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Church

edited by Robert Nguyen Cramer (version 4.11.3.1)

Main topical index

Actions in support of the congregation and the community

Christian correction (references)
Christian love (link to many other webpages)
Is it right to publicly condemn members of the congregation for private sins? And what does it mean to be saved? (question/answer)
Love in action - How should a church "promote the welfare" of its local community? - (a webpage article examining the "Church Organizations Ample" and "Joining Another Society" bylaws in the Church Manual)
Sharing and giving to the poor in the Christian churches of Paul's day (webpage article)
Sharing as practiced by the earliest Christians (link to webpage article)

Bible study and the Bible Lesson

Bible (main topical index on the Bible and Bible-related issues)
Bible issues (partial index for online articles about the Bible and related issues)
Bible issues (index for online Q&A about Bible versions)
KJV and Textus Receptus issues (index for online Q&A about Bible versions)

Church history

313 A.D. - Constantine's Edict of Toleration: the beginning of the change in Christian practices, theology, and church organization (webpage article)
The Church of Christ, Scientist, the Bible, and early Christian history - (a topical index)
Church social cliques, heresies, and cults (as explained by BibleTexts.com and in Bible dictionaries)
Constantine's impact on Christianity (a topical index)

Denominations
- Denominations and denominational issues (questions/answers)
House churches
- House churches (commentary)
- House churches and church weddings (webpage article)
Language in church

Language appropriate in church (webpage article)
Language used in prayer, in church, and in Christian liturature (lwebpage article)

Weddings

Church weddings (webpage article)

Women's roles in church

1Corinthians 14:33-36 - "Women should be silent in the churches" - Did Paul really write this?

Did Paul really write 1Co 14:33b-36? (link to webpage article) -
Did Paul really write 1Co 14:33b-36? - a lengthy question/answer dialog (question/answer)
What evidence is there that Paul didn't write 1Co 14:33b-36? (question/answer)
What is the meaning of 1Co 14:36? (question/answer)
What is the meaning of 1Co 14:36?" - additional question/response (question/answer)

Church authority and women's participation in church

Does textual and historical honesty undermine scriptural and/or church reliability/authority? (question/answer)
Is it heresy to reexamine decisions/practices established by early church leaders regarding women's participation? (question/answer. The answer explores how even the venerable Peter needed to be corrected at times, both before and after Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.)
Why should the church change the way it has treated women since the Apostolic Fathers? (question/answer)

History of partipation of women in the early church

Anointing of Jesus - How many historical anointings? Who were/was the women/woman? (link to webpage article)
Did Jesus restrict apostles to being only men? (question/answer)
Marginalization of Christian women after the apostolic period (question/answer) This webpage addresses the following five topics:

The Christian standand: Jesus' non-descriminatory treatment of women
An illustration of repeated need for correction of an early church leader
Paul (a champion of women's participation) and later writings attributed to him that misrepresented him
Conclusion regarding the fallibility of early church leaders
What we can do to make things right

Romans 16: Was it written to the Romans or to the Ephesians, as a letter of recommendation for Phoebe? (link to webpage article)
The twelve disciples and the women who followed Jesus (link to webpage article)
Women's participation in Paul's churches (link to webpage article)
Women's participation in the Christian churches of Paul's day (link to webpage article)
Women's participation in New Testament Christianity -- summary and some observations (link to webpage article)

Ordination

Churches that have ordained women (question/answer)
Why men should not be ordained (a parody) (question/answer)

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