You just failed theology 101. Stick to photography. Paul On Jan 4, 2007, at 9:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>> >> From: >> Adam Maas >> John Sessoms wrote: >>>> From: >>>> frank theriault On 1/3/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Just one side point... neither purgatory or a burning hell are >>>>> taught by the >>>>> Bible. So yes a strange, in fact, false logic.<snip> >>>> Indeed! >>>> >>>> The concept of purgatory is Roman Catholic dogma (perhaps other >>>> Christian sects believe in it, I don't know). What has Catholicism >>>> ever had to do with the Bible? >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> frank, recovering catholic >>> >>> Wasn't it a bunch of Roman Catholic priests who decided what would >>> be in and what would not be in the Bible? >>> >> >> Pretty much, for the New Testament at least. St Jerome was the guy >> who >> put it together and it was approved initially in 392AD and finally in >> 397AD at a pair of Church Councils. > > Ok, for some reason I thought there was a later council, sometime > around > 1200 AD that re-edited the Roman Catholic Church's Bible and removed a > bunch of "gospels" and other apocryphal books. I understood there > wasn't > really an "official" Bible until then, and the council had > something to > do with a scism and power struggle within the church. > > By declaring parts that had previously been included to no longer be a > part of the Bible, the winners of this struggle undermined the > teachings > of their opponents. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
