RevTestament
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You bring up some good points, but I would like to discuss 6.(1) The supposed equal authority of the tradition of the 'church' vs. Holy Scripture.
(2) The supposed equal authority of the 'magistrum' vs. Holy Scripture.
(3) The exclusive authority and power of the 'church' to interpret and apply Holy Scripture.
(4) The exclusive authority and power of the 'church' to control the distribution of Holy Scripture to laymen, the masses, and non-Christians.
(5) The exclusive authority and power of the 'church' to forbid others to share, interpret, and apply Holy Scripture.
(6) The exclusive authority and power of the 'church' to determine who may or may not enter the 'church' and the power to 'excommunicate'
members of the body of Christ from the 'church'.
Didn't the earliest apostles say to cast out from amongst themselves the sexually disobedient?
Evidence for this? "Wine" in the Bible is spoken of as causing men to get drunk. Do you believe the passover wine was mere grape juice?(7) The nonsense that breaking of bread between Christians is some kind
of magic ritual 'sacrifice' more significant than a memorial tradition.
(8) The substitution of alcoholic drugs for the grape-juice of the Passover.
(9) The forbidding of priests to marry, which is against the Torah.
(10) The collection of worldy wealth, when the Apostles rejected wealth.