Lydia

“Why, then, did “the whole church get it wrong for two thousand years about something so ethically important?”

Kristen does a great job answering this but I think this question is very important because so many turn to church history instead of the scripture to define a pet doctrine.

Church history is a bloody mess and we should be ashamed to appeal to it. How long did Christians believe in a state church? Divine right of kings? Or how about the Dark Ages when it was a crime to read the Bible unless you were a priest? Church history is full of wrong doctrine such as transubstantiation, sacraments as Grace, God-War shield, etc.

For goodness sake, just the facts about how the Church of England came about should give us all pause in referring to “church history”!

While Luther was courageous to stand up to Rome, we all now cringe at what he wrote about Jews. Some of us cringe on what he says about women, too.

To appeal to church history is to appeal to a lot of ignorance, blood, sin and disgrace. It only makes me see the Glory of God that He preserved a remnant for Himself throughout the ages. And someday, we will know who they were.

On another note, comp doctrine is illogical in many ways with the entire scope of the Word both Old and New Covenants. Women are never once prohibited from teaching men in the OC but are now prohibited in the New? Does this make sense?

The Joel Prophecy is ignored and/or taught that is only exists for one day? Salvic Roles for women are taught which make Joanna in Luke 8 a huge sinner. Women are taught a religion of “works” for only them because of a horrible translation of 1 Tim.

I could go on and on with the cognitive dissonance of how scripture is interpreted by comps. Someday, I am going to make a huge list.