Re: A Plague Upon Denominationalism!
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
It is the fact that Jesus and the 12 disciples never denominated themselves into groups of 3 and 4, which is the proof that God is against denominations. That Jesus never condemned the Pharisees and Sadduccees for naming themselves is not proof that God is OKAY with denominations.
The example doesn't really work because the Sadduccees and Pharisses were political parties of the day (there was not really separation of church and state), not "denominations of Judaism".
"Jesus never condemning them for calling themselves Sadducee and Pharisees" is like saying "Jesus never condemns the "Republican party from calling themselves Republicans".
See, the example just doesn't work. Why would Jesus get involved in politics. But if James, John and Peter wanted to form their own group of 3 or 4 among the 12, I think Jesus would condemn that.
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You have no idea whether any or all of the twelve disciples ever applied a name to a congregation they served.
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