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The Necessity of Christian Unity: A Response to Kris Vallorton’s “is Unity Conformity?”

A friend recently asked me to listen to a podcast on Christian Unity by Kris Vallorton that posed the question, “Does it matter that we hold contradictory truths? Isn’t the important thing that we all have one Spirit?”

Vallorton asserted “Conformity is not Unity”. He went on to say that we don’t need to agree about doctrine because it is the Spirit that lives within us gives us unity and that same Spirit gives us various gifts in the body of Christ.

He believes that Christians should come together with their various gifts and ideas in a beautiful symphony that sings out to our God. He believes it takes all of us to understand God’s fullness.

Visible Church, Undivided Faith, UnityVictoria ClarkOctober 7, 2019 Comments

Why Catholic Protestant Bridge? Unity

We Christians have confused “division”, which is a work of the flesh has divided the faith into thousands of contradictory opinions with “diversity” which embraces different gifts, cultures, styles of worship .

We can have diversity in liturgical styles and expressions of worship and different spiritual gifts. But we are called to unity what we believe and what we practice in worship. We are called to the One Faith handed down to us from Jesus to the apostles.

Visible Church, Undivided FaithVictoria ClarkOctober 7, 2019Comment

Where is the Magisterium in the Bible? Part 2: Was James or Peter the Leader of the Early Church?

Some claim that it was James, not Peter, who was the leader of the early Church.

How does this claim stand up to closer examination? These sources will provide the evidence needed to answer that question:

Visible Church, Magisterium, Questions and AnswersVictoria ClarkOctober 7, 2019 Comment

Where is the Magisterium in the Bible? Part 3: How did Jesus provide for the transmission of the faith?

If you are looking for a verse that uses the word “Magisterium”, you won’t find it-just like you won’t find the word “Trinity” or any words about women receiving communion. However, the concept of the magisterium can be seen from Genesis and throughout scripture.

Magisterium, Visible ChurchVictoria ClarkOctober 7, 2019 Comment

Where is the Magisterium in the Bible? Part 1: Is the Church an Invisible Collection of Believers?

The Church functioned as a visible, hierarchical and Apostolic Church since the church began. The reformers redefined the church as an invisible collection of believers. The responses below address their claim:

Visible Church, Magisterium, Questions and AnswersVictoria ClarkOctober 5, 2019Comment