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Originally Posted by NW Pastor
Martin Luther also had some VERY legitimate beefs with the Catholic church. He posted them on his door as Thesises for discussion. He did not leave, he was issued a papal bull (told to shutup), which he burned, then was excommunicated.
The church threw him out because they could not tolerate the light he was shining on their sinful activities.
Did the UPC tolerate the conservative questioning of methods and theologies? To my knowledge there was never any interferance. We have always been free to nail our 95 Thesises to the doors of our churches without fear of dismissal as long as our spirits are right, and we don't try to rip the organization apart.
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Exactly...the RCC had doctrines that were binding on all members that ML could not agree with. He spoke out against them, but he did not leave.
In the UPC case there was on doctrine (teaching). Our doctrine stands intact. This was a church organizational code which was infact NOT binding on anyone.