Appreciate the posting.
Just remember the following:
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing.
The Church takes upon itself the authorization given to it by Jesus to make the decisions that it does. Nobody else - no alter churches or competing denominations - can make those decisions. I congratulate you on choosing a very pertinent verse. You very often do.
"We're right because we say we are."
Ya just can't beat that logic.