What happened between the Acts church and now?

God hasn't closed the canon of scripture - modern scripture is affirmed by the modern apostolic leadership of the Church...

Since many leaders in the churches are not faithful to the scriptures and the apostle's teaching they have lost the ability to recognise and collate new holy scripture for the edification of the Church...

For more details about the bible see my webpages section on the scripture: http://uk.geocities.com/timpauloconnor@btinternet....

I think the bible is complete in its present form, if you truly read and study it you will find that God gives you all the information you need about what we are supposed to do. You might be a history buff or whatever and want to study the history parts, but in the end the only thing that matters is you relationship with Jesus. So if you have not found Him, and are not walking with Him daily the rest does not matter anyway.

If you would like to know what happened between "the Bible and now", you should begin by reading the decisions and canons of the Ecumenical Councils, and the writings of the early Church Fathers.

Most of the New Testament consists of letters written by the Apostles, and others, to the various Churches and some individuals in and around Europe and Asia Minor. The Apostles then turned the Church over to their students, who in turn handed the Church down to theirs. Letters continued to be written by the men who took charge of the Church after the passing of the Apostles, and those letters continue to be written by the successors to the Apostles today.

Any Pastoral Letter written by any Patriarch, at any time, suffices to carry on the traditions of the Apostles in modern times. The bible has not grown to include these letters simply because the Canon was closed long ago.

A good place to start is here:

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/

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Your little boy probably thinks the preacher is like The Rock, Triple H or Shawn Michaels cutting a promo.At that age, all two year olds will be pretty active and find it hard to sit still in a confined spot like church.He's probably thinking about his favorite sport, just like i used to back in the day.He's using an obviously talented imagination to pass the time.And entertain the rest of the congregation lol.

Try studying the writings of the Early Church Fathers, like Ignatius of Antioch, Clement, Aloysius, Athanasius, and many others.

Do not rely on fanciful histories written by Anti-Catholic bigots, such as Jack Chick.

Romans 11:4-6 (New International Version)

4And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."[a] 5So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.[b]

First off the bible is just some religious writings that a group of priests got together and decided to include in the traditional bible. If you read history texts there were a lot they decided not to include.

Many societies continued to practice their pagan rituals even though they became christian. Look up the origins of Easter and Christmas.

Read "When God Was a Woman"

The history is well documented, I assume that your question is why don't we have God inspired word's as to what has happened and what will happen. The best thing I can tell you is that the Biblical prophesy is still coming to fruition. Stay strong in faith.

Well it didn't make it legal.. It made it illegal to practice anything except that which the state church set forth... which was a mixture of pagan, Christian, and Jewish practices. Constantine and all that.... lotta stuff out there about it.

It's all there in the Seven Letters to the churches. Read this...

http://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/seven_letter...