To: Uncle Chip
"According to honest Catholic scholars, the first Roman Church was a Presbyterian Church."
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FWIW, the Didache also supports this in it's instructions in how to treat Prophets and Teachers. The church was clearly congregational with elders determined from the community by their "walk".
1,313 posted on
10/25/2006 8:13:40 AM PDT by
wmfights
(Psalm : 27)
To: wmfights
The church was clearly congregational with elders determined from the community by their "walk" It is true that at least in some cases congregations did select candidates for Church offices, but the candidates still had to be approved and ordained by the bishops. Congregations had no authority or power to ordain bishops or presbyers (priests).
-A8
1,316 posted on
10/25/2006 8:16:19 AM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: wmfights
The church was clearly congregational with elders determined from the community by their "walk".
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INDEED.
The Scriptural instruction was to seek out the lowly, insignificant wise old codgers to pronounce decisive leadership printiples, truths, decisions. Sounds rather opposite to the pontifical style.
Just happened and happens to be GOD'S STYLE.
1,334 posted on
10/25/2006 9:06:42 AM PDT by
Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: wmfights; Dr. Eckleburg
***..... with elders determined from the community by their "walk".***
Um, that makes it, by definition Presbyterian....
1,356 posted on
10/25/2006 10:26:11 AM PDT by
Gamecock
(The GRPL: Because life is too short for bad Theology*)
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