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It doesn't matter what churches you guys belong to; the posts are supposed to be about some particular denomination. So far, that's not happening.
Count that as settled at least.
What ever denomination that Steven is talking about, that's the one I am finding a really good one. In Jesus Christ we will never go astray. Is His a denomination?
Sounded like he went to several different church gatherings. Looking for the best in all of them. For sure we must have our own salvation with God, that is a private and public matter imo.
Need to decide which of those you are going to promote.I didn't get that. Being in Christ is being in the church. We follow him as he leads us in which ever congregation, or denomination we attend. I was raised in a church that is now Community of Christ.
It has teachings that to me are too liberal so I don't attend there. However a home bible study gives much more fellowship and traditional teaching.
Are you saying that you are going to boycott all congregations but have reason to expect that a pastor, deacon, eucharistic minister or someone like that will come to your home to serve you personally? I'd like to hear more of the details of that proposal.Spiritual growth is the goal for each of us I would think. As for the bread and wine it can be taken in the home as well as a congregation. Happens for shut-in's all the time.
What happened to the priesthood of every believer? As a believer, taking communion with my Lord, is any place it is done.
That's why there are so many denominations, cause there are so many opinions.
Should one attend a denomination just because it is established by men's law?
Because,there is much more to religion than God or even truth of his word.
Religous sects also involved trade and politics,somewhat like our two party system.
There has been so much bloodshed over it that it most certainly is more than worshipping God.
Often times it reminds me of free masonry,where there is favor found in society if you have the right handshake.
The one true belief is found in Gods Word his living Word,that is always a safe place to dwell.
Everything else is a matter of opinion.
As you referred to my post Jack, then no not being catholic, that doesnt apply.
The objective scriptures?? You need to make that a little clearer.
As to the last, any revelation from rhe Holy Spirit that I recieve is God's word to me.
Personal relationship with the living God.
Jesus Christ alive and returning again, good gospel news!
History speaks for itself.
Before the Reformation, there were two major schisms that persisted: Oriental Orthodox and Orthodox. All others were supprress and fixed. In the West there was the Western Schism in the middle ages. There were also a host of heretical groups throughout the ages: various Gnostic groups, donatists, etc. After and since the Reformation, we now have Lutherans, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Methodists, Seventh Day Adventists, "Non Denominational", Wesleyans, United Church of Christ, Pentecostal, Word of Faith, and more. There are also now very unorthodox groups with no basis in history like the Mormons, Jehovah's Witnessses, Clans Christadelphians.
All of the groups listed here have contradicting beliefs on one or more major issues. All of them are "read[ing] Scripture ... and gain understanding through the Holy Spirit." The Reformation was about political change as much as it was about theological change. Religion in general did not have the power it once did. It made schisming over disagreement OK and sparked the events that would remove the power of the Churches to deal with such schisms (that mostly came around the Enlightenment).
For me, the shortest answer to that question is the phrase "scripture alone."
You mentioned Gnostics, Donatists, etc. as pre-Reformation. I'm curious - were there any pre-Reformation groups that adhered to the Nicene Creed outside of the Catholic and Orthodox churches?
Sure, because Adam and Eve wounded it when they fell.or even shorter "human nature"
the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
Can you give some example of that? Because there's only one meaning that I'm familiar with--(use) Scripture Alone (to determine doctrine)."Sola scriptura" has enough meanings that to me, it sounds like a nearly meaningless slogan.
Such as?Friends of mine tell me that the Bible is our only inerrant, authoritative source of divinely revealed truth. Their point seems understandable enough to me until I find evangelicals who redefine it.
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