Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Passover for Christians Message-ID: Date: 14 Apr 91 06:31:04 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bank of New York Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article cms@dragon.uucp writes: >some reason, I've often heard Jewish Christian groups (I might include ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Nazarene under this category, though not strongly) refer to the broken ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why? From what I've been told, The Church of the Nazarene is an off shoot from the Assemblies of God. After all, since the Catholic Church claims that the Pope is directly "descended" (authority wise, not genetically) from Peter, I might include the Catholic Church (and any direct offshoots like the Anglicans) as Jewish Christians too =8^). >body of Christ. Perhaps they mean "broken" by the heavy flogging? In >other words, a figurative not a literal brokenness. At any rate, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Exactly >Old Testament Scripture indicates that the Messiah's body was not to >be broken. Remember English is full of colloquialisms (sp). When you hear that someone's "spirit is broken" you don't take that literally do you? Peace in Christ Bill Gripp