Is Acts 2:38 Really Supported by History?

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Still it's easier to comb those archives than it would be to get a look at Charles F. Parham's letters to Howard Goss which are kept in the vaults of an different "vatican" in Hazelwood.

Have you tried?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

Have you tried?

A more well known writer did and had access for a while before being shut out. I have gone through some unorganized archival material there back before the third floor was added. I'm sure that I wouldn't even recognize anything today.

The guy who "holds the keys" today kind of owes me a favor, but he would never admit it and he would certainly not allow the likes of me in there in the current climate of the UPC.

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by pelathais

A more well known writer did and had access for a while before being shut out. I have gone through some unorganized archival material there back before the third floor was added. I'm sure that I wouldn't even recognize anything today.

The guy who "holds the keys" today kind of owes me a favor, but he would never admit it and he would certainly not allow the likes of me in there in the current climate of the UPC.

What's so damaging that those papers have to be top secret, classified, highly confidential?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

What's so damaging that those papers have to be top secret, classified, highly confidential?

That's unknown, though Thomas Fudge does cite one letter and an entry in Brother Goss's diary that seem to amount to a confession to some of the "morals" accusations against Parham.

It may be that there are statements about people still living, in which case it would be a standard procedure to leave some things tucked away until all concerned have passed. Our American government has done that with historical records in the past, though now they throw open anything salacious just for the "fun" of it.

However, a full explanation should always be given when records are kept shut. If nothing else, it stifles at least some of the inevitable conspiracy theories.