@DoubleD
Which of these four is the oldest?
@shortstories @DoubleD This is a fake question. They're all the same age.
"This is a fake question. They're all the same age."
What is that age and how did you come to that conclusion?
@shortstories @DoubleD There has always been minor disagreements within the church. Even in The Bible, there's a small disagreement amongst believers vis-a-vis Peter and Paul (Galatians 2). I think it's best to say all of them existed simultaneously as members of the early church but we're refined into their own distinct entities over time. In any case, they can all have apostolic succession and history back to the original apostles, so it's fine. The age is around 3X AD, so almost 2000 years.
@BowsacNoodle
There is one church. The administrative end has always been secondary. Facilitation is vital but the fights are an evil distraction
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There is one church. The administrative end has always been secondary. Facilitation is vital but the fights are an evil distraction
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@Leyonhjelm @DoubleD @BowsacNoodle
If the fights about afministration are an evil distraction then what about just ignoring the people who declare themselves to be administrators of the Church?
@shortstories @Leyonhjelm @DoubleD You can do that until you can't. If someone claiming to be in charge starts doing heresy, it's enough of a problem that you have to address it should said person actually have influence. There's a reason why wacky gnostic cults are a dime a dozen and nobody wastes their breath calling them out. Meanwhile Orthodox Bishops leave an empty chair for the Bishop of Rome in their council meetings as a permanent reminder, and The Roman Catholic hymnal book has its first few pages talking about how The Orthodox are in communion ("it's fine with us, we're not the problem teehee" 🤓) but practioners need to ask their own Bishop before receiving. So yeah it's the old "if everyone would just" thing— never happens.
@BowsacNoodle
We should all be Christians together and are one church in the broad sense as lay people. My point is that very little of the disputes between the organizations should impact whether we work together in society. Even if our views differ greatly. If the three of us saw a Methodist rebuilding a fence for an old woman in our neighborhood, the sin is ours to not help just because we don’t agree with Wesley.
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We should all be Christians together and are one church in the broad sense as lay people. My point is that very little of the disputes between the organizations should impact whether we work together in society. Even if our views differ greatly. If the three of us saw a Methodist rebuilding a fence for an old woman in our neighborhood, the sin is ours to not help just because we don’t agree with Wesley.
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I will not be tempted by your gay distraction
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