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The Path of Apostasy

The Path of Apostasy. History of the Church (4). 1 Timothy 4:1-6. Defection from… The faith The truth The words of faith Good doctrine Departure from divine standard Rooted in lack of respect for Christ’s authority, Col. 3:17. GOD. APOSTASY. APOSTASY IN ORGANIZATION.

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The Path of Apostasy

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  1. ThePath of Apostasy History of the Church (4)

  2. 1 Timothy 4:1-6 • Defection from… • The faith • The truth • The words of faith • Good doctrine • Departure from divine standard • Rooted in lack of respect for Christ’s authority,Col. 3:17 GOD APOSTASY

  3. APOSTASY IN ORGANIZATION Acts 14:23;1 Pet. 5:2 Bishop Bishop Bishop E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E New Testament Acts 20:29-30

  4. “The Bishop” “In the college of equal and co-ordinate presbyters, some one would naturally act as moderator or presiding officer; age, talent, influence, or ordination by the apostles, might give one an accidental superiority over his fellows, and appropriate to him the standing office of president of the presbytery.

  5. “The Bishop” “To this office the title of bishop was assigned; and with the office and the title began to be associated the authority of a distinct order.” Lyman Coleman The Church, the Falling Away and the Restoration, J. W. Shepherd, page 54

  6. Bishops Extend their Authority “In the fore part of the second century the picture began to change. While no single form of structure as yet prevailed, we now hear indisputably of what soon came to be the accepted pattern, a bishop governing a particular church and of at least one bishop, that of the church in Antioch (Ignatius, jrp), acting as though it were his acknowledged right to address himself with authority to other churches.” A History Of Christianity, Latourette, I:116

  7. APOSTASY IN ORGANIZATION Acts 14:23;1 Pet. 5:2 Bishop Bishop Bishop E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E New Testament Acts 20:29-30 The Bishop (Metropolitan) • Formation of Clergy -Distinct office, title, authority & recognition Country Church Country Church Country Church

  8. Metropolitan Bishops “Gone were the days when in at least some churches presbyterandbishopwereinterchangeable terms and when there might be several bishopsina church, or, perhaps, a church without a bishop. Now bishops were becoming a characteristic feature of the Catholic Church, with a single bishop in a given city or area. If a city had more than one bishop, others beyond the one would be assistants.

  9. Metropolitan Bishops “The bishop was more than an administrator. He also was in charge of the worship and supervised the entire life of the church within his territorial jurisdiction.” A History of Christianity, Latourette, I:132

  10. Authority of Metropolitans “In the course of the years the bishops in the larger cities began to exercise authorityover the bishops in their vicinity. In 341 the Council of Antioch ordered that in each province the bishop in the chief city, or metropolis, should have precedence over the other bishops in the province, and that the other bishops should ‘do nothing extraordinary without him.’”(Ibid. 185)

  11. APOSTASY IN ORGANIZATION Acts 14:23;1 Pet. 5:2 Bishop Bishop Bishop E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E New Testament Acts 20:29-30 The Bishop (Metropolitan) Authority of Metropolitans Country Church Country Church Country Church Province [Diocese] Province [Diocese] Province [Diocese]

  12. Church Councils “Councils are legally convened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the purpose of discussing and regulating matters of church doctrine and discipline.” “General Councils” New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia

  13. Ecumenical Councils 325 381 Constantinople Nicea 680-681 Chalcedon 553 Ephesus 451 431 The Catholic Church Develops

  14. Acts 15…First Church Council? • Confirm what was already being taught • Agreement already existed among the apostles and elders • Clearly identify the false teachers • Did not decide doctrine (orthodoxy) • Did not write “Church Law” Acts 15:2, 4, 6, 22-27; Gal. 2:1-10

  15. Patriarchs “The bishops in the chief cities of the Empire had positions of outstanding prestige, a prestige, which, with modifications, has persisted into our own day. Especially prominent were those of Jerusalem, because of its historic associations with the beginning of Christianity, Antioch, the chief city of Syria and where the disciples were first called Christians, Alexandria, Constantinople, and, particularly, Rome. The bishops of these sees were eventually known as Patriarchs.” (Latourette, op. cit.)

  16. PATRIARCHS Constantinople Rome Antioch Jerusalem Colossians 1:18 Acts 14:23; 1 Peter 5:2 Alexandria The Catholic Church Develops

  17. The Papacy “In the year 588, John, Bishop of Constantinople, surnamed the Faster, on account of his extraordinary abstinence and austerity, assembled, by his own authority a council at Constantinople, to inquire into an accusation brought against Peter, Patriarch of Antioch; and upon this occasion assumed the title of ecumenical, or universal bishop.” (Ecclesiastical History, Mosheim, I:145)

  18. The Papacy • Gregory the Great (540-604): Bishop of Rome called it “apostasy” & “anti-Christ” • He obtained a renunciation of “the wicked title” from new bishop of Constantinople in 596 • Boniface III (606): Bishop of Rome was conferred title of universal bishop by the Roman emperor (Phocas) • Papal supremacy was introduced

  19. Bishop of Rome: Universal Bishop Rome Constantinople The Papacy 606 A.D. The Catholic Church

  20. Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church The Great Schism 1054 A.D.

  21. Church and StateJohn 18:36 “The policy of Constantine (ca. 306-337) was one of toleration. He did not make Christianity the sole religion of the state. That was to follow under later Emperors. He continued to support both paganism and Christianity.”

  22. Church and State John 18:36 “He had his children instructed in the Christian faith...he built and enlarged churches...he forbade any attempt to force Christians to participate in non-Christian religious ceremonies. He took an active part in the affairs of the Church, thus establishing a precedent which was to be followed by his successors.” (Latourette, I:92-93)

  23. Monasticism “It was partially as a reaction against this laxity and partly because of the dissatisfaction which the teachings of Jesus and the apostles aroused with anything short of perfection that monasticism arose. “Although it has been prominent in the churches in which the majority of Christians have been enrolled, monasticism was unknown in the first two centuries of Christianity.” (Ibid., I:221, 223)

  24. Schools of Theology “…there were beginning to flower in Alexandria a school of Christian thought which was to contribute even more...to the intellectual formulationof the Christian faith.

  25. Schools of Theology “In Alexandria the main focus and stimulus to Christian intellectual life was in a catechetical school, made famous through two of its heads, Clement and Origen. This catechetical school was already in existence late in the second century. As its name indicates, its primary purpose was the instruction of candidates for Church membership in the principles of the Christian faith.” (Ibid., I:146-147)

  26. Doctrine of Christ2 John 9, 4, 6 ThePath of Apostasy Away from “old paths” Jer. 6:16-17; 2 Tim. 3:16-17 Grows worse & worse, 2 Tim. 3:13

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