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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
Ndigila,
In orthodox churches you have mentioned (I have done some little historical study of the Eastern orthodoxy), aren't there any traditions they practice and doctrines they believe in that would be termed strange by the apostles?
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That is the challenge I'm proposing.
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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
The icongraphy for example would be a totally new phenomena originated after the apostolic period, which would lead to idolatry.
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Iconography isn't a new phenomena. St Luke the Physician (the author of the Gospel of Luke) is said to have written about 70 icons including the Theotokos of Passion.
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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
Under what tradition or scriptural authority did Sabbath keeping become inconsequential seeing it was an important day for the apostles as documented in Acts?
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Grip, I've provided you with a quote from a disciple of John who claimed that Christians worshipped on Sunday. That is a very powerful eye-witness testimony.