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To: vladimir998

>>God has no “new church”. There is only the Church and later sects founded by heretics and schismatics.

LOL. The Church is the entire body of believers. The Roman Church is as much a sect as any other. It is merely the most successful sect, but it is not the first or oldest in existence.


59 posted on 12/07/2015 1:39:47 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Bryanw92

“LOL. The Church is the entire body of believers.”

Believers in what or Whom? All people believe in something. Are Lutherans and Mormons the same in their beliefs? No. Yet there were no Lutherans until 1520 - even though the Church already existed almost 1500 before them.

“The Roman Church is as much a sect as any other.”

A Church cannot be a sect. The two are mutually exclusive as words, ideas, and realities.

“It is merely the most successful sect, but it is not the first or oldest in existence.”

It is not a sect at all.


62 posted on 12/07/2015 2:03:23 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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