☦️KingOfWhiteAmerica☦️ on Nostr: Yeah tbh I don’t dispute this at all; where we disagree is whether or not the ...
Yeah tbh I don’t dispute this at all; where we disagree is whether or not the Orthodox are correct regarding Apostolic Succession; I’m a Yea, you’re a Nay.
Our Lord promised that the "gates of hell" (Matthew 16:18) would not prevail against the Church, and that He Himself would be with the Apostles to “the end of the Age" (Matthew 28:20).
In the 2nd Century, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Lugdunum at the time) famously released “Against Heresies”, specifically to refute Gnosticism.
Book III; chap. 3 vv. 1-4, - chap 4 v. 1 explicitly spell out in exacting detail that Irenaeus, disciple of Polycarp, disciple of John the Beloved, believed in Apostolic Succession exactly as the Orthodox to the present day;
https://earlychristianwritings com/text/irenaeus-book3.html
I became a Trinitarian Christian in a small-town Baptist Church, and I certainly don‘t dispute their sincerity; but when I realized the Orthodox *actually have* Apostolic Succession, I realized based on my understanding of Holy Scripture that I could no longer remain out of Communion with them.
Our Lord promised that the "gates of hell" (Matthew 16:18) would not prevail against the Church, and that He Himself would be with the Apostles to “the end of the Age" (Matthew 28:20).
In the 2nd Century, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (Lugdunum at the time) famously released “Against Heresies”, specifically to refute Gnosticism.
Book III; chap. 3 vv. 1-4, - chap 4 v. 1 explicitly spell out in exacting detail that Irenaeus, disciple of Polycarp, disciple of John the Beloved, believed in Apostolic Succession exactly as the Orthodox to the present day;
https://earlychristianwritings com/text/irenaeus-book3.html
I became a Trinitarian Christian in a small-town Baptist Church, and I certainly don‘t dispute their sincerity; but when I realized the Orthodox *actually have* Apostolic Succession, I realized based on my understanding of Holy Scripture that I could no longer remain out of Communion with them.