Re: The Protestant church is not worthy of the name "church"

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:03:24 GMT, Alec Brady put finger to keyboard
and typed:

On 18 Jul 2007 16:52:47 GMT, Ian Smith <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:27:26 GMT, Alec Brady <alec.brady@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IANTP, but as I understand it, an ecclesial community is ecclesial
because it is *within* the church, while not being *itself* a church.

A church needs a bishop.

Sorry, are you saying you belive this (that a church needs a bishop),
or that this is the policy of the RCC?

Both.

Of course, there will be oddities and hard cases (which notoriously
make bad laws), and the catholicity of a church implies that it is
covered by its relationship with the catholic church during (say) an
interregnum. But the fundamental principle remains - churches are led
by bishops.

What's the definition of "bishop", in this context?

Mark
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