Furthermore, the Bible says that the Church is One (Eph 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.) -- there is no multiplicities of the body, no separate Churches, all are of one faith.
you have implicitly assumed that the Holy Spirit has authored the doctrine of fragmentation.
Is this not what you had assumed (without Scripturally proving it), and were attempting to use this unproven concept in furthering your line of argument?
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01/11/2013 7:55:20 AM PST by
Cronos
(Middle English prest, priest, Old English pruost, Late Latin presbyter, Latin presbuteros)
Furthermore, the Bible says that the Church is One (Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.) -- there is no multiplicities of the body, no separate Churches, all are of one faith. The please explain and justify the existence of both the Roman and Orthodox Catholic churches.
The body of Christ is indeed one. It just isn't the Catholic church.