To: Mrs. Don-o
1 Peter2:13 (LINK) --- and that deserves a good long look, because it applies to Church authorities even more than to secular authorities. No it does not, as in context it is referring more to secular authorities.If you want to find support for submission to ecclesiastical authorities that would be Heb. 13:17.
911 posted on
10/11/2014 8:00:57 PM PDT by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: daniel1212; Mrs. Don-o
That refers to leadership rather then authority.
924 posted on
10/11/2014 8:27:25 PM PDT by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus info)
To: daniel1212
Thank you for this verse, Daniel1212, it is most apropos.
My earlier point was that the Bible does not make such a total separation between secular and church authorities, as 21s century Americans tend to suppose. Prophets, priests and kings are all anointed; authority itself, per se, pertains to God; and the "powers that be"" are ordained of God, as St. Paul says.
1,010 posted on
10/12/2014 7:09:31 AM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
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