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Old 05-25-2008, 06:52 PM
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Re: Is This Statement Of Faith Apostolic Enough?

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Originally Posted by Sam View Post
Sounds Apostolic enough to me.
We need to realize there is a lot of diversity among Apostolic people.
We don't even agree among ourselves on how and when a person is justified, or saved, or born again. We don't even agree among ourselves on what words are to be said as part of the baptismal ritual. And, if some of us even try to define "holiness" we get varied answers all over the map.

"Apostolic enough?" Are we trying to out-apostolic one another?
Are we trying to say, "I'm more Apostolic than you"?
This has been shown in forum land Sam. But I can't remember who said it first.
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