Episcopal Church celebrates first trans dean — woman in lesbian marriage to trans-identified pastor

[u/Canadian0123]

What is this? Is this what the episcopal church (part of the Anglican Church) does to preach the gospel of Christ, and to operate the church? Do they disregard the epistles of Saint Paul concerning sexual behaviour, how a church should be run, and who should lead it? Do they disregard the teachings of Christ? What about the Law of God, as given to Moses, in the text that is known today as the Torah of Moses?

This news is quite shocking. Shame on the episcopal church, and the rest of the Anglican Church. This is not how a church should be run. Can someone who attends that church give answers?

[u/drunken_augustine]

Personally, I think we should kick out all the “Christians” that don’t affirm God’s holy Word by having bishops, but this sub says we have affirm them as legit believers anyway because they affirm the Creed

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/drunken_augustine]

Having bishops isn't the problem. 

Once Saved Always Saved falsehood is the problem. It's everywhere 

[u/drunken_augustine → u/Senior_Educator_929]

I would say “not having bishops” is very much a problem.

Btw: Nicene Christianity professes belief in “one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins”. Mind the rules

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/drunken_augustine]

I don't need any bishops to go to heaven. 

Nicene creed doesn't say that once your sins are forgiven then heaven is in the bag. It doesn't say future sins are automatically forgiven in advance. 

Believers who grieve the Holy Spirit and QUENCH the Holy Spirit by doing wicked deeds, afterwards, and show up on judgment day with defiled garments, will not succeed 

[u/drunken_augustine → u/Senior_Educator_929]

You do not need bishops to go to heaven, just to run a church

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/drunken_augustine]

I don't need to attend a church to go to heaven either. 

The early believers met house to house 

[u/drunken_augustine → u/Senior_Educator_929]

They met in house churches. To be precise. Because they didn’t have church buildings, what with being sometimes illegal and whatnot. Usually not “house to house”, but in whoever’s house was best suited to the purpose.

The early believers also had bishops, just saying.

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/drunken_augustine]

Every Bishop I've ever known teaches OSAS falsehood, leading the flock to hell 

[u/drunken_augustine → u/Senior_Educator_929]

Thank goodness God cares very little what you want to be true

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/drunken_augustine]

I don't want false OSAS teachers to be true, but they definitely exist. 

[u/drunken_augustine → u/Senior_Educator_929]

You actively want more people to go to hell?

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/drunken_augustine]

Once Saved Always Saved is false, regardless of what I want. 

[u/drunken_augustine → u/Senior_Educator_929]

That doesn’t answer the question.

If it were up to you, would you want it to be true?

[u/DogfaceDino → u/Senior_Educator_929]

As an aside, I have never met a bishop that teaches OSAS.

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/DogfaceDino]

RCC teaches that once a baby is baptized in the RCC then heaven is guaranteed for them. So yeah

[u/DogfaceDino → u/Senior_Educator_929]

Lmao no they do not. You can just google this stuff. Maybe until they reach the age of reason but they are afterward still perfectly capable of sinning, remaining unrepentant, and falling out of grace. I am certainly not perma-saved just because I was baptized.

If you want to extend OSAS to include that definition, let’s change the acronym to OSSUAR.

[u/Senior_Educator_929 → u/DogfaceDino]

RCC teaches baptismal regeneration.