Parzival
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Is anybody familiar with this church (http://www.johannite.org/)?They certainly seem to have an interesting interpretation of things.
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Brother Scott, it is certainly nice to run into you here! I very much look forward to meeting you in person one day soon. Thank you for coming and giving a brief explanation. I know I appreciate it, and I'm sure other do/will also.Hi T.E!
Obviously, I'm familiar with this church. We talked a bit off forum.
This has to be, I think, one of the most beautiful ideas I can imagine.We feel we have a unique way of looking at Christianity, but that it's not the sole way. Our way has an appeal for some, and it's those we try to help with our organization.
Beautiful. I personally find the Hermetic texts to be some of the most deeply profound sacred texts I have yet to read.Gnostic: we are a religious tradition that stresses mysticism, personal responsibilty, revelation, and practical philosophy. We are saved from Ignorance and Deception through Knowledge (gnosis) of our own Divine origin and nature. We revere and take inspiration from scripture, including and not limited to the Corpus Hermeticum and the Nag Hammadi library.
We're a church which accepts apostolic succession, so we have a Patriarch who is the head, and regional bishops who are in charge of smaller geographic areas, as far as administration goes. As the name implies, we trace our lineage through St. John rather than St. Peter as the Roman Catholic Church does. We make no claims as to the historicity of this lineage, rather it is a mythological one, much like Rome's.
So your bishop isn't a heresiarch from traditional lineages, only apostolic 'in the spirit of' or am I reading this wrong?
I'm afraid you'll have to explain more, or I will.
Historically, it seems that there is no way to trace the lineages of any bishops back to the actual apostles. After all, history is unsure that Jesus and the apostles existed at all, much less that they bestowed their authority on people. I'll find a reference for you on this history, but it might take me a week or more.
Mythologically, our church traces it's lineage back to St. John via a long lineage chart. How much is history? Who can say.
I'm afraid you'll have to explain more, or I will.
Historically, it seems that there is no way to trace the lineages of any bishops back to the actual apostles. After all, history is unsure that Jesus and the apostles existed at all, much less that they bestowed their authority on people. I'll find a reference for you on this history, but it might take me a week or more.
Mythologically, our church traces it's lineage back to St. John via a long lineage chart. How much is history? Who can say.