You know, I guess the bottom line is that you have to recognize that an Apostasy occurred in order to accept that a Restoration was needed. You also kind of need to realize that a Reformation is not the same thing as a Restoration.
It really isn't as much about the Bible being in error as it...
Here's the word picture:
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Individual Members --- Superstructure
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Apostles and Prophets --- Foundation
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Jesus Christ --- Cornerstone...
Well, if He didn't, Paul didn't know what he was talking about when he said to the Ephesians: "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ...