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On 2002-11-08 08:58, GrapesOfWrath wrote:
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On 2002-10-28 11:21, nebularain wrote:
It could be that the persecuted Christians started it, and after Christianity became the "State religion" the Church borrowed their idea. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] Just a guess.
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Are you considering Christians and the Church as two different groups?
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Ooops!
In this case I am referring to the "Church" as the leadership of the established Roman Catholic Church who made all these decisions. But, you are correct, Biblically, "Christians" are "the Church". (Whew! The tangles of terminologies.)
P.S. Thanks for doing the research!
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