Ch45 outline

Chapter 45: The Purity and Unity of the Church

Explanation and Scriptural Basis

A.     More Pure and Less Pure Churches

B.     Definitions of Purity and Unity

C.     Signs of a More Pure Church

D.     New Testament Teaching on the Unity of the Church

E.     Brief History of Organizational Separation in the Church

F.     Reasons for Separation

1.     Doctrinal Reasons.

2.     Matters of Conscience.

3.     Practical Considerations.

4.     Are There Times When Cooperation and Personal Fellowship Are Prohibited?

Special Terms

Eastern church

purity of the church

separation

unity of the church

Western church

Scripture Memory Passage

Ephesians 4:14–16: So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.

Personal Application:  What I believe about The Purity and Unity of the Church: