THE MASS

Welcome to a brief explanation of
the "Mass" (or the "Eucharist" ). This
is a short but in depth look at the
largely unknown treasure of the
Roman Catholic Mass. The Mass is
described as the most powerful prayer on earth. That is because it is
the Prayer and Sacrifice of Jesus
Christ the "Lamb of God" on Mount
Calvary nearly two thousand years
ago. His sacrifice is made present on
the altar under the appearance of "Bread and Wine". At the end of
Mass we can receive Jesus raised
from the dead into
our souls.the Lamb of God on the 21
st of August 1879 with St Joseph,
Our Lady, St John the Evangelist and a multitude of Angels. The Mass our
Treasure and the Lamb's Sacrifice
and Supper Adam and Eve Eve stole
God's fruit from the tree and gave it
to Adam to eat and so helped cause
the "Fall" of mankind,. But in the "Redemption" the New Adam Jesus
sacrifices ( offers back to the
Father ) the Divine Fruit ( Himself )
on the Tree of the Cross at Calvary
and in the Mass Jesus the New Adam
and the Divine Fruit gives Himself to the Church which is the New Eve for
her to Eat. At His Last Supper Jesus
first gave Himself to the Church and
on the following morning He was
put on the Tree of the Cross. At the
foot of the Tree of the Cross Mary the human New Eve offered the
Sacrifice of Jesus the New Adam to
God for the sins of mankind. Jesus in
the Mass gave His one Sacrifice to
the Church the Mystical New Eve for
her to offer back to the Father through time until the End of time.
Beneath the Tree of the Cross Mary
offered the sacrifice of Jesus to God
and the Church also offers His
sacrifice on Calvary to God in the
Sacrifice of the Mass. The most powerful prayer for Mercy
on earth and in Heaven. Mass is the
most powerful prayer we can make.
We can pray to God at any time and
anywhere but at Mass we
can pray to God, with God and in God dying on the cross at Calvary
nearly 2,000 years ago. At the
"consecration"
of Mass God makes Good Friday
present on the altar. At Mass we can
offer the sufferings and Sacrifice of Jesus who is the "Lamb Of God" to
God the Father in atonement for the
Sins of the World. Later on then in
the Mass we can also receive Jesus
risen from the dead really present
in the Sacrament of Holy Communion. ("Sacrifices go up,
Sacraments come down" Fr Joseph
Moran) At "Mass" we enter Heaven
with Jesus in the presence of all the
Angels and Saints as He offered
Himself to the Father on Good Friday 2,000 years ago. Briefly let us
look at the main stages of the Mass.
Repentance We first repent of our
sins. At the start of Mass we repent
of all our sins by praying the
Confiteor, "I confess" or similar prayers. (Mortal or Grave sins
(These are very serious deadly sins.)
need the "Sacrament of Confession"
and the lesser "venial" sins are
forgiven by sincere prayer.) Word
of God Then we hear the "Word of God" in the Scripture Readings
which nourishes us and the priest
explains them in his Homily. Jesus is
really present speaking to us in His
word. Offertory Soon after this
follows the Offertory where we can offer ourselves and all mankind (the
living, the dying and the souls in
Purgatory) in union with the bread
and wine being offered by the priest
to God. The drop of water the priest
adds to the chalice is a symbol of our offering of ourselves and all
Mankind. The Holy Spirit will soon at
the "Consecration" change the bread
and wine into the real Body and
Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus
Christ the victim of Calvary. Consecration After the "Offertory"
follows the Consecration which
means: to make Holy. So at the
"Offertory" we offered ourselves to
God and now we can unite our self-
offering to the self- offering of Jesus at Calvary on Good Friday. We pray
that the Holy Spirit will change our
hearts and the hearts of all those we
are offering into better members of
the Mystical Body of Christ.
Jesus through the words of the priest sends the Holy Spirit down to
make the bread and wine into His
Sacrifice of Himself. At the Last
Supper Jesus totally
offered Himself and His passion to
the Father and now the Consecration makes His Self-offering
present. (St Faustina in her diary
(No 684) recounts how she saw
Jesus at the Last Supper at the
moment He cosecrated the bread
and wine and she could see His total offering of Himself). Usually the
Altar Server rings the bell to help us
to focus on this Great Miracle and
usually all present kneel down. The
Body and Blood of Jesus are now in
the two separate vessels (Ciborioum and Chalice) on the Altar signifying
for us the way that the Blood of
Jesus separated from his Flesh as He
bled and died on the cross. The Holy
Spirit can help change our hearts
and everyone that we offer at this time. This can be a time of great
mercy for the world. We can unite
our daily good deeds and sufferings
now with Jesus on the cross to give
them more value and power before
the throne of God. Elijah's great miracle on Mount Carmel (See 1
Kings 18;17-38) where the Fire from
Heaven consumed the offering was
a symbol of this part of the Mass.
Our Father After we say what is
called the great "Amen" in reply to the Priest's "Through Him, With Him
and in Him" prayer we then say the
"Our Father" to sum up all our
petitions. We should try to
remember that we are saying it in
the presence of Heaven. At the Last Supper Jesus probably said the "Our
Father" with His Apostles. Jesus by
His Passion, Death and Resurrection
Lived and fulfilled each of the seven
petitions of the "Our Father". He
obtained for us this privilege of calling God "Our Father". The
Passion of Jesus was the Greatest
Prayer He taught His followers. In
His Passion Jesus "Hallowed" the
Name of His Father. In His Passion
He started the coming of the Father's "Kingdom" (which is also
His Church). He showed us how to
do the "will" of God as it is done in
Heaven. Through His Passion, death
and Ressurection Jesus who is
Himself the "Bread of Life" made Himself present in "Holy
Communion" as the "daily Bread" of
His followers. By His Passion He
obtained "Forgiveness for our
Tresspasses" and the graces we
need to be freed from "Temptation" and "Delivered from evil". At the
Mass we are present as Jesus
perfectly fulfilled the "Our Father"
for us. The Sign of Peace The Priest
may now ask us to offer the "Sign of
Peace" to those near us but more especially we should offer it in our
heart to anyone in our lives we
have not forgiven or do not like.
"Take and Eat" The first Adam was
told not to take and eat God's fruit
from the tree but now Jesus the God-Man as the New Adam gives
mankind Himself because He is
Divine Fruit from the Cross. The first
Adam must have told Eve not to eat
the fruit from the tree ( She was not
created when God told Adam not to eat from the tree ) but now the New
Adam tells the Church which is the
New Eve to "Take and Eat"
the New Fruit which we call Holy
Commuinion. The Resurrection Then
after we say the "Lamb of God" prayers the Priest adds a fragment
of the "Host" (Christ's Body) to the
chalice of His Precious Blood. This
action signifies the Resurrection of
Jesus and shows us that Jesus is
present "risen" from the dead in the Host and the Chalice. We can now
receive Jesus "risen from the dead"
into our hearts in Holy Communion.
St Paul in 1 Cor11: 27-29 seems to
have believed in this real presence
of Jesus in Holy Communion because he said "the person who eats and
drinks without recognising the Body
is eating and drinking his own
condemnation." Mission At the end
of Mass we are sent on a mission "to
love and serve the Lord". One of the best ways to do this is to love and
serve the Lord in our neighbours.
We can imitate Mary who after she
had received Jesus at the
"Annunciation" brought Him to visit
her cousin Elizabeth. The word "Mass" comes from the Latin word
"Missa" which means sent as we are
now "sent" on mission at the end of
Mass. It is good to spend some time
thanking the Holy Trinity for their
goodness to us. Prayers we can say during the
Consecration. Jesus taught these
prayers to St Faustina for the Divine
Mercy Chaplet which is said on
Rosary Beads. "Eternal Father we
offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly Beloved
Son our Lord Jesus Christ in
atonement for our sins and those of
the whole world." "For the sake of
His sorrowful passion, have mercy
on us and on the whole world."

THE MASS IS NOT AN ENTERTAINMENT GROUND NEITHER FOR EUPHORIA

Q: What books are not found in Protestant Bible? By CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY.

A: They are Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, ­ Baruch and the two Books of Machabees, together with fragments of Esther (x.4; xvi, 24), and Daniel (iii, 24-90; xii., xiv). These books were contained in the Alexandrian list or Canon of Books which was used by Greek- speaking Jews of Alexandria, Asia Minor, Greece and Italy. © Edited and compiled by the owner of www.archlegend.tk |CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY |

NINE WAYS TO PARTAKE IN SOMEONE'S SIN. By CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY

1. By counsel 2. By command 3. By consent 4. By provocation 5. By praise or flattery 6. By concealment 7. By partaking 8. By silence 9. By defense of the illdone When you meditate on the above it will give you insight how imperfect we are in life and how the church has brought it out to assist us in gaining perfection. One that baffle is partaking, I want to know if a politician steals and donates to the church does this also mean we are partaker. If someone steals from the harvest and you do not report it both partaking and concealing. We see women who are promiscuously dressed and the next thing is you look good,where did you buy this dress, see how nice your shoes are (high heels that help to exhibit your immorality when you walk), oh where did you buy this hair itis made perfectly for you. Meanwhile you will not put on any of these dress but you have partaken in them by flattering. . We must all be careful the way we keep silent especially when things are going wrong as for me I will always speak out. It is different if you are not aware but if you have the knowledge and allow all to go astray it will be dangerous Giving consent to our children to cheat in exam both in school and catechism. How many of us are leading women astray, how many of us are leading the youth astray, how many of us are defending our children when they wrong? We flatter our wives and conceal the truth of the church because we cannot meet up with it. You still suffer it in future because what you sow you will reap. Twist the Bible to suit our ego and counsel wrongly. My dear this is scarely. All these 9 ways are what you see preached for in many churches because truth will drive the congregation and therefore there will be no money. And the result is anti Christ taking over the society. Look at the 9 ways critically they all have multiple meanings, print it in your heart/on the wall of your house and allow these to be your guiding principles. This is the church nine ways and I agree perfectly with them and it is inspired. Beautiful church, beautiful gift from God only when you follow the truth you will enjoy it. © Edited and compiled by the owner of www.archlegend.tk |CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY |

Q: Why did Pope John XXIII convoke Vatican Council II? By CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY

A: His intention in convoking Vatican Council II as the twenty-first worldwide council(a council of the bishops of the entire Church) was to renew the life of the Church, to reform structures and institutions that needed updating, and to discover ways and means of promoting unity among all Christians. Pope John used the Italian word aggiornamento in stating his purpose for Vatican Council II. Its general meaning is "to bring up to date," "to renew,""to revitalize." The word is descriptive of the processes of spiritual renewal and institutional reform and change in the Church judged necessary by Vatican CouncilII. In his opening speech to the Ecumenical Council of Vatican II, Pope John said that the first need in calling the council was "to assert once again the Magisterium, which is unfailing and perdures until the end of time." The"magisterium" means the teaching authority of the Church. How unfortunate that, after this council, the magisterium, the teaching authority of the Church, was so often ignored even by some who said they spoke "in the spirit of Vatican II" orthe "spirit of Pope John." In calling the council, Pope John noted that he looked to the past, to listen to its voice. He declared that it was the principal duty of the council to defend and to advance the truth.The council was to be loyal to the sacred patrimony of truth, as received from the fathers, but to see ever new avenues by which to take the same, true faith of Christ to the world. He insisted that the Catholic Church would continue to oppose errors, but that its opposition must be treated with the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity. He sought ever greater unity in sanctity, and great joy in the eventual union of all the Christian churches of the world. Thus the reform and change that Pope John sought in calling the council was in no way to change the faith and morals of the Catholic Church. His idea was to develop no new doctrine but a new way to make the constant unchangeable faith in Christ — as given the apostles in the sacred deposit of faith — ever more effective in the lives of people and for the evangelization of the entire world. © Edited and compiled by the owner of www.archlegend.tk |CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY |

REPENT!

" Nothing but leaves; the Spirit grieves Over a wasted life; Sin committed while conscience slept, Promises made, but never kept, Hatred, battle, and strife; Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves; no garnered sheaves Of life’s fair, ripened grain; Words, idle words, for earnest deeds; We sow our seeds,—lo! tares and weeds: We reap, with toil and pain, Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves; memory weaves No veil to screen the past: As we retrace our weary way, Counting each lost and misspent day, We find, sadly, at last, Nothing but leaves! And shall we meet the Master so, Bearing our withered leaves? The Savior looks for perfect fruit, We stand before Him, humbled, mute; Waiting the words He breathes,— “Nothing but leaves?” © Edited and compiled by the owner of www.archlegend.tk |CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY |

What is Papal Infallibility?

By CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY. A: Papal infallibility refers to the pope's protection from error when speaking "ex cathedra". As proclaimed by the First Vatican Council (emphasis added): "But since in this very age, in which the salutary efficacy of the apostolic duty is especially required, not a few are found who disparage its authority, We deem it most necessary to assert solemnly the prerogative which the Only-begotten Son of God deigned to enjoin with the highest pastoral office. And so We, adhering faithfully to the tradition received from the beginning of the Christian faith, to the glory of God, our Savior, the elevation of the Catholic religion and the salvation of Christian peoples, withthe approbation of the sacred Council, teach and explain that the dogma has been divinely revealed: that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, that is, when carrying out the office of pastor and teacher of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme apostolic authority he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, through the divine assistance promised him in blessed Peter, possesses that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer willed that His Church be endowed for defining doctrine regarding faith and morals; and so such definitions of the Roman Pontiff of themselves, and not from the consensus of the Church, are irreformable. But if anyone presumes to contradict this definition of Ours, which may God forbid: let him be anathema." (Vatican Council I, 1870 A.D.) Why is Infallibility Necessary? "33,000 Christian Denominations" If not for papal infallibility, there would be no certainty in matters of faith - all we would have is our fallible private judgment - and it is abundantly clear from the many clashing Protestant sects what a poor guide this is. If not for papal infallibility, we would have no means of knowing what is true and what is not. We could have no finality of doctrine and each person would be left to believe whatever he or she "felt" was right. As a result, there would be error, disunity, rejection of truths, adoption of errors, etc. We wouldn't even have a Bible since there would be no infallible authority to determine the canon of Scripture. We could never be sure that our beliefs corresponded with truth, and we could never be sure we were on the true path leading to salvation. Is Infallibility Scriptural? Besides being solemnly proclaimed by the First Vatican Council and being consistently maintained by tradition, the dogma of papal infallibility has abiblical basis. For example, In Matthew 16:18, we are told that"the gates of hell shall not prevail" against the Church. Clearly, the One who is Truth itself must have secured a means to preserve truth in His Church against the gates of hell and against the prince of lies. We are also told in Matthew 28:20 that Christ will be "with you always, until the end of the age". How could this be if the Church was teaching error? And, how could the Church be "the pillar and foundation of truth" (1 Tm. 3:15) if she taught error? And furthermore, the protection of the Holy Spirit is clearly promised in Scripture:"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you." (Jn. 14:16-17) It is clear from Scripture that Christ's Church will be protected from error; and history proves that papal infallibility -and Christ's promises - have never failed. What Are Some Limits of Infallibility? Papal infallibility is a"negative assurance" that protects against formally teaching false doctrine. It does not mean that all utterances of the pope are infallible or that everything a pope says or does is free from error and good for the Church. It also does not mean that a pope is free from sin. Infallibility does not extend to the pope as an individual, but resides in his office as Supreme Pastor. Papal infallibility is limited in scope and does NOT... * extend to anything prior to one's being elected pope *prevent a pope from sinning *extend to every doctrinal matter (it is limited to instances"when carrying out the office of pastor and teacher of all Christians, by virtue ofhis supreme apostolic authority [the Pope] defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church") *mean a pope is impeccable (or sinless / faultless) *extend to every decree issued by a pope *extend to everything a pope says *extend to every regulation issued by the Church *extend to merely pastoral matters *extend to a pope's actions *mean all popes are good *extend to all disciplinary measures, judgments, legal rulings, etc. *mean a pope is doctrinally perfect *mean that a pope can create new dogma *apply to a pope's private decisions or teachings *mean all pastoral decisions are good or prudent *extend to others who act in the pope's name *extend absolutely to a bishop or a council ("bishops may enjoy infallibility of teaching only in certain matters, and only when exercised in union with the pope") *apply when the pope is not intending to bind the entire Church *mean that popes will never contradict each other (they may never contradict only in infallible matters when each is speaking ex cathedra) *apply in areas that are not protected by infallibility (e.g. pastoral matters) *assure that a pope is holy *insure that a pope cannot err *transfer to others (although each succeeding pope will be invested with papal infallibility) *mean that a pope is infallible in all matters (disciplinary, etc.) *mean that a pope does not personally hold erroneous views (even in matters of faith or morals) * etc. It should also be noted that the pope very rarely speaks infallibly and that infallibility is limited to certain doctrinal matters. Merely pastoral matters - including certain liturgical decisions - are changeable [in contrast with doctrinal matters (which are unchangeable)] and are not subject to infallibility. Pastoral decisions of a pope may be erroneous, and may not be good for the Church. Infallibility may be exercised only under certain conditions and in connection with certain matters (i.e."when carrying out the office of pastor and teacher of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme apostolic authority he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, through the divine assistance promised him in blessed Peter"). Has Infallibility Ever Failed? No ex-cathedra definition of a pope has ever been found to be erroneous. Although it is said that more than 40 popes have preached doctrinal error, none were speaking "ex cathedra". In other words, some popes have personally taught error, but these errors were not taught in an infallible manner, binding the entire Church. These errors of popes were carefully examined by the First Vatican Council which defined the dogma of papal infallibility, and none of them were found to violate the dogma of infallibility. As indicated above, not everything said or believed or taught by a pope (or bishop/councils) is infallible. Some popes have held erroneous views, some have taught error (though not "ex cathedra"), and some have behaved scandalously. In fact, the history of the Church shows possible papal participation (or culpability) in: * wrongful excommunications *violations of treaties *imprudent decisions *poor administration *failure to condemn heresy *bad / scandalous decisions *siding with / defending heretics *scandals * etc. Additionally, popes may have: *approved of ambiguous creeds * buckled under persecution * engaged in secret arrangements * ordered homicides / torture * been guilty of simony & nepotism * reversed / contradicted actions of predecessors (or their own) * held erroneous views * etc. Popes have shown weakness, made inappropriate concessions, made decisions under pressure, etc. One pope was condemned as a heretic. Another exhumed a dead pope and put his body on trial. One approved a five year old as bishop. Some periods saw the papacy controlled by powerful families. Other periods suffered from multiple claimants to the throne. "When God gave to Blessed Peter the princely power of binding and loosing in heaven and on earth, He made no exception,and withdrew nothing from his power." --Pope Gregory VII, 1081 A.D. Despite all of this, however, papal infallibility - and Christ's promise - have never failed the Church. Even certain events in the history of the Church that are considered "close calls" for infallibility have still stopped short of breaching thisdoctrine. For example,the pope who was declared heretical never taught error "excathedra", the ambiguous creed signed by a pope couldbe taken in an orthodox manner, one pope died before approving a faulty translation of the Bible, and other popes who held doctrinal errors never taught them infallibility. In fact, it is a testament to Christ's promise andproof of the dogma of infallibility that despite faulty and sinful popes, the Church's doctrine has been preserved unsullied for about two thousand years. "Against an enemy so artful [as the devil] the infallible light of the Church is very necessary." --Fr. Delaporte "Oh yes; men are made infallible because Jesus is with and in them! In everything else they are men like ourselves; but the Chair on which they are throned is supported by the arm of God; it is the Chair of Truth upon the earth." --Dom Guéranger "The Roman See has never erred, and never will err, because of Christ's promise." --Pope St. Agatho, 680A.D. "Certainly this teaching authority of the Church, not by any merely human effort but under the protection of the Spiritof Truth, and therefore absolutely without error, carries out the commission entrusted to it, that ofpreserving the revealed truths pure and entire throughout every age, in such a way that it presents them undefiled, adding nothing to them and taking nothing away from them." --Pope Pius XII,"Munificentissimus Deus", 1950 "Furthermore, [St.] Augustine emphatically asserted that this unity of the universal Church and her absolute inerrancy as a teacher, is derived not only from her invisible Head, Christ Jesus, who from Heaven 'rules His body' and speaks by the lips of His teaching Church, but also for her visible head on earth, the Roman Pontiff, to whom the chair of Peter belongs by the lawful right of succession. For this line of Peter's successors 'is that rock against which the haughty gates of hell do not prevail'. By incontestable right we 'are kept within the bosom of the Church by a succession of priests from the chair of Peter the Apostle, to whom our Lord after His resurrection gave the charge of feeding His sheep, down to the episcopate of today'." --Pope Pius XI, "Ad Salutem", 1930 © Edited and compiled by the owner of www.archlegend.tk |CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY |

THE EUCHARIST

The Eucharist Signifies Three Things It must, therefore, be diligently explained what the Sacrament of the Eucharist signifies, that the faithful, beholding the sacred mysteries with their eyes, may also at the same time feed their souls with the contemplation of divine things. Three things, then, are signified by this Sacrament. The first is the Passion of Christ our Lord, a thing past;for He Himself said: "And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. " (Luke 22:19). "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. " (John 6:53-56). As often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord, until he come. It is also significant of divine and heavenly grace, which is imparted at the present time by this Sacrament to nurture and preserve the soul.Just as in Baptism we are begotten unto newness of life and by Confirmation are strengthened to resist Satan and openly to profess the name of Christ, so by the Sacrament of the Eucharist are we nurtured and supported. It is, thirdly, a foreshadowing of future eternal joy and glory, which, according to God's promises, we shall receive in our heavenly country. These three things, then, which are clearly distinguished by their reference to past, present and future times, are so well represented by the Eucharistic mysteries that the whole Sacrament, though consisting of different species, signifies the three as if it referred to one thing only. Catechism of Council of Trent. Edited and compiled by the owner of www.archlegend.tk |CHARLES MARC-ANTHONY |

Why did Luther reject 7 books from the Bible?

Because they did not suit his new doctrines. He had arrived at the principle of private judgment - of picking and choosing religious doctrines; and whenever any book, such as the book of Machabees, taught a doctrine contrary to his taste he rejected it overboard and overboard that book went because it says: 2 Mach. xii 46, "it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead thatthey may be loosed from sins." He not onlycast out certain books, but he mutilated some that were left. For example, not pleased with St. Paul's doctrine, "we are justified by faith," Luther added the word "ALONE" to make the sentence read: "We are justifiedby faith alone." His explanationof this insertion is found in his own words, "I know very well that the word 'alone' is not in the Latin and Greek texts; but Dr. Martin Luther will have it so, and I order it to be so, and my will is reason enough. " St. Paul writes under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Luther creates a Lutheran Bible under his own audacity. He shows little respect forthe Bible when he calls the Epistle of St. James "an Epistle of straw with no character of the Gospel in it." He spoke disparagingly about the Epistle of St. Jude,the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the beautiful Apocalypse of St. John.The Lord's Prayer or the Our Father is in the Bible, but Catholic prayer differs from the Protestant. Protestants use a conclusion which was not in the original Greek copies of the New Testament, namely, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen." Catholics say the Lord's Prayer properly. Before the last book in the New Testament waswritten the Catholic Church celebrated her golden jubilee; 11 of the Apostles had died. Hence, THE BIBLE CAMEFROM THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH DID NOT COME FROM THE BIBLE. Christianity existed over 300 years without one single Bible Christian.