[stonehouse01]

“...thought the post said THE CHURCH ...”

The church uses scripture to determine the accuracy of an apparation. The Church is composed of people who read the bible as the basis for their beliefs.

[smvoice]

But the Bible says that ISRAEL is God's "sign" people. THEY are the ones who seek a sign, a vision, an apparition. NOT the Church.

"For the JEWS require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom..". (1 Cor. 1:22).

The Church the BOdy of Christ is not Israel.

"NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things NOT SEEN." (Heb. 11:1).

Special attention should be paid to that one little word: NOW. Meaning FROM THIS TIME FORWARD.

Signs appeal to the five senses of men and faith does NOT come from the 5 senses, AKA "the outward man". If faith is the "evidence of things NOT SEEN", and your church bases its doctrines of apparitions on things "SEEN", then obviously it cannot be from God. According to His Word.

[CynicalBear]

>> The Church is composed of people who read the bible as the basis for their beliefs.<<

Well then would you please, please show where the Bible teaches about the assumption of Mary?