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Seventh Day Adventists: Responding To Their Erroneous Doctrine Foreword             The Seventh Day Adventists are not a Christian sect, contrary to their claim.  They are an extension of an old heresy that the apostles fought vehemently, known as the heresy of Judaism .  Our teacher Saint Paul pinpoints this heresy in writing, “ So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moor or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ ” (Col 2: 16-17). Saturday was the foreshadowing of Sunday, and the sacrifices of the Old Testament were the foreshadowing of the sacrifice of the Lord Christ on the cross.  Our teacher Saint Paul wrote a whole epistle to the Hebrews ( the converted Jews) , to proclaim to them that the Christian glory is much greater than the Jewish glory, be that in terms of sacrifice, Temple, Covenant, Priesthood…etc.   ...

Orthodox Creed (The Holy Spirit and the Unity of the Church) Objective: v   To understand the Godhead of the Holy Spirit v   To learn about the unity of Church and her tasks References: “The Holy Spirit,” St. Cyril the Great, translated by Dr. George Habib Memory Verse: “Because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Peter 1:21 ) Lesson Outline: I. Truly We Believe In The Holy Spirit       This part of the Creed was put by the Council of Constantinople, which was held to refute the heresy of Macedonius. Macedonius denied the Godhead of the Holy Spirit; he said that the Holy Spirit is one of the creatures. Hence, the Church excommunicated him.       We believe in the Holy Spirit and call Him “The Giver of Life.” When Ananias and Sapphira lied to St. Peter, St. Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to ...