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To: CynicalBear

So what’s the sign out in front of your church say?

Or are you a member of a Denomination of One?


38 posted on 02/13/2015 7:08:25 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; ...
Denominations are not what Christ's church is about.

1 Corinthians 10:10-17 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

I don't know what denomination CB, or RnMom, or bb, or almost any other Christian posting here on the RF attend, nor do I care.

They preach Christ crucified and salvation by grace through faith in Him, not of works so that no man can boast.

That's good enough for me.

39 posted on 02/13/2015 7:15:11 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: DuncanWaring
>>So what’s the sign out in front of your church say?<<

Sign? Denomination? What is this talk? Denominations don't save Duncan. Belonging to some organization doesn't save Duncan. When someone believes on Christ alone for their salvation they become part of the called out, the ekklesia of Christ.

The Catholic Church has lied to people about a lot of things. One is the lineage of popes which is the subject of this article. This article isn't about me.

Here is some information about the history of the title of pope.

"The title was from the early 3rd century a general term used to refer to all bishops. From the 6th century, the title began to be used particularly of the Bishop of Rome, and in the late 11th century Pope Gregory VII issued a declaration that has been widely interpreted as stating this by then established Western convention. By the same 6th century, this was also the normal practice of the imperial chancery of Constantinople. ["Pope", Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3]

See that? Not until the 6th century was it even used for the Bishop of Rome. History shows there wasn't even a single "church" in Rome until Constantine made Christianity the official religion. The history put forth by the Catholic Church today is fallacy. How about addressing that issue and proving all the honest researchers wrong. Got any documentation other than the propaganda from the Catholic Church?

45 posted on 02/13/2015 7:35:02 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: DuncanWaring; editor-surveyor; metmom
So what’s the sign out in front of your church say?

Well the sign does not say "BINGO Every Wednesday."

66 posted on 02/13/2015 10:10:51 PM PST by redleghunter (He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. Lk24)
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