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><i>Mike - What's wrong with an episcopacy? Shouldn't >there be some hierarchy of government for the purposes >of accountability? </i> >Well, it causes a clergy-laity system (ref.Rev2) >You know, in the Church, all should be brothers, and >as for accountability, matters should be brought >"before the Church", not "before the higher-ranking >ones", remember (Mt18)? > >In a biblical church, there is no need for hierarchy, >only for coordination (on a level of "equals"), and >that's what I mind. > ><i> What's wrong with cathedrals? </i> >They're nice buildings, but they become centers of >attraction and many people hold the concept that these >are the best places to find God, which is a stark >contrast to the truth of the Bible again. > >Likewise, consider how these cathedrals were built >usually, the builders commanded people that they'd >gain favour with God for building (essentially slave >labour) and would go to hell if they wouldn't, in many >cases even worldly persecution would be exercised on >those who wouldn't participate in the construction >work. > >As such, these buildings are a shame to the holiness >of God and an affront to the words of Jesus - but I >know some people like them, so what? Doesn't mean I do. > >Effectively, cathedrals serve as a suppression >mechanism of the respective holding church: they >impress upon mankind the unworthiness to touch God and >the need to find someone who can help them in that: >creating the need for a mediatorship, dragging down >the worth of being a member of the Lord's Body etc. > >In Christ, >Mike K.

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