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Jul 27
39m 59s

The Pope or 30,000 Denominations? White ...

Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, Walter R. Strickland II
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Bishop Barron argues that the Reformation’s legacy is 30,000 denominations and doctrinal chaos. Is Protestantism fatally fractured? Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb address the charge of division by exploring the Protestant understanding of visible and invisible church unity, the authority of Scripture, and the nature of confessional agreement.

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