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To: Mr Rogers
There were other splits as well. That is why the argument “The Catholic Church is the only 2000 year old church” strikes me as silly.

According to Scripture, Christ wanted us to be one (John 17:22-23). We are all as a Church to be of one mind and to think the same (Philippians 2:2; Romans 15:5). There is only to be one "faith" (Ephesians 4:3-6), not many. For the Church is Christ's Body and Christ only had one Body, not many. Also, since the Church is Christ's Bride (Ephesians 5:29), can Christ be married to more than one wife (essentially a spiritual form of the the sin of polygamy)? No, Christ can only have one wife (i.e., one Church, not many).

It's pretty straightforward. There can be only one church and we know that church by the four marks of the true Church of Christ.

138 posted on 07/20/2009 10:29:45 AM PDT by NYer ("One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer

Well, most Protestants believe in One Church. We just don’t tie it to any specific denomination. Not Baptist, not Methodist, and not Catholic.

If there was supposed to be one Head other than Jesus, then Jesus and the Apostles kept pretty quiet about it. When Jesus was asked which of the Apostles was the greatest, He COULD have replied Peter. That He didn’t either means He missed a great opportunity, or that He didn’t intend for Peter to be his ‘Vicar’.


140 posted on 07/20/2009 10:47:37 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: NYer
According to Scripture, Christ wanted us to be one (John 17:22-23). We are all as a Church to be of one mind and to think the same (Philippians 2:2; Romans 15:5). There is only to be one "faith" (Ephesians 4:3-6), not many. For the Church is Christ's Body and Christ only had one Body, not many. Also, since the Church is Christ's Bride (Ephesians 5:29), can Christ be married to more than one wife (essentially a spiritual form of the the sin of polygamy)? No, Christ can only have one wife (i.e., one Church, not many).

What you say is true...But there's one fatal flaw in you story...Your religion is not the Body of Jesus Christ...

Just like Mary being sinless, this is another fairy tale...

There is nothing in your religion that resembles the New Testament Church...

Your's is a mixture of Old Testament Synagogue worship, New Age Religion, Old Testament Priesthood, etc...

The veil to the Holiest of Holies is still intact in your relgion...You are indebted to do works to pay for your salvation...

If your religion ever at one time did follow the teaching of Jesus and the apostles, it immediately turned left as can be seen by the writings of some of your church fathers and the statements of the apostle Paul...

156 posted on 07/20/2009 1:40:45 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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