tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post113077411593426402..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Apostolic digressionRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1130813759107537602005-10-31T21:55:00.000-05:002005-10-31T21:55:00.000-05:00There isn't much that Catholics can use for the pa...There isn't much that Catholics can use for the papacy in Irenaeus. He wasn't referring to a papacy, but to the significance of the Roman church and other apostolic churches in his day. Nothing in Irenaeus' comments logically leads to a papacy, nor is there any need for what Irenaeus says about the churches in Rome and Ephesus, for example, to remain true in every generation of church history. Our circumstances today, including the details surrounding the credibility of churches in cities such as Rome and Ephesus, are radically different than in Irenaeus' day. There just isn't any connection between what Jesus and the apostles taught and the doctrine of the papacy. There's no connection in the New Testament, nor is there any connection by going through Irenaeus.<BR/><BR/>Jason Engwer<BR/>http://members.aol.com/jasonte<BR/>New Testament Research Ministries<BR/>http://www.ntrmin.orgJason Engwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031011335190895123noreply@blogger.com