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How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts command to abstain from blood?
It's necessary to consider the context in which the Council of Jerusalem made their declaration, as described in Acts 15.
And to do that one has to go back to events that happened more than 2600 years ...
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How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts command to abstain from blood?
I only have information from Protestant groups that would include Baptists, Brethren, Church of Scotland, Church of England, and Reformed Presbyterian. Those comprise a broad range of mainstream ...
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How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts command to abstain from blood?
How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts (Acts 15:28-29) command to abstain from blood?
28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond ...
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Why is the Council of Jerusalem not considered as the First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church?
Why is the Council of Jerusalem not considered as the First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church?
First of all, what is an Ecumenical Council?
Ecumenical Councils are those to which the bishops, ...
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How much do we know about the Second Apostolic Council of Jerusalem of 69 AD?
The end of Acts leaves us with Paul under house arrest, waiting to see Caesar, but he was later brought before Nero, who died in the year 68 AD, see Wikipedia. It is generally reckoned that Paul was ...
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How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts command to abstain from blood?
There are many fine answers here with aspects of the whole of the matter. If I can avoid it, I'll not re-hash these things.
It's critical to keep in mind that when the Jerusalem council met in Acts ...
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How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts command to abstain from blood?
TL;DR: Appearance of evil: Drinking blood was an element of Pagan sacrifice
Are we under obligation to avoid any or all of those 4 things [meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things ...
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Were there implicit laws not referenced in the Acts 15 letter to gentile believers?
Until Peter's vision (Acts 10 (NKJV)),
in which he is told that Christianity is intended for all mankind, "… God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean",
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How have mainstream Christian denominations interpreted the Acts command to abstain from blood?
Of particular interest is what it ... means now in modern times ...
In school (Roman-Catholic religious education) we were told that the reason for this instruction is that Christians being Jews ...
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