UPC - "Apostolic" Wesleyan Holiness Standards

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Originally Posted by rrford

Exaclty! But it is followed by "until we all come into the unity of the faith."

Exactly when was that to occur, in your opinion?

It is not followed by those phrases ...

It reads like this ....

We shall endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit until we all come into the unity
of the faith, at the same time admonishing all brethren that they shall not contend for
their different views to the disunity of the body.

The first part of this this clause ... comes from the book of Ephesians ...

Ephesians 4:

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the word of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ:

13. Until we all meet into the unity of faith and of
the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the
fulness of Christ:


The framers of this clause were not speaking about unity of doctrine
but unity of faith in the context of this verse ... certainly
you don't believe that Paul was calling for this in the
1st century of the Apostolic church?

The second part of the clause ... is making a plea for tolerance and not
contending.