Ecumenical Council question

[kamikat]

Which Council condemmed Judaizing?

[Philothei]

I think the cannon against Judaisers is belongs to the apostolic canons and they came about prior to the first ecumenical council and radified then... but could be wrong ... Have to do more homework and get back to you. But I did find the canon will post it later.

God bless,
Philothei

It is also in the acts of the Apostles...

[Matrona]

Council of Jerusalem, 49 AD.

Not one of the "big seven", but it was presided over by St. James, brother of our Lord, and Ss. Peter and Paul were there. :)

[ProfChrysostomos]

You are all right, ladies.

The Council of Jerusalem, held in the mid-first century and presided over by the Apostle James the Brother of the Lord, is mentioned in Acts 15 and even inferred in Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. It addressed the inevitable issue of how the Church should handle neophyte Christians from Judaism who were afraid to "let go", as it were, of the cultural practices that were part and parcel of who they were. Theocratic societies like Israel and later Arabia with the dawning of Islam in the beginning of the seventh century AD, maintain practically no fine line between culture and religious practice. Actually, historians correctly inform us that there were several issues not mentioned in Acts that were discussed by the Apostles (we know this from other contemporary writings of the time, Josephus et al.), but the general tension remained: how does the Church distinguish itself from the Judaic religion? The concern was certainly a legitimate one but a difficult one at that, as the infant Church not only began to slowly "assert" itself in Jewish society, but was also "discovering" itself; in other words, it was beginning to develop a more systematic and, in time, more sophisticated creedal system.


+ Prof.

[kamikat]

Thanks! As usual, the thread was closed before I got a chance to respond.

[RobNJ]

Thanks! As usual, the thread was closed before I got a chance to respond.

Don't blink around here, you'll miss stuff!!! ^_^

[Eusebios]

Dang, I blinked! :mad:

[minasoliman]

I saw a certain old Biblical text of the Book of Acts that included the "Didache" in Acts Chapter 15, right after the Council of Jerusalem, as if the Didache was written in that council on discussions of "other" things.

How credible is it that the Didache was written in the Council of Jerusalem?

God bless.

[buzuxi02]

I saw a certain old Biblical text of the Book of Acts that included the "Didache" in Acts Chapter 15, right after the Council of Jerusalem, as if the Didache was written in that council on discussions of "other" things.

How credible is it that the Didache was written in the Council of Jerusalem?

God bless.
While the DIDACHE is an important piece of Apostolic writing dating from the first century, i doubt it was composed at the Jerusalem council of Acts 15.

The Didache references baptism using the Trinitarian formula while the book of Acts (and the entirety of the NT with the exception of Matthew) speak of baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.

[ProfChrysostomos]

While the DIDACHE is an important piece of Apostolic writing dating from the first century, i doubt it was composed at the Jerusalem council of Acts 15.

The Didache references baptism using the Trinitarian formula while the book of Acts (and the entirety of the NT with the exception of Matthew) speak of baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.
According to all tangible evidence, it was NOT composed at the Council of Jerusalem. The oldest extant copy of the Didache was actually discovered in Syria and has been dated around 180 A.D. or a little later. Some of the content in the manuscript may have been altered because it was preserved via oral tradition. Nevertheless, the Church attaches Apostolic origin to it and deems it as one of the earliest and most valuable extant church orders available in modern Christian readership.