... , there came doctrinal disagreements among the Church leaders. Therefore, the Council of the Church Fathers was called many a times. Three main Councils of the Church Fathers were called on to bring about a unified code of doctrines. In AD 325 at Nicaea and in AD 381 at Constantinople and in AD 431 at Ephesus, the Councils were held. It was in these Councils that ... of Metropolitan minister or the Pope. More over, when the ministers and leaders of the Church obtained royal positions, a restriction of selecting the Bishops and the Popes only from aristocratic families came. With the elde...

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... the father, before things began to take a turn for the worst. In the home there's the "certain man,"" and that is God the Father. And this father had two sons. One of these boys is called the elder and the other is called the younger. "The younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the share ... son or not. He was a son all the time. This shows that not only is the gospel of grace for the sinners and lost, it is also for the sons of God who mess up and trail off the path, but God still welcomes them back. "But when he came to himself he said, How many of my ... to the ruthles...

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... in early Christian writings referred merely to the existence of "God, his Word, and his Wisdom" (Theophilus of Antioch, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 201). It is customary in Trinitarian language to speak of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These are assumed proper titles, and are used extensively. Yet in the Scriptures only one of these appears, "God ... glory he possesses with the Father,"" (Wilson, 1984, p168-9). Arius claimed that all men were the sons of God and that they were born in the image of the Son and the Son was no different than themselves and t...

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