well, all RIGHTY then! ;-)
I also hope the Vicodin isn't causing you, or me, confusion. :-)
I refuse to let some drug take credit for my confusion. I achieved this through my own efforts.
If you start with the premise that there is ONE Church "really" (and visibly) then for us Roaming Calflicks to call ourselves such and to adopt some such name as a designator is just an accomodation to the worlds persistent delusion that there is more than one Church.
In fact the whole use of "designators" has a different purpose. "A" church is named after its city. It's what I would think of as the Church IN Richmond, and we know it's "THE" church because it's in communion with THE Church in Rome. Designators like "Catholic" or "Byzantine" are used to deal with the painful facts of schism and offical estrangement.
In the universe where the notion of numerous "denominations" is one reality lying athwart the reality of the "True" "invisible" church whose only members are already saved, denominational names have to do with a doctrine or polity (or history of schism): "Episcopal" ,"Berean", "Baptist", "Lutheran". But our "name" is differently intended.
Is that ANY clearer? I confess that myve the vicodin and sleeplessness are finally kicking in. I hope somebody can say it mo' better.
Hey, foot surgury seems to agree with you. How you doing today?
After too many years in ballet, I already am having plenty of foot problems myself. My girls will be doing Irish dancing instead.