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To: adiaireton8

Then by the same respect, schismatics and heretics have separated from the Protestant Church. So there!

A8. Don't you see that such is a ridiculous point to be making? The church of Christ is those who have Him as their Savior. Man tends to organize Himself into people of like mind with Himself - but the true CHURCH is not an organization but rather is a living breathing organism. It's the people of God. That includes Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, and yes - even a few Mormons (if that last one needs clarifying I will clarify but suffice it to say it would be dependent upon whether they believe what they are taught or whether they are in that institution for other reason).


2,766 posted on 12/22/2006 1:56:47 PM PST by Blogger
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To: Blogger
Then by the same respect, schismatics and heretics have separated from the Protestant Church. So there!

No, there is no "Protestant Church". There are only thousands of Protestant denominations and individuals, and they all started after 1517 AD. The Catholic Church was founded in 33 AD by Christ Himself.

The church of Christ is those who have Him as their Savior.

Indeed. But Christ's one and only Church subsists in the Catholic Church.

. Man tends to organize Himself into people of like mind with Himself - but the true CHURCH is not an organization

That's gnosticism.

but rather is a living breathing organism.

Yes! Do you think an organism is just a scattered collection or heap of individuals?? No. It is an organization, indeed the epitome of organization.

-A8

2,768 posted on 12/22/2006 2:07:31 PM PST by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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