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Originally Posted by Ohio
Actually the Bible record in the N.T. does not present either extreme for us to choose. Things are just not that simple. Sometimes I wish they were.
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I disagree. All one has to do is conclude such apostolic authority does not exist today. All that is required to do that is to conclude those who had it were either direct witnesses of Jesus or close associates of those who were.
History has proven me right. No claims of apostolic authority since the early church have led to any good.
This is what I believe, so I also believe the two choices I mentioned do hold.