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To: mike182d
In what sense, then, are they legitimately "Christian?"

In the same sense that the original Church was not an institution but was a body of believers who met in homes, in small groups, in secret....

5 posted on 05/04/2005 11:08:43 AM PDT by freebilly (Go Santa Cruz Baseball!)
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wonderful to read someone hereon who can recognize the enlivening work of God's Spirit.

Thanks.
8 posted on 05/04/2005 11:13:30 AM PDT by Quix (--AVOID MERE FORM OF GODLINESS; SEEK HIS FACE. WALK IN HIS SPIRIT.)
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To: freebilly
In the same sense that the original Church was not an institution but was a body of believers

Really? So when Paul speaks of the Three Pillars of the church (Peter, James, and John), he isn't referring to any persons in authority of a Christian institution?
11 posted on 05/04/2005 11:17:27 AM PDT by mike182d ("Let fly the white flag of war." - Zapp Brannigan)
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