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Christ made it clear that His will was for Christian unity. A lack of unity contradicts Christ’s will.
The early Church was adamant about unity among Christians. They were very vocal about the fact that anyone who did not remain in communion with their bishop and the bishop of Rome could not presume to be members of Christ’s body.
Schism is to break off of the Church that was handed down by the apostles, through their successors. Heresy is to adhere to teaching which contradicts that Church’s dogma.
Galatians 5:19-21 says, “Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
In the Greek, the words dissensions and factions come out as heresy and schism. So, the Bible says that any who participate in heresy or schism will not inherit the kingdom of God.
What do the protestants on this forum think this means for all of us today?
The early Church was adamant about unity among Christians. They were very vocal about the fact that anyone who did not remain in communion with their bishop and the bishop of Rome could not presume to be members of Christ’s body.
Schism is to break off of the Church that was handed down by the apostles, through their successors. Heresy is to adhere to teaching which contradicts that Church’s dogma.
Galatians 5:19-21 says, “Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
In the Greek, the words dissensions and factions come out as heresy and schism. So, the Bible says that any who participate in heresy or schism will not inherit the kingdom of God.
What do the protestants on this forum think this means for all of us today?