Non-biblical church rules

Matthias said:

What church rule did you grow up thinking was biblical before you discovered that it wasn’t actually in the Bible?

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Non-biblical church rules​

TitusTwoWife said:

Only an ordained minister can give communion.

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TitusTwoWife said:

Can you elaborate on this? I thought Scripture's "filthy language" was curse words.

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• Eph 4:29-32 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. (30) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption. (31) Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (32) And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.
  

• Eph 5:3-5 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints; (4) Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. (5) For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
  
  Eph 5:11-12 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (12) For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.