Welcome!
Welcome to my blog where I will be posting previously written articles and new articles. There are many topics in my archives, that I look forward to sharing with you, that covers a broad spectrum of subjects. Feel free to share these writings with your friends and family using Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, etc. Feel free to reprint any of these articles in its entirety in bulletins and newsletters. When you do, please cite this website -http://bryanhodge.net. It is my hope that you will find these articles informative and encouraging. Check back often for new postings or, better yet, I invite you to subscribe to my blog. I would also appreciate your comments or emails.
Thank you for your visit!
~Bryan
Categories
Tag Archives: britanica
Denominations: Eastern Orthodox Church (Part 2)
Authority 1. The Bible They claim high regard for the Bible. Orthodox Church in America states, “The Bible is central in the life of the church and gives both form and content to the church’s liturgical and sacramental worship, just … Continue reading
Posted in Church Organization, denominations, Doctrine
Tagged 1054, 1960s, 325, 381, 431, 451, 5 differences, 553, 680-681, 787, 869-870, albania, alexander melnky, alexandria, america, antioch, apologists, apostolic fathers, apostolic sucession, archbishops, authority, autocephalous, autocephalous v. autonomous, autonomous, baptism, bbc, beliefs and pratices, bishops, bread and wine literal body and blood, britanica, bulgaria, catholic church, china, chrismation, christianity today, church organization, clergy marriage, communion in a spoon, confession, confirmation, constantinople, council of chalcedon, council of ephesus, council of nicea, cypress, czech and slovak land, david ford, deacons, denominations, differences roman catholic and eastern orthodox, divine liturgy, doctrine, east v. west, eastern orthodox, estonia, eucharist, fasting, finland, fourth council of constantinople, george c. papademetriou, george mastrantonis, georgia, goarch.org, greece, holy orders, holy unction, how often confess, infant baptism, infant communion, japan, jerusalem, laity, lent, marriage, matrimony, metropolitan bishops, modern changes, nicene creed, number of sacraments, oca.org, ohrid, ordination, original sin, orthodox church, orthodoxfaith.co.ik, patriarchs, penance, poland, priests, purgatory, romania, russia, sacrament defined, sacramentum, sacred tradition, saintjohnschurch.org, second council of constantinople, serbia, seven ecumenical councils, seven sacraments, sinai, spiritual fathers, the Bible, the great schism, third council of constaninople, third council of constantinople, tradition, traditions, trinity, triune baptism, ukrain, unction
Leave a comment
Denominations: Catholic Church (Part 1)
The word ‘denomination’ and related words are used in different ways. The word ‘denominate’ means “to give a name to” (merrian-webster.com). The word ‘denominator,’ in mathematics, is used of “the part of the fraction that is below the line that … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Church Organization, denominations, History
Tagged 1962, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 381, 5 patriarchs, 606, Acts 14:23, Acts 20:17, Acts 20:28, alexandria, anglo catholic, antichrist, antioch, apostolic sucession, archbishops, bbc, bishops, boniface iii, book church history for busy people, book denominationalism versus the bible, book early christians speak, book handbook of denominations, book history of the Christian church, book the eternal kingdom, book the story of church, book what the bible says about cathloic church, brazil, britanica, california, cardinals, catholic church, charles jacobs, church organization, constantinople, date, david roper, deacons, denomination defined, denominations, east v. west, eastern catholic, elders and bishops, everett ferguson, f.w. mattox, first pope, five patriarchs, frank mead, fw mattox, george klingman, gregory i, gregory vii, hildebrand, history, history according to them, how many catholics, ignatius of antioch, illinois, italy, jerusalem, john iv, john the faster, kasia jurczak, laity, leo I, lucifer, massachusetts, merrian webster, mexico, moises pinedo, name catholic, new jersey, new mexico, new york, number of popes, numbers, old catholic, peter first pope?, pewforum, philippines, philp schaff, presbyter and overseer, priests, rhode island, roman catholic church, rome, romereports.com, sect, shenandoah, stats, terry hightower, texas, thearda, theguardian.com, Titus 1:5, Titus 1:7, universal bishop, usa, vatican ii, vatican publishes new statistics, world atlas, worldatlas
Leave a comment
Western Religions: Christian Science (Part 2)
Beliefs and Practices 1. Tenets of Christian Science Their website (christianscience.com) lists the following six “Tenets of Christian Science”: (1) “As adherents of truth, we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal life.” At … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, World Religions
Tagged 1908, baptism, beliefs and pratices, bible lessons, britanica, caroline fraser, christian science and sacraments, christian science sentinel, christianscience.com, communion, food prepared and consumed in mary baker eddy's household, God, holy spirit deity denied, illusion, Jesus deity denied, Jesus the perfect man, marybakereddylibrary.com, muckrack.com, polytheism, press club, pulitzer, science and health, suffering children and the christian science church, tenents of christian science, the christian science journal, the christian science monitor, the holy ghost and healing, the holy spirit divine knowledge, the scientific significance of the resurrection, theatlantic.com, trinity, view of death and resurrection of Jesus, view of evil, view of sin, western religions, what is christian science, World Religions, worship
Leave a comment
Eastern Religions: Shintoism and the Unification Church
These two religions are from the far east. Shintoism is from Japan. The Unification church (Moonies) is from Korea. Shintoism There are about 150 million followers of this religion in the world. Most are in Japan (Shintoism, Number of Followers, … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, History, World Religions
Tagged 9 things you should know about the unification church, accusations, amaterasu omikami, ancestry worhip, blending of religions, book handbook of todays religions, book the kingdom of the cults, britanica, buddhism, christ's unfinished business according to moon, confucianism, daniel burke, divine wind, don stewart, draft evasion, eastern religions, emperor worship, eve had sex with lucifer and adam, far east, hak jan han, hirohito, humanity declaration, izanagi no mikoto, izanami no mikodo, January 10 1946, japan, japan-guide, joe carter, josh mcdowell, jstar.org, kami, kamikaze, kingdom on earth, korea, mass weddings, model family, mongols, moonies, morals, north korea, persecution, presbyterian church, religioustolerance.org, sexual promiscuity, shintoism, shintoreligionuk.weebly.com, south korea, stats, sung myung moon, tax fraud, the way of the gods, thegospelcoalition, true parents, two falls in genesis according to moon, unification church, walter martin, washington post, washington times, wikipedia, World Religions, world war II
Leave a comment
