I find myself--after a lifetime of observation of "churches as they exist" compared and contrasted with a lifetime of studying scripture--strongly opposed to heirarchy, especially in the ecclesia.
My working conclusion is that all such trappings are importation of worldly philosophy, and that they have become encrusted in tradition...
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14%3A26&version=ESV
Duncan Cary Palmer
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2024-02-19 04:14:27
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