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Bill: THe Ebonite Church
Details
Submitted by[?]: Am Echad, Pays Libre
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2390
Description[?]:
| Headquatters: Birahteynu, Beiteynu The Ebionite Church (from Hebrew; , Ebyonim, "the Poor Ones") is a Christian body that views itself as the historical continuation of the original Christian church established by Jesus Christ and his Twelve Apostles, preserving the traditions of the early church unchanged, and rejecting the canonicity of the ecumenical church councils. It is believed to have taken its name from several religious texts, including a verse in Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount: "Congratulations, you poor! God's domain belongs to you." Accordingly, its original adherents are said to have dispossessed themselves of all their goods and lived in religious communistic societies, a practice which has since been mostly abandoned. Contents [hide] 1 Organization and leadership 2 History 3 Views and practices 4 James the Just [edit] Organization and leadership Administratively, the church is divided into the dioceses of Bira, Barn, and Uthena, each of which is headed by a patriarch claiming matrilineal descent from James the Just. The diocese of Bira is the church’s highest authority on earth. [edit] History In 890 an unnamed Christian sect was described as observing the Law of Moses and holding it of universal obligation. 40 years later the term “Ebionites” was first used to describe a “judaizing” Christian sect stubbornly clinging to the Law of Moses. Most early sources portray Ebionites as traditional yet ascetic Jews who, for example, restricted table fellowship only to gentiles who converted to Judaism, practiced religious vegetarianism, engaged in ritual bathing, and revered Bira as the holiest city. Some Ebionites, however, accepted unconverted gentiles in their fellowship on the basis of a version of the Noahide Laws decreed by the Council of Bira in c. 800. By 1048 the Ebionite controversy had become significant enough that an ecumenical council of the Christian church was called, the Council of Nicaea, which condemned the doctrines particular to the Ebionites and formulated the Nicene Creed, forms of which are still recited in most Christian services. Most Ebionites refused to accept the Nicene Creed, and those who were persecuted by the Christian Church in other countries found refuge in Beiteynu under the leadership of the patriarch of Bira. In the late 12th century Ebionites were invited to settle in Sisula and Uthena and patriarchs were appointed to them. They quickly won many converts there and are believed to have been the primary influence on Islam with regards to the latter’s views on Jesus Christ. _____________________________________________________ THis is the State Christian Church |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:35:29, March 23, 2007 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the THe Ebonite Church |
| Message | what will we do about them! |
| Date | 18:53:27, March 26, 2007 CET | From | Beitenyu Communist party | To | Debating the THe Ebonite Church |
| Message | Let them stay. As long as they don't commit themselves to violence, we will be ok. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 23 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 132 |
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