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WHICH CAME FIRST: THE CHURCH OR THE NEW TESTAMENT?

              BY FR. A. JAMES BERNSTEIN Source: http://thechristianactivist.com/vol9/V9CameFirst.htm (Originally Published by Conciliar Press, 1994) As a Jewish convert to Christ via evangelical Protestantism, I naturally wanted to know God better through reading the Gospels in the “forbidden book” called the New Testament, at age sixteen, that I had come to believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and …

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THE UNIVERSAL ELEVATION OF THE PRECIOUS AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS OF CHRIST (14th September)

Festal Prologue The official title of this solemn feastday is “The Universal Elevation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross” (Η Παγκόσμιος  Ύψωσης του Τιμιού & Ζωοποιού Σταυρού); but is better known by its abbreviated titles as the “Elevation” or “Exaltation of the Holy Cross”. It is one of four solemn feasts dedicated to the event of the Crucifixion and the …

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