To: swmobuffalo
No, unfortunately it doesn’t. What remains is men’s ideas about what Christ said.
Every Bishop, including the Pope - the Bishop of Rome - can trace his lineage to one of the original Apostles.
Is there another church that can claim this?
53 posted on
05/02/2008 3:45:23 PM PDT by
mike182d
("Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?")
To: mike182d
“Every Bishop, including the Pope - the Bishop of Rome - can trace his lineage to one of the original Apostles.”
1Ti 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
And I would imagine that the original Apostles are rolling in their graves given what their “descendents” have elaborated on.
59 posted on
05/02/2008 3:52:05 PM PDT by
swmobuffalo
("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
To: mike182d
Uh, the Cathers did. The Menonites do. The Armenian church does as well as the ancient Christian church in India.
Claiming descent from an apostle is a common element in the older model Christian churches. The newer models dispense with finding it a necessity ~ particularly those who claim the special guidance of the Holy Spirit.
86 posted on
05/02/2008 5:33:23 PM PDT by
muawiyah
To: mike182d
well, the Orthodox comes to mind. :)
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