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To: metmom

“The church is the body of all believers of all time.”

Actually, that’s just a modern Protestant view. If you look at the New Testament itself, it’s clear that “believers” were those who believed as first century Christians saw it and not as latter day believers in a 16th century gospel saw it.

“It’s not an organization headquartered anywhere.”

The “where” is not as important as the “who”. Christ sent the Apostles. He did not sent Protestants.

“The *church* cannot exist without the people who make it up and there is corruption and immorality rampant within the hierarchy of Roman Catholicism.”

There is corruption and immorality rampant among ever population of human beings.

“*The church* is not an entity to itself that if you remove the people you have anything left.”

The Church is an entity unto Christ - its Head.


76 posted on 12/30/2017 10:18:15 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998

Yup and all those what are part of the Body of Christ make up the Church. It has nothing to do with denomination or which building you worship
In or what language you worship in or what kind of music you use in worship. One does not have to be a Roman Catholic or any denomination whatsoever to be a part of the Body. One just has to be washed by the Blood shed for us on Calvary


82 posted on 12/30/2017 10:25:55 AM PST by Mom MD ( .)
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