10-12-2011, 05:56 AM
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Dave said:
Dave...I see it as not that its about "each other" but the false doctrine that can't be tolerated.
The Western Syriac (Greek Orthodox/Roman Catholic infuenced) groups believe their doctrine is correct, yet it is not taught in the New Testament, nor is it taught in the Early Church of the late 1st to late 2nd century...it was not until the time of Pantaneus and Clement of Alexandria, and his pupil, Origen, that this doctrine began to be formed...and a reason it was solidifed as it has been, was because of the Arian and Gnostic groups, who came in with false teachings about The Messiah and his nature and relationship with The Father.
If you would take the time to read both the commentary on the Nicean Creed by Bishop Theodore of Mopsuestia, and what Bishop Nestorius of Constantinople wrote in his book "The Bazaar of Heracleides" you can see that these men were Orthodox in their teachings, and agree with the early 1st - 2nd century teachers from the Apostles to Tertulian. And can hear from themselves what they really believed and taught, rather just go on what is told to you by their condemers, who have always mis-represented what they truly believed.
But if you are of Alexandria's School...then you would not like what they have to teach, as they are of the School of Antioch and have no Gnostic teachings mixed in with their Scriptual Doctrine.
Dave said:
Quote: from two divergent Christian groups that could not tolerate each other for the past 1550 years
Dave...I see it as not that its about "each other" but the false doctrine that can't be tolerated.
The Western Syriac (Greek Orthodox/Roman Catholic infuenced) groups believe their doctrine is correct, yet it is not taught in the New Testament, nor is it taught in the Early Church of the late 1st to late 2nd century...it was not until the time of Pantaneus and Clement of Alexandria, and his pupil, Origen, that this doctrine began to be formed...and a reason it was solidifed as it has been, was because of the Arian and Gnostic groups, who came in with false teachings about The Messiah and his nature and relationship with The Father.
If you would take the time to read both the commentary on the Nicean Creed by Bishop Theodore of Mopsuestia, and what Bishop Nestorius of Constantinople wrote in his book "The Bazaar of Heracleides" you can see that these men were Orthodox in their teachings, and agree with the early 1st - 2nd century teachers from the Apostles to Tertulian. And can hear from themselves what they really believed and taught, rather just go on what is told to you by their condemers, who have always mis-represented what they truly believed.
But if you are of Alexandria's School...then you would not like what they have to teach, as they are of the School of Antioch and have no Gnostic teachings mixed in with their Scriptual Doctrine.