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Originally Posted by Ohio
That to me is not good bible study. It confuses the NT with the OT.
There is no justification whatsoever in the NT for vestments. They were part of an old system of types, shadows, and figures which point us to Christ, the reality. I'm not buying from any system which focuses so much attention on what can be seen, weakly justifying this with OT credentials.
They can write lengthy articles about wearing black, much the same as the western church loves its white and red vestments. Just the fact that color has been made the center of attention shows they missed the mark.
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Vestments. I remember in the LC the white 'long sleeve' shirts, skinny ties, black pants and wingtips. That was our vestments in the LC to prove we were burning brothers.
But vestments don't sit much in my craw. That would be theosis. Cuz Lee taught "God became man so man could become God (not in Godhead)."
What a funny thing. Theosis comes down thru : Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, Theophilus of Antioch, Hippolytus of Rome, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, Maximus the Confessor, Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, the Eastern Orthodox church, and even the pagan Heraclitus of Ephesus, more than 500 yrs before Christ, and, and,
And, not one man since that has been like Jesus.
And what's funny is that a little China man brought it to Western Latin Christianity.
But I say theosis is an idealistic bewitching, used by Lee to cast a spell, on unsuspecting followers, to build his Western style Pope system.
So Lee blended Eastern and Western Christianity to build a new system, with him on top, like he was God.
Theosis? What a long running scam.