms — still he represents more clearly than any other early Christian leader the direction which Christian reflection upon Jesus actually took.

When leaders of the early church gathered in 397 AD to select which books should be included in the Bible, one of the things they were trying to do was provide themselves and following generations with an accurate and authoritative collection of books by which we could know the truth of God.