Originally posted by FMF
Of course. The western church won the corporate struggle. Why are you being so obtuse? Did I ever say that Revelation was not in the 'Greek' version of the Bible?
So you are apparently now quoting the corporate Greek Church's current stance on Revelation to bolster your claim that there was no corporate church interests involved in the book's inclusion? What ...[text shortened]... happened to thei careers as "fathers of the church"?
Do you know how corporatism works?
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Of course. The western church won the corporate struggle. Why are you being so obtuse? Did I ever say that Revelation was not in the 'Greek' version of the Bible?
So you are apparently now quoting the corporate Greek Church's current stance on Revelation to bolster your claim that there was no corporate church interests involved in the book's inclusion? What happened to all the theologians that fought tooth and nail to keep the Revelation out?
What happened to thei careers as "fathers of the church"?
Do you know how corporatism works?
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I do not care how anyone of the fathers had a "corporate" self interest in the group who rightly recognized the inspiration of Revelation. I don't believe your conspiracy theory.
On that bases of such a complaint I suppose
no book of the NT would come up to your standard of recognition as apostolic and inspired.
On the bases of weeding out someone somewhere who was concerned about a "turf" perhaps there was always someone among God's people. Maybe you would be better suited as a Moslem who say the angel dictated the Quran.
Where the church fathers perfect ? I don't think so. Peter and Paul and John were not perfect. I don't know why I should expect the disciples after them to be perfect.
Your reasoning amounts to me to be one big EXCUSE. So continue on then and disqualify
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and
all the books of the New Testaments as politically motivated shoeins.
So far you still draw back from, furnishing evidence within
Revelation itself that it favors one hierarchical ecclesiology over another. Where's the supposed favoritism to Western Christianity in Revelation ?
You cannot even site one solitary verse in 22 chapters !
Nothing whatsoever is presented as evidence of bias or favor of Western Christianity over Eastern.
We have been falsely aroused to alarm by this rational of yours.