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NASB | Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. [John 7:39; Acts 2:33] |
Subject: Can you lose your salvation? |
Bible Note: InGod, 1. Are you assuming that because they are on a Catholic webpage, called saints by the RCC, the fathers of the Church you cited are Roman Catholic? 2. Are you saying that "many Christians" who "were not at all part of the system then known as the church" were the true Christians while those in the "system" were not? Let me just note that: (a) The first 300 years had no "system"; no form of institutional organization existed. (b) The early "universal church" of the first 300 years was not the same as the RCC as it developed after Constantine's rise and as it is today (and I have no idea what you mean by "original"). I think that such an assessment of the early Church, as stated in the last two sentences, is mistaken. To be sure, the RCC laid it's foundation from the early Church, but it drifted far away from early Church teachings in many respects as the Protestant Reformation, in seeking to protest against the abuses of the RCC, went too far the other extreme at certain points; instead of returning to apostolic doctrine and traditions as revealed in the Scriptures and understood by the early Church, the Reformation ended up with their own brand of erroneous teachings, e.g. the subject of free will and predestination. At least, that is my assessment of church history from the little I've read. |