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Originally Posted by Evangelical
So you must believe that this distorted oneness was propagated to the Lutherans, and then the Church of England, and so on and so forth? Because the majority of what we call Christianity today (and what Lee would call degraded Christianity), came from these papal thugs, not from these unofficial secretive groups. All of these were, at one time, attempts at "distorted oneness". That is, they all believed themselves to be the true genuine church, at some point. So on and so forth. You seem to swing towards the independent free groups or home groups etc, so probably you are closer to the truth than many on this forum and many Christians in general, that believe all and any denomination that calls itself a church is okay.
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I see untold corruption in all centralized church headquarters, including your beloved LSM. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Reformation was not another attempt at "distorted oneness," but a struggle to reform, to return to the Bible, and to be liberated from Rome.
Both Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican leaders have all persecuted God's real children. I am
not against any fellowship or federation of churches, working together and combining their collective gifts and talents in order to care for the people of God. Many so-called congregational groups accomplish this regularly. What I am against is a controlling headquarters.
And, btw, every church congregation begins as a so-called free group or home meeting. It was Witness Lee who demonized "free groups" back in the 1970's in his Genesis Life-study on Lot. (message #54 approx.)