So what was the early church doing? Why wasn’t every single conversation recorded?
Many of the things they did were written and constitute historical documentation of what was going on, but was not the Word of God. Many letters were written which prove that when Jesus said, “Eat of my Body and drink of my Blood, or you have no part in Me,” He meant it. Literally. The early church was persecuted for “cannibalism.” This is how strongly they adhered to the Eucharist.
Your position is that the apostles did something that protestant/non-denominational christians do now, but that the people the Apostles appointed to carry out the duties of the church administration (bishops, priests etc) completely abandoned what the church was doing with the apostles? How did this schism you claim completely escape history’s knowledge? How did God allow the gates of hell to prevail (in contradiction to Christ’s promise that the gates of hell would not prevail against His church) for 1500 years?
It’s not a reasonable or historically accurate position. Read the early church fathers (literally one degree of separation from Christ). Clement of Rome was appointed as bishop by John the apostle!
So what was the early church doing? Why wasn’t every single conversation recorded?
Many of the things they did were written and constitute historical documentation of what was going on, but was not the Word of God. Many letters were written which prove that when Jesus said, “Eat of my Body and drink of my Blood, or you have no part in Me,” He meant it. Literally. The early church was persecuted for “cannibalism.” This is how strongly they adhered to the Eucharist.
Your position is that the apostles did something that protestant/non-denominational christians do now, but that the people the Apostles appointed to carry out the duties of the church administration (bishops, priests etc) completely abandoned what the church was doing with the apostles? How did this schism you claim completely escape history’s knowledge? How did God allow the gates of hell to prevail (in contradiction to Christ’s promise that the gates of hell would not prevail against His church) for 1500 years?
It’s not a reasonable or historically accurate position. Read the early church fathers (literally one degree of separation from Christ). Clement of Rome was appointed as bishop by John the apostle!