THE CREED OF THE ALEXANDRIAN CULT
by Peter Ruckman

1. There is NO FINAL AUTHORITY but God.

2. Since God is a SPIRIT, there is
NO FINAL AUTHORITY that can be seen,
heard, read, felt or handled.

3. Since all books are MATERIAL,
there is NO BOOK ON THIS EARTH THAT
IS THE FINAL AND ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY on
what is right and what is wrong; what
constitutes TRUTH and what constitutes
ERROR.

4. There WAS a series of writings
one time which, IF they had all been
put into a BOOK as soon as they were
written the first time, WOULD HAVE
constituted an infallible and final
authority by which to judge truth
and error.

5. However, this series of writings was
LOST, and the God Who inspired them
was UNABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR CONTENT
through Bible-believing Christians
at Antioch (Syria), where the first
Bible teachers were (Acts 13:1),
and where the first missionary trip
originated (Acts 13:1-6), and where
the word “CHRISTIAN” originated
(Acts 11:26).

6. So, God chose to ALMOST preserve
them through Gnostics and philosophers
from Alexandria, Egypt, even though God
called HIS SON OUT of Egypt (Mat. 2),
JACOB OUT of Egypt (Gen. 49), ISRAEL
OUT of Egypt (Exod. 15), and JOSEPH'S
BONES OUT of Egypt (Exod. 13).

7. So, there are two streams of Bibles:
the most accurate - though, of course,
there is NO FINAL, ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY
FOR DETERMINING TRUTH AND ERROR:
it is a matter of “preference” -
are the Egyptian translations from
Alexandria, Egypt, which are “almost
the originals,” although NOT QUITE.

8. The most INACCURATE TRANSLATIONS
were those that brought about the
GERMAN REFORMATION (Luther, Zwingli,
Boehler, Zinzendorf, Spener, etc.) and
the worldwide MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
of the English speaking people: the
Bible that Sunday, Torrey, Moody,
Finney, Spurgeon, Whitfield, Wesley,
and Chapman used.

9. But we can “tolerate” these
if those who believe in them will
tolerate US. After all, since THERE IS
NO ABSOLUTE AND FINAL AUTHORITY THAT
ANYONE CAN READ, TEACH, PREACH, OR
HANDLE, the whole thing is a matter of
“PREFERENCE.” You may prefer what
you prefer, and we will prefer what WE
prefer: let us live in peace, and if we
cannot agree on anything or everything,
let us all agree on one thing: THERE IS
NO FINAL, ABSOLUTE, WRITTEN AUTHORITY
OF GOD ANYWHERE ON THIS EARTH.

This is the creed of the Alexandrian
Cult.