I’ve never said that the teaching of the apostles isn’t binding on me. I assert and affirm that it is.
You jump the track with the Roman Catholic doctrine of apostolic succession.
then you believe the Bible is in error?
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I’ve never said that the teaching of the apostles isn’t binding on me. I assert and affirm that it is.
You jump the track with the Roman Catholic doctrine of apostolic succession.
That’s right. What you haven’t grasped is that the Roman Catholic Church isn’t the early Christian Church.
Either apostolic succession or the Bible is in error
You go beyond the Bible.
Acts 1:26 Mathias replaced Judas
Apostolic succession!
what do you mean?
Apostolic succession within the Bible time frame, not extended beyond the Bible time frame.
the Bible’s time frame is until the return of Christ
Matt 28:19 I am with you (the apostles) until the end!
Acts 1:8 my witnesses unto the ends of the earth
all time and all places
and the church cannot change it must remain as Christ founded it until he returns!
Not hardly. The Bible time frame ends in the 1st century A.D.
That’s right. And that’s why you’re mistaken.
where does you’re Bible say so?
See the dating of the New Testament books.
we are talking authority of the apostles not public revelation
I’m talking about apostolic succession in the Bible.
The early church leaders were taught by the Apostles and many likely heard Jesus teach. Then they taught whoever was the next generations.Chances are that most Catholics know very little about church councils, and generally ignore whatever they might have presented. As to binding authority only Roman Catholics believe that, although the Orthodox recognize the first six of those councils. So since there is even disagreement between these two groups, why would other Christians bother?
False Prophets and False Teachers was trying to invade the Church and it was neccesary to define truths.Why did the ecclesiastical "authorities" not respect the Jerusalem council? Were Peter Paul and James not more authoritative than later pretenders? If God had wanted to create a religious formula (instead of life in the Spirit) why wait 300 years?
Any Christian in Rome would have been a Roman Catholic.None of them are Roman Catholic.