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Originally Posted by kvanlaan ...classis is just a broader authority and not a hierarchical authority. But I may be wrong... | Oh, it's very hierarchical. When my wife and I joined, we had to swear allegiance to Darth Scott Vader, and promise not to read our bibles privately any more. But it might be different in other classes.
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Philip A - Member, High Desert United Reformed Church, Apple Valley, CA.
"Reason also is choice" - Milton, Paradise Lost
"And then shall every word also seem consistent to him, if he for his part diligently read the Scriptures in company with those who are presbyters in the Church, among whom is the apostolic doctrine, as I have pointed out." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies, IV:XXXII.
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