@ChristIsComing5 The Church is Christ’s Body. In a certain sense, one could even say, “The Church is Christ,” for Christ and His Body are inseparably united. If you separate the head from the body, what remains is dead.
@dirtpoorrobins@PageauJonathan It’s ironic that Gavin keeps complaining about ecclesial anxiety, yet his own position (Calvinism) is arguably the most exclusivist one imaginable.
@ChristianDude94 I live in Germany. The Catholic Church here warns against the traditional view of marriage. They even had BDSM booths at the National Catholic Day and are pushing the LGBTQ agenda like crazy. Rome is definitely not the way.
@RuslanKD@Rex08482078@A2Sm00ve Ruslan, I’m Prot too, and I’m genuinely trying to understand. But we’ve got to be honest, brother: our epistemology isn’t without problems. I’ve spent the last 3 y reading the Fathers, especially from the first 4 centuries. My conclusion? They didn’t believe what we believe
@RuslanKD@Rex08482078@A2Sm00ve Without normative authority, these hard lines are arbitrary. Why are your ‘hard lines’ correctly placed, while those of someone who disagrees with you are wrong?