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To: blue-duncan

Again, -- we've covered this, -- Christ did not have to consecrate His apostles all at the same time or in any particular manner, as He owns His own sacraments. The New Testament does not give the precise account of every apostle's consecration. Both the promise of the Paraclete and the commission to evengelize the world, however, were recorded in the scripture and were given the apostles, with a more specific commission given to St. Peter alone. By the time of the first Jerusalem Council the college of apostles was defined well enough to admit St. Mathias and St. Paul, and they consecrated others. There is no scripture indicating the Holy Ghost's propagation directly from Christ to anyone but a very select, albeit not explicitly listed, group of people.

The distinction between the first disciples and the rest of the world, between pastors and sheep is very clearly drawn in the scripture, unsettling at is may be to the modern subversives.


293 posted on 01/04/2006 11:00:15 AM PST by annalex
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To: annalex; blue-duncan; Dr. Eckleburg
Christ did not have to consecrate His apostles all at the same time or in any particular manner

Now we know where Benny Hinn gets his powers from. ;O)

294 posted on 01/04/2006 11:05:35 AM PST by HarleyD ("Command what you will and give what you command." - Augustine's Prayer)
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