... dispirited by the persecution they are going through now. Instead, he echoes Matthew 5:10, that "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." There are many interesting things about Revelation 1. The first verse itself is somewhat interesting. It reads, "The revelation of ... Jesus Christ- This is intriguing in that we"re not quite sure what is meant by a revelation of Jesus. The Greek word for revelation is apokalupsis, which means "used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible t...

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... (Catholicism History). It was very apparent that the rest of the world was not having it and they did not care what the consequences were for not believing; they refused to be Bible huggers, basically. They were questioned left and right on their intentions and still, to this day are not ... still professes "one holy, catholic, and apostolic church" in the Nicene Creed ("The Roman Catholic Church and The Catholic Communion"). In order for one to belong to the church, their faith must be professes and they shall accept the gospel of Jesus to be the ultimate truth, in the ... of the Catho...

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