To: MHGinTN
...since Apostolic Authority ended or was suspended on Earth with the death of the last apostle of Christ, ...
What nonsense. Judas, one of the original Twelve, was replaced by (I think) Timothy - a fact well documented in Scripture.
87 posted on
05/20/2007 5:49:27 PM PDT by
narses
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To: narses
Actually, the eleven cast lots and Mattathias (sp?) was ‘chosen’. But Jesus chose Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus.
88 posted on
05/20/2007 5:54:24 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
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To: narses
Acts 1:21 -26 They ‘chose straws’ over three and Matthias was the ‘chosen’ replacement for Judas ... as chosen by men trying to ‘do it for God’. Jesus chose Saul and we have the evidence from his life thereafter to contrast with what happens when men do the ‘choosing’ ... and other than his name in Acts chapter one, Matthias is not heard of again.
91 posted on
05/20/2007 6:28:21 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
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To: narses; MHGinTN
...since Apostolic Authority ended or was suspended on Earth with the death of the last apostle of Christ, ...
What nonsense. Judas, one of the original Twelve, was replaced by (I think) Timothy - a fact well documented in Scripture.
Methinks you have misread the comment of MHGinTN.
Matthias was appointed an Apostle by the by the remaining 11
live Apostles.
Whether you agree or not with MHGinTN it is clear that the "last" Apostle had not yet died.
103 posted on
05/21/2007 9:37:10 AM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
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