What exactly is meant.....

[Katie1723]

What exactly is meant by the term “remnant church”? And can you give me an example? I heard the term this past weekend and am curious.
~ Kathy ~

 

[Lorrie]

answers.com/topic/remnant-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?hl=remnant&hl=church

 

[carol_marie]

I’ve also heard it used by Fundamentalist type churches who believe that the early church fell into apostacy very quickly. They believe there was always a small “remnant” of true Christians throughout the centuries - a “remnant” that became more organized typically under their chruch’s founder in the past 200 years or so.

 

[catsrus]

It’s the “new” catchword for many protestant religions to validate their heresy.
If they can claim a “restoration of the remmnant church”, then it flows that the true church apostatized leaving only a few people who practiced Christianity in secret until it was restored to it’s “original” form by…(fill in the blank)

 

[Fidelis]

In addition to these abberant meanings, there is also a legitimate use of the word in Scriptural (especially the Prophets) studies. Here the remnant refers to those who have remained faithful in the midst of an unfaithful people and are waiting for the consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25-26)

From the Catechism:

711 “Behold, I am doing a new thing.” 78 Two prophetic lines were to develop, one leading to the expectation of the Messiah, the other pointing to the announcement of a new Spirit. They converge in the small Remnant, the people of the poor, who await in hope the “consolation of Israel” and “the redemption of Jerusalem.” 79
Notes:

78 Isa 43:19.
79 Cf. Zeph 2:3; Lk 2:25, 38.

**1081 ** The divine blessings were made manifest in astonishing and saving events: the birth of Isaac, the escape from Egypt (Passover and Exodus), the gift of the promised land, the election of David, the presence of God in the Temple, the purifying exile, and return of a “small remnant.” The Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms, interwoven in the liturgy of the Chosen People, recall these divine blessings and at the same time respond to them with blessings of praise and thanksgiving.

See also CCC 709–716.

Here are some more examples from the Scriptures:

Ezr 9:8
Isa 10:20
Isa 37:32
Jer 23:3
Jer 50:20 (very common in Isaiah & Jeremiah)
Am 5:15
Mic 5:8
Zep 2:7
Zec 8:11
Zec 8:12
Ro 9:27
Ro 11:5 .

 

[arieh0310]

carol marie:

I’ve also heard it used by Fundamentalist type churches who believe that the early church fell into apostacy very quickly.

And yet they left behind no historical record of their existence, how convenient. It seems that Fundamentalists and Mormons use the same playbook.