[RnMomof7]

“For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ are also with the bishop. And as many as shall, in the exercise of repentance, return into the unity of the Church, these, too, shall belong to God, that they may live according to Jesus Christ. Do not err, my brethren. If any man follows him that makes a schism in the Church, he shall not inherit the kingdom of God. If any one walks according to a strange opinion, he agrees not with the passion [of Christ.]”
Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Philadelphians,3(A.D. 110),in ANF,3:80

Could you give the scriptural foundation Ignatius used for this ??

[rbmillerjr]

“Could you give the scriptural foundation Ignatius used for this ? “

” 2 Thessalonians 2:15, “Stand firm, and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.”

“1 Thessalonians 2:13: “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God...”

Here we see Paul putting oral tradition on the same level as written tradition. It seems such a leap for many modern day Christians, but when you think about it, our first Christians had Jesus Christ first, then the Church, then the Bible. So, it many spiritual sense as it is commanded of us and logical sense.

So, in your church, if you have a disagreement with your preacher or elder on a faith matter...What do you do?