Accusations Of Immorality
Definition
The practice of not disclosing Christian mysteries to outsiders, which made Christians appear to Roman authorities as a closed and seditious society.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Disciplina Arcana Secret Discipline
Biblical References
- 1 Corinthians 2:6-8 — Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our
- 1 Timothy 2:2 — *even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. *
- Acts 17 — *After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed *
- Acts 7:49 — *‘Heaven is my throne,and earth is the footstool for my feet.What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,or what is my resting place? *
- Genesis 1:14 — *God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years, *
- Genesis 1:1-13 (first three days of creation) — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. Go