"Actually Church of Christ has been categorized as a cult, I forget by which organization, but a reputable Christian one."
You obviously have very selective memory. And by the way, which CoC was supposedly placed in that category?
"They do not allow instruments to be played because of some Psalme that says "raise your VOICES"."
First the word is psalm. Second, no psalm has anything to do with the non-use of instrumental music in the CoC. You again show that you have no idea of what you are talking about.
"It is also the denomination of Pepperdine Unviersity."
Pepperdine University is composed of colleges, not denominations. Futhermore, it is a university which has no affiliation with the CoC. You ignorance concerning the CoC is continuing to be demonstrated.
In short, you are runing off at the mouth sir and have no idea what-so-ever of what you are talking about.
you've got freepmail!
"Pepperdine University is composed of colleges, not denominations.
Futhermore, it is a university which has no affiliation with the CoC."
The second sentence will come as some suprise to Pepperdine University.
Or else they wrote the first line of the second paragaph in error.
http://www.pepperdine.edu/welcome/about/history.htm
OK, if you meant Pepperdine U. was "COC in name only", you might have
a bit of an point...comparing it to the COC-affiliated schools in flyover country.
Let's be transparent. Institutions like Pepperdine U., Lubbock Christian,
Abilene Christian U., OCUSA, Harding, etc. are affiliated with the mainstream COC.
But NOT run by any sort of centralized COC "convention" or "board" as there
is not any such creature.
And it should be noted to the general public that these affiliated schools
have staffs that have a modest number of COC members (e.g., Pres.
Andy Benton of Pepperdine) ranging all the way to being nearly fully staffed
with COC members.
Pepperdine *is* affiliated with the Church of Christ. One of the former presidents of my alma mater, Univ of Oklahoma, was formerly the president of Pepperdine before that (and maybe after, IIRC) - he was an ordained minister of the CofC and Mr. Pepperdine who founded the university was, also.
I believe its charter was for CofC, but like many church-affiliated colleges and universities, it is no longer a major part of the school's mission.
Hubby has always told me that Pepperdine is a c of C school. Though its mission is not the same as Abilene Christian or Harding or Lipscomb, it is still affiliated with the c of C. Here is a link to the Pepperdine University history page. It clearly states that Pepperdine is affiliated with the church of Christ:
http://www.pepperdine.edu/welcome/about/history.htm