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To: scottiewottie
Ah, but Scotty, God rejected both and choose Saul, who was to be called Paul.
3 posted on 05/14/2002 2:47:34 PM PDT by Alas
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To: Alas
Where does it ever say Matthias was rejected?
4 posted on 05/14/2002 5:04:14 PM PDT by Some hope remaining.
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To: Alas
What makes you assume Matthias was rejected?
5 posted on 05/14/2002 5:08:12 PM PDT by Some hope remaining.
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To: Alas
There were in the early church "Apostles" and "apostles". There were twelve in the Quorum of the Special Witnesses of Christ's Ressurrection, with Matthias chosen to join them after the betrayal and death of Judas.

The other group of lesser apostles, numbering 70 total, included Paul. Paul could not be one of the Twelve because he did not behold the risen Christ before the Ascension. There is plenty of evidence that Paul subjected himself to the authority of the Twelve, with himself not being numbered with them.

9 posted on 05/16/2002 8:06:24 AM PDT by scottiewottie
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