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The early leaders of the church decided the canon of the New Testament. These early leaders were Bishops in a number of cities in the Middle East.
Apostles and Elders
They were the pharasees.
The book of 1 Corinthians provides the most detailed information about spiritual gifts in the New Testament. It devotes an entire chapter (1 Corinthians 12) to discussing spiritual gifts, their importance in the body of Christ, and how they should be exercised in love and unity.
Spiritual cleansing is mentioned and the new covenant is implied in Ezekiel 36:25-27
The leaders of the 12 tribes of Israel in the Old Testament and the 12 apostles of the lamb in the New Testament.
Apart from Christianity, you could say that all other religions do not accept the New Testament. (The religion that accepts the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, but not the New Testament, is Judaism.) It is also worth noting that Islam rejects the New Testament as written, but does not reject the spiritual nature of the events it describes. Islam holds the New Testament to be a corrupted form of Jesus's Ministry, something that is very important in Islam.
The spiritual leaders are not necessarily the same as religious leaders. Therefore the spiritual leaders are all those individuals throughout the world who are filled with spirituality, righteousness and piety. All of the human rights, animal and environmental protection activists are spirited/spiritual leaders. They are living instruments of divinity, which they freely share with all of humanity.
They sucked it out of their thumbs at the Council of Nicaea.
Ted J. Hanson has written: 'The New Testament prophet' 'Spiritual man'
The Bible is divided into two main sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament was written by various authors over a span of centuries, while the New Testament was written by apostles and early Christian leaders.
According to the New Testament, Paul was not part of the inner circle of leaders of the Christian community in Jerusalem after the death of Jesus. He was a later convert to Christianity and had his own ministry.