To: MarkBsnr
Ah, that's where the problem arises. You apparently don't think there is a difference, yet The Bride of Christ was here before there was an institutional church. And that term 'institutional church' applies to protestant as well as Catholic institutions. The institutions are not the Bride of Christ, as you can immediately see when you realize that within the institutions there are folks of the 'not Born Again' variety. But ALL of the Bride are Born Again in Christ Jesus.
That flawed conflation leads to many errors which get institutionalized. [Snake handling comes to mind ...]
1,811 posted on
01/29/2011 9:26:10 AM PST by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: MHGinTN
Ah, that's where the problem arises. You apparently don't think there is a difference, yet The Bride of Christ was here before there was an institutional church. And that term 'institutional church' applies to protestant as well as Catholic institutions. The institutions are not the Bride of Christ, as you can immediately see when you realize that within the institutions there are folks of the 'not Born Again' variety. But ALL of the Bride are Born Again in Christ Jesus. Don't you mean 'born from above'?
The institution of the Church began with Jesus saying in Matthew 16:18 "And I say to thee. thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." and it was commissioned by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
That flawed conflation leads to many errors which get institutionalized. [Snake handling comes to mind ...]
And the snake handlers differ from any other heretics how?
1,819 posted on
01/29/2011 9:39:16 AM PST by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so..)
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