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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Christ's clear and definite teaching, moreover, about the life to come, the final judgment resulting in an eternity of happiness or misery, the strict responsibility which attaches to the smallest human actions, is in great contrast to the current Jewish eschatology.
		Christ established a Church and, in a variety of parables, sketched many of the features of its character and history, all of which point to something external and perceptible by the senses.
		The Jews rejected Christ in spite of the evidence of prophecy and miracle; the world rejects the Church of Christ, the "city set upon a hill", conspicuous though she be through the notes that proclaim her Divine.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03712a.htm (8642 words)

	Christianity: History, Beliefs of Christian Religion. Life of Jesus Christ. Quotes Pictures
		The word Christ, Christos, the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Messias, means "anointed." According to the Old Law, priests (Exodus 29:29; Leviticus 4:3), kings (I Kings 10:1; 24:7), and prophets (Isaias 61:1) were supposed to be anointed for their respective offices; now, the Christ, or the Messias, combined this threefold dignity in His Person.
		Taking Christ's own dogmatic and moral teaching, we may divide it into (a) what He did not reveal but only reaffirmed, (b) what He drew from obscurity, and (c) what He added to the sum total of belief and practice.
		(b) Taking the great central precept of the Old Dispensation — the love of God — He pointed out all its implications and made clear that the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God, so imperfectly grasped under the law of fear, was the immediate source of the doctrine of the brotherhood of men.
	www.spaceandmotion.com /christianity-christian-jesus-christ.htm (5022 words)

	Taking the Name of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It is a doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that the only way to obtain salvation is to take the name of Jesus Christ upon oneself.
		Sacred covenant making is associated with taking the name of Jesus upon oneself.
		Dallin H. Oaks, also an apostle, further explained that "we take upon us the name of Christ when we are baptized in his name, when we belong to his Church and profess our belief in him, and when we do the work of his kingdom.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/basic/christ/taking_name_eom.htm (456 words)

	Orthodoxy as conspiracy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Consequently, the doctrine of the deity of Christ that Nicea propounded and the infallibility of Scripture that it implied were fabrications that came about because of the bishops' power brokering.
		Taking his inspiration from authors like Picknett, Prince, Raigent and Lincoln, he presents a negative view of Scripture and a grossly distorted image of Jesus.
		The deity of Jesus Christ, Brown maintains, was an invention of the 4th century which resulted from the conspiracy of certain bishops against the party represented by Arius.
	www.methodistmessage.com /sep2004/bkreview.html (946 words)

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		Therefore, because of this hermeneutical blunder, UPCI churches take and dissect the book of Acts, thoroughly disregarding the context and grammar, and thus deduce that baptism should only be done using the verbal formula, “in the name of Jesus” only.
		God takes a dim view at pastors and teachers who preach an edited version of the Gospel; dodging judgment and apologetic passages in the Bible.
		There are scores of verses that teach clearly: the righteousness of Christ is the sole grounds of justification (man excluded) and the sole means is faith alone apart from works.
	www.christiandefense.com /articles.htm (6513 words)

	The Tower of Babel Affair
		If you drop the first consonant of Nimrod's name and take the others M, R, D you will have the basic root of the god of Babylon, whose name was Marduk, and whom most scholars identify with Nimrod.
		He comes in the person of Jesus Christ "taking the very nature of a servant Christ [a slave], being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!" (Phil.
		That is our pattern: to come to Christ where the curse of God against sin is poured out, to be clothed in His righteousness, and then to learn that path of humble service to others within the human family which is the true and only road to real greatness....
	www.ldolphin.org /babel.html (15153 words)

	Annie's Christmas History Page
		In conclusion, It is good and proper for the Christian to celebrate the birth of Christ.
		Each is free to choose the day and manner of his celebration so long as conscience permits and Scripture is not violated.
		An example of these works appears in the Jesus Christ article in the print version of The World Book Encyclopedia.
	www.annieshomepage.com /chhistory.html (851 words)

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