Regarding the Ground of Locality - David Canfield

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Originally Posted by Igzy

The LRC logic says the following: Our leader was the apostle and he appointed our elders therefore they are the correct elders in the city therefore ours is the correct church in the city.

Leaving alone for the moment the completely unsupportable presumption that their leader was indeed an apostle with the authority to appoint elders, the idea that they are the correct church in the city because of their presumed apostolic elder appointment emphasizes the fact that their whole claim to church legitimacy is based on the so-called apostle, not on Christ or even the church.

Nowhere does the Bible claim that church legitimacy is based on who appointed the elders in a city. Apostles never got to decide what was the church and what wasn't. Furthermore, elders, whether appointed by the apostle or not, never got to make this distinction either.

Ultimately, then, the LRC oneness is not based on the oneness of the Body, but rather on who is the apostle. This is a false oneness.

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Good discussion.. you pretty much nailed it...
Is the Bride of Christ "groinal" and the Body of Christ as well?..
Or are they metaphorical references speaking of "the spirit"..

The Roman Catholic Church(RCC) has gone pretty much gone "groinal" with
Pope's, Bishops, Cardinals flamboyant clothing, jewelery and statues of
every size and shape.. and the fleshly host to feed the flesh of every
congregant for fleshly means.. by a fleshly priest.. They have gone
"groinal" to the Nines.. The rest of christianty has gone groinal to the
eights, sevens an sixes.. The local church surely has..

Is the Body of Christ "male flesh" or "spirit"?.. Is the Bride of Christ a woman or a spirit?.. When you take a metaphor and morph it into "skin and bones" the metaphor can be "cartoonized".. Making a deep spiritual truth a cartoon..

Elders, bishops, oracles, deacons and apostles can "groinize" the church..
As they have in many places.. How can you make a Sheep Pen other than
a Synagogue?.. So many options have been tried.. in Church history..

I have forgiven the Local Church for "groinizing" the church...
The RCC is one of many doing the same thing.. Does God have the body parts to sit on a throne?.. I suspect there are many things we as humans cannot conceive of yet.. So, we "groinize" many things.. Could be when we look into a mirror we are beholding "the devil"...

Interesting dialog.. and meme.. thanks...