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To: af_vet_1981; MHGinTN; ealgeone; boatbums; Mark17
Regarding these passages:

There is not one clue in any of these citations from which you can build a doctrine of establishing a clergy of priests, nor of superseding the authority over a local church other than spiritual elders answering directly to The Head Jesus on the one hand, and accountability to the congregation on the other. So take your licks and quit on this approach.

Realize that catholicity sprang out of Irenaus and others like his fellow priest-makers to start grabbing power not authorized in the Bible.

And, of course, that is also why this priestly class doesn't want any back-channel communication of the Holy Spirit with the "lay" constituent through reading and applying such things as Jesus has commanded in it, without priestly censorship.

780 posted on 04/22/2017 8:39:10 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: imardmd1
There is not one clue in any of these citations from which you can build a doctrine ...

That is the point; I do not need to build a doctrine. I am not a Protestant, Reconstructionist, or Restorationist. I am not re-forming a religion according to my own understanding. I have not constructed a theology that is based an antiCatholic premise. I believe in one holy catholic apostolic church.
782 posted on 04/22/2017 9:08:41 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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