We Must Rethink A Few Things

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Originally Posted by embonpoint

You make several errant assumptions

1. That the UPC is a hierarchal organization as the RCC was. Does this make the GS on a par with the Pope. Does he speak Ex Cathedra?

There is no comparrison. No, the DS does not speak, nor does he claim to speak ExCathedra.

2. That the UPC hierarchy represents divine authority.

There are principles of submission that cannot be denied.

3. That if men do not submit to an organization that they are not submitted to spiritual authority.

Not just any organization...just the organization that they recognized as authority to which they made submissions in times past...whether it is in fact divine or not. There is something about submission to authority whether it is send down from heaven in the exact form as it should be or not that qualifies a man of God.

4. That John Wesley and Martin Luther are the examples Apostolic ministries should follow.

In the case of John Wesley that I mentioned, yes, I held him up as a godly example to Apostolic ministries. Impotent Apostolic ministers are incapable of following that godly example, that great preacher of holiness and righteousness.

Oh well..... Why am I not surprised?

So tell me. Why are you not surprised?