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Originally Posted by Terry
I have never heard of Ron Kangas claiming to be God's deputy authority. At one time after brother Lee had passed, it was said the mantle was passed from brother Lee to the Blended brothers.
What I did hear last November was Ron Kangas backtracking on the issue of deputy authority. (The regional conference On the Cross.) The authority lies with God, not Witness Lee, and not the blended brothers. No one can claim such authority. To make such a claim illustrates no such authority.
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Nee taught that coworkers were apostles who were in charge of "the work" and had authority to appoint elders etc. Then within "the work" sphere there was a unwritten but firm hierarchy i.e. pecking order among the "apostles".
I would further suggest that the term "apostles' teaching" used in Acts in the view of the LC members = Lee's teaching and maybe the BB.
The critical point of the Reformation was not justification by faith - that was a derivative. The fundamental work of the Reformers was to shift the loci of authority from a person i.e. Pope and his hierarchy to the believer's conscience and the Bible. This position upsets the status quo and little papalesque sects like the LC react in similar manner as the RC did with Luther, etc. i.e. they try to squelch and suppress any dissent that threatens their leadership curia i.e. their supposed interpretative monopoly on the truth.