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Originally Posted by YP0534
In other words, Ohio, you're suggesting that there's no "universal Body" either? Interesting to say the least!
Can anyone suggest a verse that shows that the Body is composed of the many assemblies or is this also another fallen concept of catholicity?
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YP, I am not sure at this point, but you have me thinking!
I can say for sure, that the majority of scripture indicates that the body is many members, and the body is the local assembly, mainly from 1 Cor.
The thought of the universal church comes from vv. like Mt 16, "
I will build My church" and Eph 1:23, "
To the church, His body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.
YP, I encourage you to flush this one out. Take your "hunch" to the word of God. Such searching reaps great rewards and the best understanding of scripture. Let's look at what the Bible says about this.
I now question much of what I used to be convinced I knew.
As a corollary to your thought. Can we possibly have "many churches, but one body" without some fallen human oversight? Call them RCC monseigneurs, bishops, cardinals, and popes
or LSM FT'ers, co-workers, BB's, and oracles -- what's the difference?
But if we have "many members, but one body," then we have a local assembly, with elders and deacons,
now that I have seen in my Bible!