Nicea to Ephesus Teaching Grid

Roe v. Wade and Later Teaching on Church Leadership Grid – Dec. 2023

		Legend for Cells
C1. Christ is the head of the church Eph 5:23	C11. Obey authority of godly church leaders Heb 13:17	W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching
C2. Concept of one universal church Eph 4:3-5	C12. Reject unchristian church leader authority 2Tim3:1-5	I = Implied this is true or opposite is false
C3. Tradition of the apostles of the church Eph 2:20	C13. Church leaders are shepherds Jn 21:15; 1Pet 5:2	N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed
C4. Priesthood of all believers 1 Pet 2:9; Rev 1:6; 5:10	C14. Ordination [of elders/bishops] Tt 1:5	M = Mixed: some agree, others would not
C5. The church/Christians should have unity Eph 4:3-5	C15. Bishop(s) Acts 20:28; Php 1:1	P = partial ex: Irenaeus: Gnostics wrong to say Savior not killed since impassible
C6. Excommunicate or separate from heretics 2 Tim3	C16. The Episcopate [office of bishop] -
C7. Churches should greet other churches Rom 16:16	C17. Elders/Presbyters 1 Tim 3:1-2;3:8;Tt 1:5;Jms 5:14;1Pet5:1	- = no reference found (so far)
C8. Church leaders should accept each other 2Jn9-10	C18. Deacons Acts 6:2-6; 1 Tim 3:1-2;3:8; Tt 1:5; Php 1:1	X = Disagree
C9. Must be worthy of being a bishop/priest	C19. Teachers Acts13:1;1Cor12:28-29;Eph4:11; Tt 2:3; Heb 5:12	blank = not researched yet
C10. Remove leaders in gross sin/heresy 1 Cor 5:9-13	C20. Catechumens – [members in training]	Writer totals include W’s & I’s but not P’s

Rows: blue=Bible manuscript, white=Christian writer, khaki=spurious, green=heresy, orange=schism, pink=strange writer, yellow=foreign missions, red=Christians persecuted, purple=Roman Catholics persecuting, brown=Christians persecuting

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

Pages

Date A.D.

Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case

1973

Legalizes most abortion in the USA

C.H. Dodd, directed the New English Bible translation.

1915-9/1973

He believed in present realities, not an apocalyptic future, and Paul was just wrong on some things.

Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization. Also in 1989, 2010, 2024

July 1974

2,700 people from 150 countries. Organized by Billy Graham and John R.W. Scott.

Estimated 1.4 billion Christians

1975

World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200 p.642. 34% of 4.08 billion world population

Church Universal & Triumphant / Elizabeth Claire Prophet (New Age)

1975-

Lutheran Rudolf Bultmann "demythologizing the Bible"

1910-1976

Championed form criticism of the Bible. Against Nazism. Founded what he called “dialectic theology”.

Kathryn Kuhlmann, famous faith healer

1930-1976

Some researchers proved at least some of the healings were not genuine.

Gabriel Olasojji World Evangelism (GOWE) in Nigeria

1976-

Crusades in 25 nations by 1988. per World Christian Trends AD 30 –AD 2200 p.169

Randy Alcorn. Started Eternal Perspective Ministries.

1976-

1976- pro-life, jailed for 2 days, had an $8.2M judgment against him for peaceful protest. He wrote 60 books, 12 M sold, translated into 70 languages

William Barclay -skeptical that Jesus was God, not affirm the physical resurrection

1907-1978

Chicago Statement of Biblical Inerrancy (Norm Geisler and R.C. Sproul two of its authors)

1978

Shroud of Turin purportedly surrounding Christ

1978

Later shown to be a fake done centuries ago

Jim Jones and Jonestown, Guyana kills 925

11/16/1978

Everyone in Jonestown was given red Kool-Aid with cyanide to drink.

Albanian Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India

1950-1979

Founder of the Sisters of Charity in India. Roman Catholic, pro-life, helped the poor. Rather than relieving pain thought that pain glorified God.

Jesus Film produced by Campus Crusade (now Cru)

1979

106 languages, 275M viewers, 33M decisions. World Christian Trends AD 30 –AD 2200 p.171

Human knowledge expanding at 200 M words per hour

1981

World Christian Trends AD 30 –AD 2200 p.173

Apparition of Mary of Medjugorje in Bosnia

1981

Among other things she told people to study the book Poem of the God-Man. This is on the Roman Catholic list of forbidden books because it has heretical doctrine. Catholic church only approved her in 2019 by Pope Francis.

In Peru 50 AOG killed, 800 Quechua Christian leaders killed by Shining Path guerillas

1981

Part per World Christian Trends AD 30-AD 2200 p.245

E.J.H. Nash Higher Life

1927-1982

Over 7K boys attended his camps

Bible Knowledge Commentary: New Testament (DTS published) Partial: only up to page 270.

270

1983

David and Ruth Adenay, missionaries to China

1934-1994

Protestant CIM missionaries to Henan and east China. Founded center in Singapore

Hebrew Roots Movement

1994-

Charles Hartshorne, process theologian, Ontological argument.

wrote 1923-1995

Hans Kung, liberal Roman Catholic theologian

1954-2013

Alvin Plantinga (Christian philosopher)

1957-

Modal Ontological argument, nature of evil, Molinist. Taught at Calvin College and Notre Dame

David (Paul) Yonggi Cho of South Korea

1958-

830K-member church. Emphasized prayer and cell groups. Controversial because he said the Son controls the 2nd dimension, the Spirit the 4th.

Martin Lloyd-Jones, Welsh Congregationalist Calvinist. 1,600 sermons.

1924-1981

Christians must withdraw from churches united with those who deny the essentials of salvation. John Stott vehemently opposed this.

Seraphim Rose of Platina, Ca. Russian Orthodox priest

1962-1982

anti-ecumenical. All must pass through three toll-houses after death to be judged.

Liberal Anglican theologian John A.T. Robinson

1946-1983

Wanted to synthesize Paul Tillich and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Universal salvation: Christ remains on the cross as long as one sinner remains in Hell. Studied NT manuscripts and concluded early dates.

Cai Sujuan, Queen of the Dark Chamber

1920-1984

Suffered persecution, malaria, Japanese camp. Her book translated into 30 languages.

Francis Shaeffer

1922-1984

Wrote How Then Shall We Live? Found the L’Abri Community

Karl Rahner

1929-1984

One of the foremost Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Expert advisor at Vatican II. Wrote 4,000 works plus a 10-volumn encyclopedia

Liberal Reformed pastor Norman Vincent Peale

1932-1984

Founded Guideposts mag. In 1945. In 1952 wrote The Power of Positive Thinking.

Catholic theologian Bernard Lonergan

1936-1984

Aristotelian, Thomist theologian

Gordon H. Clark, Monergistic, anthropopathic, Supralapsarian Calvinist. Wrote 40 books.

1929-1985

Incompatible with the PCA. We’re not puppets but controlled by our will. God completely controls our will.

Apollo Quiboloy, Philippine Oneness evangelist

9/1/1985-

Said he is the “Appointed Son of God”. He determines who goes to heaven.

Herbert W. Armstrong founds the Worldwide Church of God. Taught the rapture would come in 1986.

1931-1/1986

Taught British-Israelism and followed Mosaic dietary laws. Thought the Trinity was Satanic. After his death there were splits, and one group did accept the Trinity.

In Nigeria Fulani kill Christians

1987

4 dead

In Sudan 1K Dinka Christians burned to death by Muslims

1987

per World Christian Trends AD 30-AD 2200 p.245

Adrienne von Speyr and (scribe) Roman Catholic priest Hans Urs von Balthasar

1929-1988

Adrienne was a mystic who dictated to Balthasar. An important 20th century Catholic theologian. He wrote at least 85 books 500 articles, 15 volumes on beauty

Michael Pomazansky, Russian Orthodox theologian

1936-1988

Wrote Orthodox Dogmatic Theology

J. Vernon Magee (DTS grad)

1949-1988

Through the Bible in 100 languages and 160 countries.

Walter Martin Regular Baptist pastor, cult apologist

1960-1989

Founded the Christian Research Institute and wrote Kingdom of the Cults.

Jerry Falwell and The Moral Majority, in 18 states

1979-1989

Conservative Political Action committees. At its height 4 M members, 2 M donors.

Wang Ming Dao. Imprisoned 1955-1979

1923-1991

Imprisoned and abdicated Christianity but came back. Wrote A Stone Made Smooth.

Dumitru Stăniloae, influential Romanian Orthodox priest.

1928-1993

Wrote Dogmatic Orthodox Theology anti-Semitic. Wrote a eulogy of Adolf Hitler.

David Koresh and the Branch Davidians

1959-Apr. 19, 1993

Spinoff of Seventh-Day Adventists. Koresh claimed to the final prophet. Polygamy, child sexual abuse. 15-day standoff led to death of members in Waco, Texas

Johan Heyns, Afrikaner Calvinist theologian

1954-1994

Synod moderator. Declared the apartheid is a sin. He was assassinated by pro-Apartheid people.

Harold E. Camping, president of Family Radio

1994

Wrote in his book 1994? that the world would end in 1994. Did not believe in Hell.

Witness Lee, started the local church

1949-1997

Heaven’s Gate cult, combined UFO’s and theosophy with Bible eschatology.

1974-3/25/1997

39 suicides in Rancho Santa Fe, California. A UFO was coming for them with the Hale-Bop comet.

Episcopalian Paul van Buren at Temple University, Death of God theologian

1957-1998

“Christian atheist” and Episcopal priest who studied under Karl Barth. He wrote The Secular Meaning of the Gospel.

Over 5 billion have seen the Jesus film

-1998

George Hunston Williams, Unitarian heretic

1941-2000

Historian of Socinian Unitarians

Estimated 2 billion Christians

2000

World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 2200 p.642. 33% of 6.06 billion world population

Buddhist persecution in Myanmar/Burma

2000-

Buddhist government persecutes both Christians and Muslims

Bart Ehrman, graduate of Moody, Wheaton, Princeton

2000-

Authored 30 books. Anglican to Evangelical to liberal Christian to Agnostic

Charles Templeton, famous Canadian evangelist and TV Show host

1936-1959-2001

With Billy Graham co-found Youth for Christ. Later became an agnostic, then an atheist and later politician.

R.J Rushdoonie, father of Christian home-schooling

1944-2001

Orthodox Presbyterian. Father of Christian Reconstructionism

John Romanides, Greek Orthodox priest, taught theosis

1956-2001

Against Augustine & western church for replacing mystical revelation with philosophy

English Standard Version Bible published by Crossway

2001

Based on the 1971 RSV

W.A. Criswell, Southern Baptist

1928-2002

Long-time pastor and founder of Criswell Bible College

John Walvoord. DTS Dispensationalist, DTS President 1952-1986

1936-2002

Editor of the Bible Knowledge Commentary. Did much to promote Dispensationalism and Premillennialism. Author of 30 books

Canaan Banana, ex-Methodist pastor, 1st president of Zimbabwe. Wrote The Gospel According to the Ghetto.

1962-2003

Liberation theology. “When I see a guerilla I see Jesus.” He served 6 months in jail for homosexuality. Active in the World Council of Churches and the Org. of African Unity.

Gleason L. Archer, Jr., Bible Scholar.

1945-2004

Biblical Scholar, against the OT Documentary hypothesis and two Isaiah theories. Princeton grad., served at Park Street Baptist in Boston, then Fuller, then Trinity.

Stephen Olford (Plymouth Brethren / Baptist)

1945-2004

Sermons broadcast worldwide. Heavily influenced Billy Graham, Adrian Rogers, Charles Stanley, and Jim Elliot.

Billy Graham (southern Baptist minister)

1947-2005

Preached live to 210 million in 185 countries. Against racial segregation.

Henry Morris, a founder of ICR

1942-2006

Young earth Creationist and a founder of Institute for Creation Research

Charles Ryrie DTS Dispensationalist

1953-2006

Systematic Theologian

Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Bess-seller book 2003

2003,2006

Movie in 2006. One of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.

Hindus persecute Christians Orissa province India

Aug 2008-

300+ churches burned, 400+ killed after Maoists kill Hindu Swami Laxmananand

Dominican heretic Edward Scillebeeckx

1943-2009

Denied the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ

James Dobson, Focus on the Family (until 2010), Family Policy Alliance

1967-2010-

His book, Dare to Discipline, has sold 2 million copies. Was assoc. prof at USC.

Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins Left Behind Series

1995-

Since 1995 65 million books sold, movies (2000), and movie remakes (on-going)

Clark Pinnock

1960-2010

Evangelical theologian who believed in open theism, and no hell but annihilation

Robert A. Schuller and the Crystal Cathedral

-1961-2011

The Crystal Cathedral much later went bankrupt.

John R.W. Stott, British Anglican evangelical

1966-2011

William Hamilton, co-founder of Christian atheism

1952-2012

Wrote Radical Theology and the Death of God in 1966.

Hans Kung, liberal Roman Catholic theologian

1954-2013

Dave Hunt

1973-2013

Good materials on end times and Roman Catholicism. Taught Calvinism is a heresy.

Still Waters Revival Books. Puritan hard drive

Think believing free will exists is a heresy. Arminian worship is blasphemy

Wolfgang Pannenberg, Lutheran theologian 645 writings, Taught all history is a revelation of Jesus’ resurrection

1958-2014

Influenced by Barth, Hegel, and Löwith. Churches that approve of homosexual practices not true churches.

Douglas Kelley (Reformed)

2008, 2014

Systematic Theology

70 million Christians martyred

35-July 2014

per David B. Barrett of World Christian Encyclopedia

Andrew B. Murray and Shepherd’s Chapel

1985-2014–

Modalists, serpent seed doctrine, pre-existence of souls, British Israelism, Christian Identity Movement, deny the rapture, Annihilationism

Jim and Elizabeth Elliot to the Huaorani (Aucas)

1950-56/2015

Jim and 4 others martyred in Ecuador. Elizabeth continued the work.

In Nigeria Fulani herdsmen kill Christians

May 2017-Oct 2017

709 Christians, 16 Muslims killed. 130 Christians injured. (5/11/2019) https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/april/nigeria-fulani-attack-catholic-church-benue-boko-haram.html

In Nigeria Fulani herdsmen kill Christians

Nov 2017-May 2018-

After law banning open grazing was passed, 580 Christians killed, 87K fled homes

R.C. Sproul (Presbyterian apologist)

1969-2017

Books on defending the Bible, and Calvinism

Thomas J.J. Altizer, tried to be an Episcopal priest, but failed a psychiatric test

1956-2018

Part of the Christian atheism movement. He said once possessed by Satan. Wrote Godhead and nothing. Thought God self-extinguished Himself with Jesus Christ.

Norm Geisler (Plymouth Brethren apologist)

1964-2019

Key author of Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. Like Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas.

Morris Cerullo, Pentecostal evangelist

1931-2020

Bought Jim Bakker’s assets after bankruptcy. Host of Victory Today.

Paul Knitter, former Catholic priest, now Universalist. Prof. Emeritus at Union theological Seminary.

b.1939-2021

Wrote “Without Buddha I could not be a Christian”. Criticized by Cardinal Ratzinger.

Desmund Tutu. South African Anglican priest, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and later politician.

1966-2021

Non-violently against apartheid, racial segregation. Later for LGBTQ and church same-sex marriage. Liked Liberation theology excluding the violent aspects.

Luis Palau, evangelist who started with Billy Graham’s help

1970-2021

Preached to over 25 million in 70 countries.

Joel R. Beeke & Mark Jones (Reformed), Puritan Theology

1995-2021-

Beeke heads the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

William Lane Craig. Expanded Cosmological argument. Molinist

1977-

John Piper, American Reformed Baptist

1946-

A prominent reformed author and theologian. DesiringGod.org

Beth Moore, Bible teacher

1978-

Southern Baptist pastor Rick Warren. The Purpose Driven Life and … Church

1979-

Gives 90% of income to the church and lives off 10%. Controversy because he agreed to do Obama’s Inauguration Ceremony

Joel Osteen, Prosperity Doctrine Pastor

1982-

Wrote Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential and other books.

Alister McGrath

1982-

Northern Irish Anglican priest. A Christian evolutionist who debates against atheism.

William Dembski

1988-

Wrote Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology

Conservative Protestant: Alistair Begg, Don Carson, Sinclair Ferguson, Gary Habermas, June Hunt, Greg Laurie, John Warwick Montgomery, David Jeremiah, J.I. Packer, Lee Strobel, Chuck Swindoll, Bible Churches, Southern Baptist, Missionary Baptist, Charismatic, Free Evangelical, Calvary Chapel, C&MA, Antioch Community Church. (600 million)

c.1517-

Modern Eastern Orthodox (200 million)

1672-

Modern Roman Catholic (1.29 billion)

1962-

Messianic Jews. Int’l Assoc. of Messianic Congregations & Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations

1960's-

Marianna Slocum and Florence Gerdel

1956-2017/2019

Right after Marianna’s fiancée died of a heart attack, they went to the highland and lowland Tzeltal Indians in Mexico and Páez in Colombia

COVID-19 greatly affects how churches services held

3/2020-

In California at one point, churches could not open, but casinos and bars could.

Boris Bobrinskoy, French Russian Orthodox theologian

1954-8/2020

A leader of the World Council of Churches.

Robert Funk / The Jesus Seminar

1985-2005/2022

Liberal scholars voted on which of Jesus’ saying in the gospels they thought were authentic.

Global United Methodist Church splits from the UMC.

3/3/2022

Split over LGBTQ clergy and members and same-sex marriage.

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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Date A.D.

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