To: wmfights
The church was clearly congregational with elders determined from the community by their "walk".
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INDEED.
The Scriptural instruction was to seek out the lowly, insignificant wise old codgers to pronounce decisive leadership printiples, truths, decisions. Sounds rather opposite to the pontifical style.
Just happened and happens to be GOD'S STYLE.
1,334 posted on
10/25/2006 9:06:42 AM PDT by
Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: Quix
The Scriptural instruction was to seek out the lowly, insignificant wise old codgers to pronounce decisive leadership printiples, truths, decisions. Sounds rather opposite to the pontifical style.
Just happened and happens to be GOD'S STYLE.
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Amen!
I've been reading an analysis of the Didache and it's interesting. One of the instructions given the church is to allow a Prophet to pray as long as he wants and in the manner he wants before taking part in the Eucharist. IOW, services were not scripted by a central authority, but were directed by the Holy Spirit. It may be these kinds of services that led Tertullian to become a Montanist.
1,348 posted on
10/25/2006 9:36:39 AM PDT by
wmfights
(Psalm : 27)
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