The Jointly Ordained Lesbian Couple Making History For Presbyterians

Huffpost ^ | 27.Mar.2015 | Carol Kuruvilla

[AppyPappy]

And he’s going to discuss Romans 1 with them and remind them that they are not really married so they are also committing adultery.
They will explode because they know it is the truth.

[Cronos]

That would actually make sense — let them create their own “religion” called Lesbitarianism

[Vaquero]

Interesting. My background is RC. So the line of command from bottom up is priest, monsignor, bishop, cardinal, pope.

[PAR35]

One of the problems with the PCUSA is that they have abandoned Presbyterian polity. In traditional Presbyterian government, the Presbytery (made up of ordained teaching elders with formal theological training (preachers) and ruling elders (ordained laymen with generally no formal theological training) sitting as a group has the power that a Bishop has in a hierarchical church. (This is what distinguishes presbyterians from congregational groups such as Baptists). (Appeals from judicial actions can be made to higher courts)

The PCUSA has gone to a (an?) hierarchical system and has designated the new office of “Executive Presbyter” as being the equivalent of the Bishop. So the PCUSA is technically no longer presbyterian in governance.

[PAR35]

And he’s going to discuss Romans 1 with them

Anyone still going to a PCUSA church should be well beyond seeing the Bible as the word of God.

[HarleyD]

2Ch 36:14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the LORD that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

2Ch 36:15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

2Ch 36:16 But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

2Ch 36:21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths....

When God's wrath is poured out, they'll have no one to blame but themselves.

[Cronos]

Yes. But, as I was telling Gamecock, we need to be under no illusion that this does not affect us -- whether Catholic or PCA/OPC etc.

1. Secularists will take this as more reason to keep attacking us

2. Non-Christians see no denominations and will look at this as Christianity's perversion.