Episkopos and Foreigner, you both, as you both have previously expressed, accept the Holy Bible as the inerrant Word of God. Having said that , please take heed to this message to our earlier Christian brothers this advice from Jesus , actually more like a command.
We find in [ Matt. 18:15-18 ] where the Christian brother is confronted by another Christian brother, then if that doesn't work take him to other Christians, if nothing works with other members of the Christian faith , then we read where Jesus explicitly commands those Christian brothers to take their Christian brother directly to the Church [ but, which "church"? Certainly not your later days church ] Now I ask you in all honesty is that particular church , the real One True Church, that Jesus said He would build [ Matt.16 15-19 ]? Is this the very same Church that the Bible states has the final authority [ Matt. 16: 18-19; 18;18; Jn. 20: 23 ]? The very same Church that is the pillar/foundation of all Christian truth ?
If the Bible states that the Church is "One"[ Rom. 12;5, 1 Cor. 10:17, 12:13] why do you reject those verses ?
" " " " " the Church is Apostolic [ Eph. 2: 19-20 ] why do you refuse to believe that verse ?
Jesus' Church is called Catholic [ " Universal " in Greek ] [ Matt. 28: 19-20, Rev. 5: 9-10 ] because it is His gift to all people.Jesus commanded His apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations.
For 2000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, He wants all of us to be members of His Universal family [ Gal. 3: 28 ]. Why do you reject the only "family" that Jesus wants you as a member of, yet you prefer to stay as protigal sons and daughters ?
The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title , "the Catholic Church", at least as early as the year 107 AD, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded, This title was old by the time of Ignatious.
Also in these two verses we can see where that existing Apostolic/Catholic Church that Jesus formed for all of us contained the necessary 'doctrines '' " THEN " [ Romans 16:17-18, 1 Cor.1:10 ]
In the preceding verse of [ Matt. 18: 15-18 ], one can almost hear the note of amazement in Christ's voice when He said, " If he refuses tp listen even to the church........"[ implying that for someone to ignore the church--- His Church--- would be the height of stupidity and foolishness .