Showing posts with label prelacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prelacy. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Biblical Church Government: Presbyterian

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Before I start, this post makes number 500. I'll pretend that it is in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. M...
Saturday, April 2, 2016

A Simple Question regarding the Primacy of Peter and of the Pope

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The Church of Rome makes an interesting use of some of the remarks of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. In Matt. 16:18-19, He said, " I...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Bishops: Diotrophes in the Church

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Before I start, I want to mention what a landmark this post is: Post number 300! When I first started this blog, I would never have imagined...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Bishops in the Church (Part 2): the Bible versus Catholic Tradition

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I have addressed this topic more generally here , but I want to emphasize one passage in particular, that of Philippians 1:1. In it, Paul ad...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

I Peter 5:2, More Testimony from Scripture Against Bishops in the Church

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The first three verses of the fifth chapter of I Peter have some serious implications for church government. " So I exhort the elde...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Bishops: the Hidden Admission of the Catholic Church

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Titus 1:5-8 in the English Standard Version, says, " This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, a...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Bishops in the Church (Part 1): the Bible versus Catholic Tradition

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The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the churches of the Anglican Communion, all practice the form of church govern...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Luke 22:24-27, Does Christ Forbid Bishops, a Class of Clergy that Rules over the Rest?

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"A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, 'The kings of the Ge...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Rock: Papal Claims of Supremacy Examined by Scripture

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The Church of Rome claims that the Pope is the supreme head of the organized church on earth, meaning that anyone refusing that supremacy ...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Apostle Paul and Bishops or Elders? Does the Bible Really Say?

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"This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— ...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Christ's Rule in His Church

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" So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. He said, 'These will be the ways of ...