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To: HarleyD; Gamecock; Dr. Eckleburg

Um, that makes it, by definition Presbyterian....
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It has been eye opening for me to read about the early church because it breaks down so many myth's. The most obvious being this grand hierarchal authority.


1,442 posted on 10/25/2006 3:17:58 PM PDT by wmfights (Psalm : 27)
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To: wmfights
"It has been eye opening for me to read about the early church because it breaks down so many myth's. The most obvious being this grand hierarchal authority."

For the first 300 years the early church just ran around evangelizing until so many goofy views started springing up that someone decided that perhaps it would be good to write down what Christians believe. The "grand hierarchal" that the early fathers refer to is simply because there was no other choices up until this time. Interesting, the Orthodox never recognized a Pope as the top dog.

1,452 posted on 10/25/2006 4:22:04 PM PDT by HarleyD
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