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Originally Posted by Evangelical
That's right, excommunication is a function of the church, not a family. Therefore a family cannot be a church. This ties in with the eldership, authority etc. A husband or wife cannot be the "elder" in their church if the church is just their family. Similarly, as someone was claiming them and a sister meeting together are a church. Can they excommunicate each other? Can one of them be an elder? No, so they are not a church.
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What about Moses and Miriam?
What happens if the son of "the Apostle" needs to be excommunicated?
What happens if an elder has a wife, and one of them gets excommunicated?
Jesus compares divorce with amputation. Saying that a husband cannot excommunicate a wife is like saying a doctor cannot amputate a damaged limb.
This is the most inane example of grasping at straws.
Not to mention "Aquila and Priscilla and the church in their house".