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Confusion seems to reign as to the history of the doctrine of the Trinity: * Arius is the priest, not Arian. * Arius was born sometime between 250 and 256 AD. He died in 336 AD. * Arius served as a Bishop in Alexandria, Egypt. * Arius was condemned by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. * The Jesuit order was founded by Ignatius of Loyola, on September 27, 1540. * The Pope authorized the Jesuit order several years later. * Arius was never a Jesuit priest as he died more than 1,000 years before the Jesuit order was founded and authorized.

PHKRAUSE thank you for this up date===I will be praying for you mother and for you and your wife dgrimm60

too true! What many people don't understand is that, with each growing season, the chemical constituents of essential oils are subtly changed, due to climate conditions for each particular year. For that reason, bacteria, viruses, and fungi cannot develop a resistance to the oils. That's one main reason that pharmaceuticals don't like eo's. The pharmaceuticals can't develop equally effective synthetic derivatives that can parallel the ever-changing growing seasons.

actually, there *are* a few essential oils that would possibly have the ability to penetrate through the blood-brain barrier.... the one ones containing sesquiterpenes — but most of those particular eo's are not considered anti-anxiety or stress-relieving . Many unadulterated essential oils have the ability to penetrate cellular membranes, depending on the oil. I recently had a bout of severe bronchitis which turned into pneumonia... still have the remnants of it. Because I can't take antibiotics, I used essential oils diffused into the air... particularly frankincense, niaouli, and lemon. Probably didn't work as fast as antibiotics might have, but it did the trick. I've been a certified aromatherapist for over 20 years, amongst all the other healthcare technologies in which I'm certified. Not all of us subscribe to the nonsense that some in the essential oil business have been purporting. But essential oils definitely have healing properties. (By the way, I did PhD level research on the chemical constituents of essential oils. It bothers me that so many people use them indiscriminately....gives a bad rap to those of us who actually know what we're doing. I would consider the proper use of essential oils far and above the use of homeopathic drugs that are (in my opinion) basically worthless.)

I would describe this loosely as a church "plant" rather than a church "split". I have been a participant in two church plants by the Denver South SDA Church. One eventually departed from the Conference; and now (unfortunately) is a "Sunday church" and has abandoned most SDA Fundamentals. The plant I currently support is a small, dedicated band of seekers. We teach from a single chapter of scripture every week - sometimes for a couple hours. Since we are so small, we don't have a paid pastor; we all take turns preaching, teaching, providing music, and sharing a meal together every Sabbath. It's the best church (outside of Adventistan, of course!) that I have ever participated in. KInda like a home church where everybody actively participates. We are united in our passion for God and wanting to know more about Him; although not necessarily uniform in the details of our faith. But that's okay - it generates much fruitful discussion with no judgement or conflict.