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To: adiaireton8

http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?strongs=1577


272 posted on 05/11/2007 3:29:54 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: GoLightly
Thanks, but the point is that it is impossible to speak to a set. The Church of which Christ speaks in Matt 18:17 is not a set; it is a hierarchical institution. That is why one can "tell it to the Church", because one is telling it to the bishops or presbyters in the Church. And when Jesus says in Matt 16:18 that He will build His Church, He is not saying "I will add to the set of all believers"; He is talking about the hierarchical institution "built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets." (Eph 2:20)

-A8

274 posted on 05/11/2007 3:39:18 PM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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