Cherry-picking and ignoring the scripture. Jesus specifically told the disciples that whatever they bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever they forgive it shall be forgiven in heaven as well. Their successors, by their choice, fill the same office. That's how the Church operated in the first century, and this is how it operates to this day.
The hierarchy of the EO and RCC are no different than the scribes of Jesus' day
You are entitled to your opinion. I don't think the Reformed are even Christians (more like "Paulians"). They are a cult that believes God makes little demons and give them to unlucky parents.
What is the Key to the Kingdom?
The key is the authority to bind and losen.
LOL. Now if we were of some other persuasion, we'd be screaming for that post to be pulled and the thread locked.
But since we are confident in whom we believe, and the fact that we can and do refute the errors of the EO and RCC every day on this forum, this post included, we have no need to act like a whiner.
By the grace of God alone, we "count it all joy."
You owe an apology to every Christian on these threads for that outrageous statement. Talk about hate... you revealed your own here.
KOS: The key is the authority to bind and losen.
One thing I do admire about the EO posters here is your willingness to state what you believe, even when you are wrong. Clearly your understanding of what the Key to the Kingdom is why your church preaches a works based salvation rather than The Gospel.
Only God determines who is and is not saved, not clerics. Believing The Gospel is the Key.
Truth be told, Kosta, a year ago that from you would have really bothered me. But now it doesn't. :)