Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: MHGinTN
Let's draw a distinction here.

In the context of the article, I will agree with you. The big "C" Catholic Church is Rome and while I believe that there is a remnant in that church, I too believe that it does NOT contain the whole body of believers.

However there is the small "c" catholic church which can be paraphrased as the "universal" church that does contain the whole of the body of Christ. Thus when we, as protestants, declare our faith using the Apostle's Creed, and we state that we "believe in the holy catholic church...". It does not mean that we are pledging allegiance to Rome, but rather acknowledging that we are members of a worldwide body and that we have communion with one another through Christ.

8 posted on 07/12/2018 8:12:50 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies ]


To: P8riot

Amen. Selah!


11 posted on 07/12/2018 8:33:40 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

To: P8riot
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

We are the church as Christ lives IN each and every believer.

You don't *GO* to a church, you ARE the church.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy and you are that temple.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

Interestingly, the early church met in homes, not church buildings.

Acts 20:20 "yet I never shrank from telling you the truth, either publicly or in your homes."

Romans 16:5 "Please give my greetings to the church that meets in their home."

Romans 16:5 Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia.

1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.

Colossians 4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

Philemon 1:1-3 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:

17 posted on 07/13/2018 5:07:51 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson