We actually don’t have any more episodes with him scheduled, but, you’re right, his insights are valuable. Hopefully in Season 4 he will reappear on Anabaptist Perspectives.
If you watch David’s video about the Apocrypha, I encourage you to also watch Stephen Russell’s conversation on the same topic. His interpretation of the history of the canon differs some and should be heard: th-cam.com/video/T2bhjxy0RIk/w-d-xo.html
Broseph. Keep this up. I can listen while I work. I dont like technology but I'm using it to learn while I can. For those who haven't figured out how to get into seminary yet this is priceless information
At 4:15 minutes, David mentions a book "no longer in print" called "A Glimpse At Early Church Life" that I found in Kindle format on Amazon for $6. I downloaded it easily to my Android phone with the Kindle app.
We shall now look at the testimony of Tertullian (160-220), who was also from Carthage in North Africa, where Cyprian had been Bishop, who used to refer to Tertullian as “his master”. Bing search
At the 12:48 - 13:48 mark, Mr. Bercot discusses Tertullian's explanation of the Trinity. I too am a former Jehovah's Witness, and I would love know which one of Tertullian's writings Mr. Bercot is talking about. Thanks!
Good question. I don't have the citation information. You may be interested in listening to David's lecture about the Trinity over on his own channel. th-cam.com/video/UpPmXUEK3F8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared We're not sure if he provides the source for the Tertullian quote there, but it's worth checking.
@@AnabaptistPerspectives I'm not Anabaptist myself, although I'm very ecumenical. I'm a non-denom Charismatic pastor actually. I've only recently come across your channel and I really like the content. Very informative and helpful. God bless!
Interesting. Thanks for pointing this out. Often Tertullian gets the credit for using a Latin form of the word "Trinity." It seems that Theophillus wrote in Greek and may get credit for first using a form of "Trinity" in that language.
I read against Praxeus and turtullion did not describe the trinity the way people believe it today, was he a monarchist? If I remember correctly he described it as a hierarchy.
Tertullian has the apostolic explanation but 1800 years later, today's explanation is full of evolved error. As Tertullian said "truth necessarily precedes error"
People. Please understand . The Bible, prophetically mentions Jesus some 400 times in the Old Testament. Demons and The Devil himself recognized ( during Jesus temtation, The Devil knows Jesus is God and all powerful and tells him to turn rocks into bread because he knows Jesus is all powerful/God that. When Jesus was bapti,e the Holy Spirit, like a dove, came down on Him, and the father sai He is well plaese. They are all one . Jesus said "If you've seen me, you have seen the father." To deny that He did not think he is God in the flesh you, den y the love He showed by dying, on purpose, to fulfill the scriptures and save us .read Isaia h 53. And John 8:58... this is very dangerous spiritually to belive this uniformed opinion at best. At worst he read these things in the Bible and is lying to yall If he never said He waS God. Why did the pharisees want to charge Him with blasphemy??
Like many of the pre-Nicene writers, Tertullian was a nasty man. Yet he receives the nomenclature of 'Church Father'. He hated Marcion so much he spent a massive amount of time to write five volumes just to destroy him, at a time when Marcion was not alive to defend himself. I can't imagine Tertullian being beloved if he were alive today. It seems that the formation of orthodox Christianity in the early years was left to only a handful of educated men, as the vast majority of believers were illiterate. Unfortunately, these men ultimately influenced the canon which was handed to us by the Catholic Church in the late fourth century. Does anyone else wonder why on earth it took 350 years to decide what was inspired by God? And why we revere a collection of books approved by the Catholic Church?
@@AnabaptistPerspectives Paul gave us the first known Christian writings. Many other letters followed. Paul's message was consistent. He warned several times about those preaching a different gospel to the one revealed to him directly by Jesus, not by men. I would stick with Paul's authentic writings and Marcion's 'Gospel of the Lord' as the truly inspired canon. Marcion's gospel appears to be, on the balance of probabilities, Paul's gospel revealed to him by Jesus. The Church showed its corruption by rejecting the 144 AD canon and approving a canon only when the Christian religion was granted the patronage of the Roman Empire.
Man, I’m really loving these interviews of David Bercot. Keep ‘em coming!
We actually don’t have any more episodes with him scheduled, but, you’re right, his insights are valuable. Hopefully in Season 4 he will reappear on Anabaptist Perspectives.
@@AnabaptistPerspectives
Do you have any videos about the Septuagint, either by David Bercot or by someone else?
Yes. Here is a conversation he had with us about the Septuagint: th-cam.com/video/Qs_5Kz-5k3k/w-d-xo.html
You may also appreciate his video about the Apocrypha: th-cam.com/video/_n7oHBcWM7I/w-d-xo.html
If you watch David’s video about the Apocrypha, I encourage you to also watch Stephen Russell’s conversation on the same topic. His interpretation of the history of the canon differs some and should be heard: th-cam.com/video/T2bhjxy0RIk/w-d-xo.html
Broseph. Keep this up. I can listen while I work. I dont like technology but I'm using it to learn while I can. For those who haven't figured out how to get into seminary yet this is priceless information
At 4:15 minutes, David mentions a book "no longer in print" called "A Glimpse At Early Church Life" that I found in Kindle format on Amazon for $6. I downloaded it easily to my Android phone with the Kindle app.
Thank you for investigating this, Brett.
Thanks for the info about the availability of "A glimpse at early Church life".
Great Job! Really enjoyed this one.
thank you for making these videos...they are helping me in my study of the early church fathers-writers
Our pleasure! We're always glad to have David join us for these conversations.
We shall now look at the testimony of Tertullian (160-220), who was also from Carthage in North Africa, where Cyprian had been Bishop, who used to refer to Tertullian as “his master”. Bing search
At the 12:48 - 13:48 mark, Mr. Bercot discusses Tertullian's explanation of the Trinity. I too am a former Jehovah's Witness, and I would love know which one of Tertullian's writings Mr. Bercot is talking about. Thanks!
Good question. I don't have the citation information. You may be interested in listening to David's lecture about the Trinity over on his own channel. th-cam.com/video/UpPmXUEK3F8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
We're not sure if he provides the source for the Tertullian quote there, but it's worth checking.
Very good stuff 👍 thanks!
Glad you liked it!
@@AnabaptistPerspectives I'm not Anabaptist myself, although I'm very ecumenical. I'm a non-denom Charismatic pastor actually. I've only recently come across your channel and I really like the content. Very informative and helpful. God bless!
How can I get in touch with this guy
It's hard, but your best shot is probably contacting scrollpublishing.com/
Acts 2:38 fulfills Matt 28:19. Tertullian missed it.
Thanks for the history lesson
Theophillus of Antioch 180 AD coined the Trinity concept before Tertullian.
Interesting. Thanks for pointing this out. Often Tertullian gets the credit for using a Latin form of the word "Trinity." It seems that Theophillus wrote in Greek and may get credit for first using a form of "Trinity" in that language.
The revival of the ecclesiastical text and the claims of the Anabaptists by Theodore P Letis (Author)
To be clear the Fathers were very big on allegory and non-literal interpretation along with any literalism. In other words they used both. 17:41
Thanks, Jordan. This is an important point.
I read against Praxeus and turtullion did not describe the trinity the way people believe it today, was he a monarchist? If I remember correctly he described it as a hierarchy.
Tertullian has the apostolic explanation but 1800 years later, today's explanation is full of evolved error.
As Tertullian said "truth necessarily precedes error"
People. Please understand . The Bible, prophetically mentions Jesus some 400 times in the Old Testament. Demons and The Devil himself recognized ( during Jesus temtation, The Devil knows Jesus is God and all powerful and tells him to turn rocks into bread because he knows Jesus is all powerful/God that. When Jesus was bapti,e the Holy Spirit, like a dove, came down on Him, and the father sai He is well plaese. They are all one . Jesus said "If you've seen me, you have seen the father." To deny that He did not think he is God in the flesh you, den y the love He showed by dying, on purpose, to fulfill the scriptures and save us .read Isaia h 53. And John 8:58... this is very dangerous spiritually to belive this uniformed opinion at best. At worst he read these things in the Bible and is lying to yall
If he never said He waS God. Why did the pharisees want to charge Him with blasphemy??
Like many of the pre-Nicene writers, Tertullian was a nasty man. Yet he receives the nomenclature of 'Church Father'. He hated Marcion so much he spent a massive amount of time to write five volumes just to destroy him, at a time when Marcion was not alive to defend himself. I can't imagine Tertullian being beloved if he were alive today.
It seems that the formation of orthodox Christianity in the early years was left to only a handful of educated men, as the vast majority of believers were illiterate. Unfortunately, these men ultimately influenced the canon which was handed to us by the Catholic Church in the late fourth century. Does anyone else wonder why on earth it took 350 years to decide what was inspired by God? And why we revere a collection of books approved by the Catholic Church?
Interesting commentary. Do you have more respect for an alternative process of determining the canon?
@@AnabaptistPerspectives Paul gave us the first known Christian writings. Many other letters followed. Paul's message was consistent. He warned several times about those preaching a different gospel to the one revealed to him directly by Jesus, not by men. I would stick with Paul's authentic writings and Marcion's 'Gospel of the Lord' as the truly inspired canon. Marcion's gospel appears to be, on the balance of probabilities, Paul's gospel revealed to him by Jesus. The Church showed its corruption by rejecting the 144 AD canon and approving a canon only when the Christian religion was granted the patronage of the Roman Empire.
Thank you for sharing this perspective.
Thank you for sharing this perspective.
@@salt1956very true
God did not give him interpretation of the word of his word of God's word.
He was a pagan himself. Not knowing the scripture!
Tertullian was not a believer in Christ he was false teacher.