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1 | Denominations is shameful? | 1 Cor 3:4 | Reformer Joe | 92541 | ||
"Does this verse speak against denominational christianity?" Some claim that it does, but in context it merely speaks out against unwarranted factions. These factions in Corinth were (a) within the same church, not different denominations, and (b) personality-based, not doctrinally based. "My Catholic spouse speaks against offshoots and chose to contend with me after 20 years of marriage, just because I found my own church just recently. " Well, he is making several assumptions that I would question. First of all, he implies that the Catholic Church of today is doctrinally identical to the apostolic church. Secondly, he apparently holds to the infallibility of the RCC. Lastly, he is erroneous in his assumption that one must be in communion with Rome to be part of what the New Testament refers to as the church. --Joe! |
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2 | Denominations is shameful? | 1 Cor 3:4 | Joyce Ong | 92564 | ||
Thank you Joe for spelling it out for my reassurance that I am not hallucinating the erroneous ideas. I feel that some non catholic christians, like myself do not still understand enough of this difference. It is more exasperating that they continue to be blinded, their minds still veiled even when scriptures are shown. They have a way of explaining it away with church teachings and human ways which sounds like honouring man's ways above God's. This is my personal experience. My conclusion is to agree to disagree respectfully and so there should not be an encroachment of my privilege to relate to God differently. | ||||||
3 | Denominations is shameful? | 1 Cor 3:4 | Reformer Joe | 92656 | ||
One other thing to remember about Paul's admonition to the Corinthians is that Christ and Paul and Apollos and Peter were not at odds with one other. It's not like all of these individuals were seeking to take the gospel off into different doctrinal directions, nor were any of them on some "power trip." The factions that developed in Corinth could not have been based on theology or authority, because there were no schismatic authoritative or theological disputes among the apostles. --Joe! |
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