Eric W. King ~ TSW, "The Shepherds Way": Antiochene Christianity….the first Christian Church

Antiochene Christianity….the first Christian Church

By Eric William King

We know that before we were called Christians we were called “followers of the Way”. (Isaiah 35:8-9; Acts 9:2; Acts 22:4) When brother and Apostle Barnabas arrived in Antioch he began to share the Gospel and noticed that many Gentiles hungered for Jesus Christ. (Acts 11:1-30)

He went back and got Peter and Paul. They all began to teach and preach in Antioch and this was the beginning of the first gentile centered church. They were first called “Christians” in Antioch. (Acts 11:26) As time went on, all the way up until the seventh bishop (head pastor) of Antioch, the church of Antioch held to the original teachings but began getting influenced by some false teachings coming in from the Christians of Alexandria Egypt.

In fact, a liberal school of Christianity began in Alexandria. It was highly influenced by pagan converts and intellectuals who were privy to the large pagan Alexandrian library. This was the beginning of the first and powerful apostasy. Many Greek influences from Stoic and Aristotelian/Platonic thought began their influence in regards to biblical hermeneutics.

As time went on we find that the Roman church took all of its false teachings from the Alexandrian school and was always, from early on, at odds with the school of Antioch. The Antiochene School stayed clear of many pagan influences - early on - due to its pure connection to the early Apostles.

This ministry (“The Shepherds Way” & “Nugget of Truth”) is a continuation of the original Antiochene School, teaching what the earliest followers of Christ taught. We document our teachings and our existence is proof that the true Church of Jesus Christ is still here, alive and well. Welcome to all visitors and true Christians who study here.

Resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ our Lord,

Eric William King (November 16^th 2020)

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Ancient Antiochene Christian Doctrine

This ministry and teachings (TSW - The Shepherds Way) only holds to the earliest church (proper) teachings, before the Great Schism which became the Roman Catholic Church & Greek Orthodox Church. We hold to Christo-tokos not Theo-tokos. We believe in the Divine Trinity and reject the praying to anybody else, body-spirit, other than God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It wasn’t until the Council of Trent in 1545 that the teaching on saintly intercession was officially laid down. We reject this council.

Most of our history stresses the first 451 years of the Christian Church when many of the early heresies were properly dealt with. We welcome you to study with us here and listen to all of our Nugget of Truth online lectures. We hold to and teach the Ancient Antiochene Christian Doctrine.
May God richly bless you. ~ E.W.King

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The young beardless Jesus

The Shepherds Way - Original Christianity

The Shepherds Way continues to teach the Word of God in Truth. Showing the thread of Truth from the first Church of Antioch. Our first Bishop there being the Apostle Peter. We have the writings of our early teachers and the records of early Church history.

We show that there were no major denominations for the first 400 years of the church, before the Roman Catholic and Greek schism occurred. Hence, the first and most early church, the original church founded by our Saviour, Yzues Christos, still exists today in the modern Antiochene Church.

If you are a Christian and want to truly understand the unpolluted and rich theology of the original church then you are welcome to begin your free studies here by watching all of Eric William King's theological lectures and studies.

We thank God for the teaching tools that we have been given throughout the centuries and we are blessed to have in our Antiochene Library much information on the most early manuscripts.

So welcome fellow brother & sister in Christ Jesus our Lord.