Denominations
Whether or not you are part of a mainline denomination, your church probably has a statement of faith, a creed, or a list of beliefs and practices that are expected of its members. It may surprise you to learn – regardless of your denomination – that your doctrines and practices are probably quite different from those of the early Christians. Click on the tabs below to find what the early Christians believed about your denomination’s key doctrines.
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Peter, Rome, and the Papacy
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Should Christians Observe the Sabbath?
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
Were the Early Christians Catholic?
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Peter, Rome, and the Papacy
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Should Christians Observe the Sabbath?
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
Were the Early Christians Catholic?
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Should Christians Observe the Sabbath?
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Should Christians Observe the Sabbath?
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Baptist Professor: Faith Alone, Eternal Security, and the Early Christians
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Baptist Professor: Faith Alone, Eternal Security, and the Early Christians
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Peter, Rome, and the Papacy
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Were the Early Christians Catholic?
What Happens After Death?
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Peter, Rome, and the Papacy
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Were the Early Christians Catholic?
What Happens After Death?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
What Happens After Death?
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
What Happens After Death?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Apostolic Succession according to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Entertainment – Then and Now
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Incense, Images, and Prayers to Saints: An Early Christian Perspective
Mary: An Early Christian Perspective
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
An Introduction to the Early Christians
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?
Are You Teaching the Apostolic Faith?: 4 Questions to Answer
Baptism: The Washing of Regeneration
Dear Pastor: Your Responsibility Before God
Done Once?: The Deception of an Incomplete Gospel
Entertainment – Then and Now
Free Will, Predestination, and God’s Sovereignty
Grace: How a Simple Word Became a Superword
Holidays: Christian or Pagan?
Once Saved . . . Always Saved?
Salvation According to Jesus: A Forgotten Message
Sign Gifts in the Early Church: A Historical Perspective
Timeline of Christian Leaders
What Happens After Death?
Who Were the Gnostics?