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Originally Posted by awareness
We've turned Paul's letter to the Corinthians into a universal message never intended by Paul, who could never have dreamt that his letter would be considered scripture two thousand years later.
So it's a stretch beyond imagination that Paul's letter to the Corinthians applies to us, in the 21st century. If so, then we have turned Paul's letter to the Corinthians into law, and that would likely make Paul spin in his grave ... if he's still in the grave, which is doubtful ... bones maybe.
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I wouldn't say that it is a stretch to say that this letter applies. But the question is how does it apply? If you ask the Church of Christ, they would point to some verse (not in this letter) that suggests that singing should be a capella. I don't see it. While their insistence on it is a problem, doing it that way is not.
But there is a lot that can be applied even if little can be called "law." It might even be universal because despite some clear direction, it was not given in terms of "do it precisely this way, in this order, and end with a prayer and the Doxology." The "rules" of order we are currently discussing are applicable to the Lutheran, the Baptist, the Pentecostal, and the LRC. And it can still look quite different without violating those rules.
The real problem is trying to dictate everyone based on them, or any other part of this particular letter. Or any other portion of scripture that is not decidedly prescriptive in detail. (And I'm not sure where that would be, if anywhere.)