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Originally Posted by n david
I don't believe this is speaking about church buildings, tithes/offerings, etc. It clearly states "...be not partakers of her SINS."
You give the RCC too much credit. Like it or not, tithes and offerings are in the OT. That was done by Israel, not something started later by the RCC. Clergy and Laity are also not something created by the RCC. IMO, the RCC took that from the example of the priests in the Bible. One could also argue the Temple and Synagogues were the first "church buildings." The Synagogues had daily and weekly teaching and instruction in the Torah; the Temple was for annual rites and sacrifices.
This whole thing is kind of left field to me. The thought that we should abandon buildings and such because of the connection to the RCC is absurd. The RCC practices prayer and communion, so I suppose we should shun that as well.
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I don't think we have to abandon buildings IMO. There is no command to build one is all.. As you probably know the church is the people. We are all in a royal priesthood and have direct access to the throne. There are no special ones {clergy} as earthly intercessors for the lowly laity.
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