Atlantis, is there anywhere else that the Watchtower admits that disfellowshipping or excommunication is pagan?
Sure, they said the same thing back in 1880 about a lot of churches being like the BEAST for practicing excommunication.
As Papacy established the priesthood over the church, so
Protestantism has established almost the same, and there is
no opportunity for the body to edify itself, every joint taking
part. True, there is a seeming show of liberty at prayer meetings,
&c., but it is only upon the surface, for the ordained
pastor is to watch zealously lest anything contrary to the
teachings of his church should be expressed, and if so to
silence the audacious member at once, for the church creed
is the rule, not the Word of God. If this is not sufficient,
they must have a sort of church trial and excommunicate him
["kill him"]. The trial, by the way, gives evidence of another
likeness to the beast, namely, the exaltation of the
teachings of the organization above the Word of God, for all
such are tried according to "the authorities" of their church.
Another mark is the ordination of apostolic succession.
This is claimed by Methodists and others, who go through
the same form of consecrating their ministers as do the Episcopal
and Roman Catholic churches, and without scriptural
authority.
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