Language- any set or system of such symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people, who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another. Think about the first time someone gave you a Bible as a gift. Did it have your name on the cover? WasContinue reading “The Sacred Scriptures Part I”
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The Word ‘Katholikos’
The word ‘katholikos’ (translated ‘whole’ or ‘universal’) was first recorded to be used by Ignatius, the Bishop of Antioch, who was executed and martyred by the Romans for his faith around 107-112 AD. As an overseer or guardian of the Church (episkopos, often translated as bishop into english), he was entrusted with the ‘serious business’ of keeping watch overContinue reading “The Word ‘Katholikos’”