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To: Prussian Koenig; Oshkalaboomboom; The Invisible Hand
It is not only Baptists who do not believe this. I am a Lutheran pastor and do not believe this.

That is not surprising; both denominations are post Reformation. Had the Reformation been fruitful, there would be one Church. Instead, we have tens of thousands of churches that claim to be christian. Christ wanted us to be one (John 17:22-23). We are all as a Church to be of one mind and to think the same (Philippians 2:2; Romans 15:5). There is only to be one "faith" (Ephesians 4:3-6), not many. For the Church is Christ's Body and Christ only had one Body, not many. Also, since the Church is Christ's Bride (Ephesians 5:29), can Christ be married to more than one wife (essentially a spiritual form of the the sin of polygamy)? No, Christ can only have one wife (i.e., one Church, not many).

14 posted on 12/09/2009 2:55:37 AM PST by NYer ("One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone" - Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer
That is not surprising; both denominations are post Reformation. Had the Reformation been fruitful, there would be one Church. Instead, we have tens of thousands of churches that claim to be christian.

That number keeps deflating, I see - and we're back to "churches" again! "Had the Reformation been fruitful"...and in a Catholic Caucus post, no less.

16 posted on 12/10/2009 10:50:41 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" - Job 13:15)
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