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To: OLD REGGIE

I cannot even comment on such a ridiculous statement.

St. Iranaeus is second century Christianity, and he records the successions of bishops in Rome going back to Peter.

It is historical fact, not fairy tale, not fantasy and not hearsay, but that is anathema to those who reject the one true Church.


252 posted on 07/03/2011 3:45:52 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: Jvette
I cannot even comment on such a ridiculous statement.

St. Iranaeus is second century Christianity, and he records the successions of bishops in Rome going back to Peter.

It is historical fact, not fairy tale, not fantasy and not hearsay, but that is anathema to those who reject the one true Church.

Forgetting for the moment that the Bishop Of Rome had no authority outside the geographically limited jurisdiction of Rome, your claim of Iranaeus as your "authority" is problematic.

"The blessed Apostles, then, having founded and built up the church, committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate. Of this Linus Paul makes mention in his Epistles to Timothy. To him succeeded Anacletus and after him, in third place from the Apostles, Clement was allotted the bishopric."

Iranaeus

Peter is missing?

You seemingly have a habit of making dogmatic statements without attribution and expect others to accept them as fact. Opinion is one thing, statement of fact is another.

It would be nice if you provided supporting documentation every once in a while. Otherwise, I'm afraid you can't be taken seriously.

255 posted on 07/04/2011 9:55:08 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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