Not every Christian is celebrating the Reformation's anniversary this year. It's not just Catholics who have reservations; many Protestants do as well. Our enthusiasm for the Reformation's emphasis on Scripture as the highest and final authority does not mean we can ignore how Scripture repeatedly decries division in the church.
Paul, for example, rebuked the Corinthians, “One of you says, ‘I follow Paul'; another, ‘I follow Apollos'; another, ‘I follow Cephas'; still another, ‘I follow Christ.' Is Christ divided?” (1 Cor. 1:12–13). It sounds an awful lot like the eight different congregations on Main Street.
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