What scripture was used by the apostles to justify making a new office of deacon.? Or did they do this because they had the authority to do so outside of scripture?
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My point would be that if we were to take the apostles to task, we could accuse them of acting extra-Biblicaly. We could point our fingers at them and say "Hey, that's not in the Bible, so it's wrong." But how often has that happened?
We know that the apostles are the foundational stones of the Church, with Christ being the Chief Corner Stone, and the Church is being built upon them. So we have an example of the Church acting outside of scripture, and as you have already argued, through the guidance of it's true Head.
Seeing as this is a section of CF that deals with the leadership of the Church, we see a scriptural example of the leaders of the Church meeting it's need through the creation of an office that is new to history.
So often there are those who argue that there is no presidence for the creating of liturgical offices by the Church, and yet we have this wonderful example IN SCRIPTURE of the Church doing this very thing.
The creating of new Church offices is not against scripture, it is well within it's example and practice.
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We know that the apostles are the foundational stones of the Church, with Christ being the Chief Corner Stone, and the Church is being built upon them. So we have an example of the Church acting outside of scripture, and as you have already argued, through the guidance of it's true Head.
Seeing as this is a section of CF that deals with the leadership of the Church, we see a scriptural example of the leaders of the Church meeting it's need through the creation of an office that is new to history.
So often there are those who argue that there is no presidence for the creating of liturgical offices by the Church, and yet we have this wonderful example IN SCRIPTURE of the Church doing this very thing.
The creating of new Church offices is not against scripture, it is well within it's example and practice.
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