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MineralMan

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1. One more way that denominations splinter into sub-denominations.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:33 PM
Feb 2019

The Presbyterian Church fragmented over the ordination of women, decades ago. The church I used to attend dropped out of the denomination and renamed itself over that issue.

LGBTQ issues are even more powerful in fragmenting denominations. I expect the United Methodists to un-unite over this. Some will leave, regardless of how the General Conference decides.

And so Christianity fragments itself into smaller and smaller groups. The process has been going on since Martin Luther and the Reformation. The Christian faith will continue to fragment. That's how it all works. Eventually, it will end up with a "One Person; One Church," which will be the end of the whole thing. That's many decades or centuries down the road, though.

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