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Jews and Christians have an odd history. Prior to the 2nd Century, there was no distinction - followers of Jesus were simply Jews who understood that Jesus was the promised Messiah they had long waited for. Indeed, Acts 15 records the first "distinction" between Jews and Christians, a controversy over the question of whether or not non-Hebrew (the ethnic ...
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About "doing crazy thing as risking in battle" - do you think Israelites were crazy for risking the Ark of the Covenant in battle?
About the history of finding of the Precious and Livegiving Cross - look here for the narration about Saint Helen http://www.goarch.org/special/listen_learn_share/exaltholycross
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