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All churches who are not from the line of succession are not within the body of Christ.

Wrong. It's not denominations which make up the body of Christ and it's not through succession from whoever or whatever.

Any individual who is in Christ is part of the body of Christ according to God. Any church's or denomination's opinion or definition about it is meaningless.

2,491 posted on 11/16/2011 6:02:35 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)

All churches who are not from the line of succession are not within the body of Christ.
Wrong. It's not denominations which make up the body of Christ and it's not through succession from whoever or whatever.

Any individual who is in Christ is part of the body of Christ according to God. Any church's or denomination's opinion or definition about it is meaningless.

Christ created His Church. He instructed the first generation and authorized them to instruct all other generations. Acts and Paul illustrates how to treat the churches of men who are created by men for the benefit of the men who founded them.

"I never knew you".

2,769 posted on 11/19/2011 4:53:04 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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