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As soon as the Bishop of Rome took over the whole church and usurped the pre-eminence over the other regional bishops, he became invalid and the Roman church became just a new world empire called the "Holy Roman Empire". It was just another political empire tarted up to look like the Christian...

Which of the two popes in competition with each other at a time in Christian history was the one succeeded from the Apostles? What about Pope John Paul I who was murdered because he wanted to bring sweeping reforms to the Vatican? Was John Paul II a succession from the Apostles and if so...

When one starts kicking the player instead of the ball, it shows a poor loser against those who are winning. It's like my brother who, when he knows he losing the chess game he has an "accident" and upsets the board rather than concede that he has lost.

In most traditional churches where there is a solid structure with well-defined roles, authority is rather a non-issue. The leadership is usually appointed through a defined process and ratified by the congregation. In the case of Anglican churches, the bishop is recognised as having...

When a person is demonically deluded there is no way that they can be convinced otherwise by standard logic. They need deliverance from the deceiving spirit that has clouded their minds and caused them to believe a lie.

The doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary was dreamed up by one of the popes to support the worship of the pagan queen of heaven. Mary is not in heaven with God and Christ. Her body has decomposed in her grave and her spirit is in Paradise awaiting the second coming of Christ. Mary...

I think that my ability to interpret Scripture is as good as anyone. Frankly, I don't care for or about anyone who purports to have the definitive interpretation that they think that comes from God directly to them, as if God sees them as someone special and different from the common herd.

Isn't it interesting how just changing one word can alter the meaning of a text. What you are saying is that the Scripture says that Paul himself had the authority, and that would be true if he used the word "I". But he didn't. He used the word "us", which means that the authority was vested...

The problem is the RCC Doctrine of the Authority of the Church. This consists, in reality, of the Pope and the RCC hierarchy dictating to the Church's members how things should be. This all stems from a twisting of what Jesus said to Peter, "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My...

I don't see a military authority in this passage. I do see a debate over doctrinal policy which culminated in an agreement on some requirements for Gentile Christians. The Jewish Christians still had the moral aspects of the Law as their policy - not to obtain the favour of God, but to...

Nope. Mary had other children after Jesus. The perpetual virginity of Mary was made up out of the imagination of a Romanist pope to support the pagan worship of the immaculate, ever-virgin, pagan queen of heaven.

I can see how some may interpret the passage that way, but Revelation being highly symbolic, it would be difficult to base a sound doctrine on it; also there is not mention of the woman being the Queen of Heaven as some suppose Mary to be.

I don't see any evidence of that in Acts.

Their authority came through respect and it was only valid when they pointed people to Christ. Even Jesus said that He was not present in His own name, but did what the Father told Him to do. Anyone asserting a military style of authority such as: "You will obey me because I said so" is...

I don't believe it at all. It is a big stretch and twist of Scripture to make that comparison. Nowhere in the New Testament is Mary mentioned after a mention of her being included as one of the 120 on the day of Pentecost. Paul never mentions Mary, nor does Peter, the Apostle to the...

So this means that you don't belong to any church at all. If that is so, then it's just "God and me", and that means that if any gifting you have is pointless because no one outside the "God and me" bubble is being blessed.

It is part of the delusion that God has allowed for those who don't believe Jesus Christ is Lord of all.

I'm not rubbishing Scripture at all. It is just this worship of Mary is total rubbish. What is being worshiped is a demon presenting itself as the Queen of Heaven. The real Mary is just an ordinary person like all those saved ones whose spirits are waiting in Paradise for the resurrection...

It is amazing that people actually believe this rubbish.

It all depends on why you want to join a church. Many join churches because they want to be leaches, getting what they can out of the ministry. If the ministry doesn't suit them they leave a find another church that can give them more of what they want out of it. What happens is that they...