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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
[.. But that doesn't affect the apostolic authority transmitted through apostolic succession of the bishops. ..]

My reading of "Millers Church History" speaks to apostolic authority being a myth.. Jesus did not call Simon the first name Peter(as a nickname) he called him a rock.. metaphorically as an operator in the metaphor.. the church being rock upon rock.. starting from the cornerstone..

This metaphor getting skewed like the eat my flesh and drink my blood metaphor(Lords table) getting skewed all out of shape.. Its obvious these two metaphors are metaphors(to me/and others).. Stretching them to be literal makes them bizaar.. in the extreme.. Trans-substantiation is childlike and humorous in its skewing..

14,289 posted on 05/08/2007 4:24:27 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
This metaphor getting skewed like the eat my flesh and drink my blood metaphor(Lords table) getting skewed all out of shape.. Its obvious these two metaphors are metaphors(to me/and others).. Stretching them to be literal makes them bizaar.. in the extreme.. Trans-substantiation is childlike and humorous in its skewing..

I think we already know how you feel about this. So, what are you going to do about it? Complain ad nauseum?

14,299 posted on 05/08/2007 9:40:43 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: hosepipe
This metaphor getting skewed like the eat my flesh and drink my blood metaphor(Lords table) getting skewed all out of shape..

Whose interpretation of Jesus's "This is my body" is authoritative?

-A8

14,638 posted on 05/16/2007 6:59:55 AM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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