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No angels do not still intervene in the world today. If every Christian in the world had a Guardian Angel, bad things would not happen to any Christian because they would be protected. The Bible also says that the sole purpose of the creation of angels was for them to worship God, not protect his people.
As for the "stories" of angels that help you in the ...
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This isn't an answer, but it might be helpful.
Syriac is still the liturgical language in the Maronite Rite, and they make a point of saying the words of consecration in Aramaic.
Most of the non-Maronite Christians in the region are Melchites, who use an Arabic version of the Byzantine liturgy, which was originally in Greek.
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Here are case examples of churches giving to the poor, which may prove a useful reassurance to your question of "why does this not happen nowadays?"
I was a member of a Lutheran congregation that had a budget commitment for "Benevolence" (which was everything from running the national denomination's HQ to missionaries to Lutheran Social Services). The ...
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This question is based on a faulty premise - namely that any individual "suppressed" any book in the canonization process. To say that a book was "discredited" or "suppressed" from the canon is akin to saying that "Fifty Shades of Grey" was "discredited" from the NY Times Best Seller List, or that the kid with an SAT in the 80th percentile was 'suppressed' ...
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In those days the Church decided for political reasons to include the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the Bible. The other gospels were banned. It is highly logical that the Catholic Church would have kept a copy of the forbidden gospels. Sadly, the Vatican does not want to clarify further. Their policy has been the same for years – 'No ...
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The claim is false...
Strictly speaking, the claim is easily proven false by searching a scripture index of the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers. While this particular index seems imperfect, it does show that many verses (particularly from the shorter letters) are not quoted or even referenced.
We can also take advantage of the Philip Schaff ...
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