"the church"i have come with one purpose
to capture for myself a bride
by my life she is lovely
by my death she’s justified
i have always been her husband
though many lovers she has known
so with water i will wash her
and by my word alone
so when you hear the sound of the water
you will know you’re not alone
‘cause i haven’t come for only you but for my people to pursue you cannot care for me with no regard for her if you love me you will love the church
i have long pursued her
as a harlot and a whore
but she will feast upon me
she will drink and thirst no more
so when you taste my flesh and my blood
you will know you’re not alone
‘cause i haven’t come for only you but for my people to pursue you cannot care for me with no regard for her if you love me you will love the church
there is none that can replace her
though there are many who will try
and though some may be her bridesmaids
they can never be my bride
‘cause i haven’t come for only you but for my people to pursue
you cannot care for me with no regard for her if you love me you will love the church
-Derek Webb "the church"
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"there is none that can replace her
though there are many who will try
and though some may be her bridesmaids
they can never be my bride"
No wonder Webb writes so much about his frustration with the "church." Usually, unity is the key issue.
Up until 1054 there was "one unified church." Then the eastern orthodox church breaks away (authority of the papacy). Still, there is dialogue between the two. Then Henry the VIII wants to divorce his wife, which necessitates starting the Church of England (1534--he is excommunicated. Then comes Luther. By his death there are hundreds of splinter "protestant" groups, and Luther says "every man has become his own pope."
Now, 2007, there are over 33,000 DIFERENT protestant denominations in the U.S. alone, and they as "are right."
There can only be one right, but many wrongs...so of the 1 catholic church, the 1 eastern orthodox (which may reconcile as catholic within our lifetime), the one excommunicated COE, and the 33,000 protestant denominations, who is that 1 Bride of Christ...or was Jesus talking about the "church universal" which did not exist realistically until after the death of Luther?
Webb sounds a lot like a Catholic apologist, and I see why!
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