EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH VS. THE BIBLE

There is much controversy now  about the Episcopal Church. If you  look in your Bible, it is not there at all  because it did not have its beginning  until 1531 A.D., 1500 years too late  to be Christ’s church. Look at these  differences:

1. One bishop rules over several  churches in a “Diocesan Episcopacy.”  In the Bible, there were always  several bishops (elders) in each  independent congregation (Titusi :5-7;  Acts 20:17, 28).

2. The “Apostles’ Creed’ is to be  obeyed by Episcopalians. This creed  is not in the Bible and was not written  by the apostles. The true church  obeyed only Christ’s word (2 John  9-11; 2 Tim 3:16-17).

3. Episcopalian parents make  promises for their infants when they  are baptized. In the Bible, there is no  infant baptism (sprinkling), but people  are first taught then make their own  decisions about faith and baptism  (immersion. Mat. 28:18-20).

4. Episcopalians say infants are  born guilty of inherited sin. In Christ’s  true church, sin cannot be inherited  or transferred from one person to  another (James 1:14-15) and children  are a pure gift from God who later sin  (Isa 59:2; Matt. 18:3,10).

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