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Originally Posted by Igzy
I will grant you apostles that works as missionaries and church planters, setting up and advising churches. I will not grant you apostles who have the right to wrest authority from established elders, even in churches they planted.
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Look at this we all can agree (You, Me and Nee) that a Pope is not scriptural, but the gift of Apostles is.
I think you meant Paul charged Titus to speak with all authority.
Personally I believe that verse in Titus disputes the whole concept of "apostolic authority" since the word "all" should include every form of authority. Since Paul says very clearly that he never claimed "apostolic authority" it would be hard to then justify his telling Titus to claim it. On the flip side it would be hypocritical of Paul to tell Titus to speak "with all authority" if he didn't also. Hence I find it untenable to say that this term "all authority" can refer to some kind of "apostolic authority". Therefore, I interpret "all authority" to refer to the authority that the Lord gave to the two or three that gather together in his name in Matthew 18.