The Plain Truth About The Waldensians - Chapter III - 1974

Dean C Blackwell

Throughout church history, including. the New Testament times, it has been the practice of people in general to call the church by the name of their founder, by one of their major doctrines, or by the area from which they came. Note this in Acts 24:5, with reference to the Apostle Paul, "a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes," and Matt. 23:2, "and He (Jesus) came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene." Further research will reveal that Jesus was referred to as "the Nazarene" many other times (Matt. 21:11; 26:71; John 18:5,7; Acts 3:6; 4:107 6:14), and this name was used in a way of derision toward Jesus and His disciples (John 1:46). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library