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    The Necessity of Christian Crudeness (A Short Refutation of Ecumenical Efforts)
    The Necessity of Christian Crudeness (A Short Refutation of Ecumenical Efforts)
    The Necessity of Christian Crudeness (A Short Refutation of Ecumenical Efforts)
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    The Necessity of Christian Crudeness (A Short Refutation of Ecumenical Efforts)

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    Christian knowledge is on the decline in the West, thanks in part to the post-modern view of religious subjectivity. This writing exposes the folly of ecumenism by briefly expounding a timely message from Jude.

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    PublisherRichie Cooley
    Release dateOct 26, 2018
    ISBN9780463246344
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      This was very unthoughtful, unbiblical attempt to call out false teaching. Where there is falsehood, call it out. agreed. It is one thing to say a person did something false than to say the unity of the body of christ will never happen.

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    The Necessity of Christian Crudeness (A Short Refutation of Ecumenical Efforts) - Richie Cooley

    The Necessity of Christian Crudeness

    (A Short Refutation of Ecumenical Efforts)

    by Richie Cooley

    Licensed by:

    Richie Cooley (October, 2018); [edited: (December, 2018); (April, 2020)]

    Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International

    Email: richieacooley@live.com

    Table of Contents

    I. Christendom’s Modern Garb

    II. The Epistle’s Backstory

    III. Jude’s Desire

    IV. The Gospel’s Perspicuity

    V. Citations

    Before getting started, let’s review a few notes…

    *This work mostly uses British spelling, except for the quoted material, which often employs U.S. spelling.

    *Old Testament Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

    *Two verses from Jude are my own translation (1:1 and 1:3). As for the rest of the New Testament—unless otherwise stated—it is taken from the Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition (ALT3). Copyright © 2007 by Gary F. Zeolla of Darkness to Light ministry. Previously copyrighted © 1999, 2001, 2005 by Gary Zeolla.

    *The ALT3 distinguishes between singular and plural second-person pronouns by means of an asterisk (*).

    *The terms LORD, GOD, and Hashem are all ways to describe the personal name of God, also rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah.

    *Divine pronouns are normally not capitalized, unless they appear that way in Bible versions or other quotes.

    *As a general rule, words that appear in brackets within quotes are not found in the original texts, and were added by the translators or are my personal comments, etc.

    I. Christendom’s Modern Garb

    For many decades now there has been a large, well-financed effort aimed at Christian unity. One of the more significant developments within this hapless crusade was the Second Vatican Council, which dedicated one of its decrees (Unitatis Redintegratio)

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