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166:5.2 This very [[synagogue]] later on became a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity Christian church] and was the [[missionary]] [[headquarters]] for the promulgation of the [[gospel]] through the regions to the east. It was long a stronghold of [[the Master]]'s [[teachings]] and stood alone in this region as a [[center]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_church Christian] [[learning]] for centuries.

166:5.2 This very [[synagogue]] later on became a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity Christian church] and was the [[missionary]] [[headquarters]] for the promulgation of the [[gospel]] through the regions to the east. It was long a stronghold of [[the Master]]'s [[teachings]] and stood alone in this region as a [[center]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_church Christian] [[learning]] for centuries.

166:5.3 The [[Jews]] at [[Jerusalem]] had always had [[trouble]] with the Jews of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia]. And after the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem Jerusalem church], of which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James the Lord's brother] was head, began to have serious [[difficulties]] with the Philadelphia congregation of [[believers]]. [[Abner]] became the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia church], continuing as such until his [[death]]. And this estrangement with [[Jerusalem]] explains why nothing is heard of [[Abner]] and his [[work]] in the [[Gospel]] [[records]] of the [[New Testament]]. This [[feud]] between Jerusalem and Philadelphia lasted throughout the lifetimes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] and [[Abner]] and continued for some time after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia] was really the [[headquarters]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_church early church] in the south and east as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch Antioch] was in the north and west.

166:5.3 The [[Jews]] at [[Jerusalem]] had always had [[trouble]] with the Jews of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia]. And after the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 death] and [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem Jerusalem church], of which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James the Lord's brother] was head, began to have serious [[difficulties]] with the Philadelphia congregation of [[believers]]. [[Abner]] became the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia church], continuing as such until his [[death]]. And this estrangement with [[Jerusalem]] explains why nothing is heard of [[Abner]] and his [[work]] in the [[Gospel]] [[records]] of the [[New Testament]]. This [[feud]] between Jerusalem and Philadelphia lasted throughout the lifetimes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] and [[Abner]] and continued for some time after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem#Destruction_of_Jerusalem destruction of Jerusalem]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia] was really the [[headquarters]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_church early church] in the south and east as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch Antioch] was in the north and west.

166:5.4 It was the [[apparent]] misfortune of [[Abner]] to be at variance with all of the [[leaders]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch early Christian church]. He fell out with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James (Jesus' brother)] over questions of [[administration]] and the [[jurisdiction]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem Jerusalem church]; he parted company with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] over [[differences]] of [[philosophy]] and [[theology]]. Abner was more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian#Babylonian_culture Babylonian] than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism Hellenic] in his [[philosophy]], and he stubbornly [[resisted]] all attempts of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] to remake the teachings of [[Jesus]] so as to present less that was objectionable, first to the [[Jews]], then to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeco-Roman Greco-Roman] [[believers]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults the mysteries].

166:5.4 It was the [[apparent]] misfortune of [[Abner]] to be at variance with all of the [[leaders]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch early Christian church]. He fell out with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James (Jesus' brother)] over questions of [[administration]] and the [[jurisdiction]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem Jerusalem church]; he parted company with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] over [[differences]] of [[philosophy]] and [[theology]]. Abner was more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian#Babylonian_culture Babylonian] than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism Hellenic] in his [[philosophy]], and he stubbornly [[resisted]] all attempts of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] to remake the teachings of [[Jesus]] so as to present less that was objectionable, first to the [[Jews]], then to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeco-Roman Greco-Roman] [[believers]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults the mysteries].

166:5.5 Thus was [[Abner]] compelled to live a life of [[isolation]]. He was head of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History a church] which was without standing at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem Jerusalem]. He had dared to defy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James the Lord's brother], who was subsequently [[supported]] by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. Such [[conduct]] effectively [[separated]] him from all his former [[associates]]. Then he dared to withstand [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]. Although he was wholly [[sympathetic]] with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] in his [[mission]] to the [[gentiles]], and though he supported him in his [[contentions]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem the church at Jerusalem], he bitterly [[opposed]] the version of [[Jesus]]' teachings which [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] [[elected]] to [[preach]]. In his last years [[Abner]] denounced Paul as the " clever corrupter of the life teachings of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], [[Divine Sons|the Son of the living God]]. "

166:5.5 Thus was [[Abner]] compelled to live a life of [[isolation]]. He was head of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History a church] which was without standing at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem Jerusalem]. He had dared to defy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James the Lord's brother], who was subsequently [[supported]] by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. Such [[conduct]] effectively [[separated]] him from all his former [[associates]]. Then he dared to withstand [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]. Although he was wholly [[sympathetic]] with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] in his [[mission]] to the [[gentiles]], and though he supported him in his [[contentions]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Jerusalem the church at Jerusalem], he bitterly [[opposed]] the version of [[Jesus]]' teachings which [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] [[elected]] to [[preach]]. In his last years [[Abner]] denounced Paul as the " clever corrupter of the life teachings of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], [[Divine Sons|the Son of the living God]]. "

166:5.6 During the later years of [[Abner]] and for some time thereafter, the [[believers]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia] held more strictly to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 religion of Jesus], as he lived and taught, than any other [[group]] on [[earth]].

166:5.6 During the later years of [[Abner]] and for some time thereafter, the [[believers]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia] held more strictly to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 religion of Jesus], as he lived and taught, than any other [[group]] on [[earth]].

166:5.7 [[Abner]] lived to be 89 years old, dying at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia] on the 21st day of November, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74_AD A.D. 74]. And to the very end he was a [[faithful]] [[believer]] in, and [[teacher]] of, the [[gospel]] of [[the Kingdom|the heavenly kingdom]].

166:5.7 [[Abner]] lived to be 89 years old, dying at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir#History Philadelphia] on the 21st day of November, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74_AD A.D. 74]. And to the very end he was a [[faithful]] [[believer]] in, and [[teacher]] of, the [[gospel]] of [[the Kingdom|the heavenly kingdom]].

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