What is more important between these two: the Church or the Bible?
2007-11-08 04:02:27 · 29 answers · asked by wigginsray 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is no "Bible" without the Church. The Church is the Body of Christ (according to St. Paul).
The Church is where salvation happens. The Bible is a handy guide.
2007-11-08 04:09:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 7⤋
The Church chose the books to be included in the Bible. You can have the Church without a Bible but you definitly cannot have the Bible without the Church.
Since the Bible is dependant upon the Church then I would say that the Church is more important than the Bible.
Although I would consider both to be equally important...But since you asked, I answered.
God Bless
Robin
2007-11-08 12:40:26 · answer #2 · answered by Robin 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Bible is more important than Church.
Besides our bodies are the Lords Temple and for those of us who are saved we have been given the Holy Spirit making us the same as the Holy of Holies in the Temple that King Solomon built for God.
So in reality each and every one of Gods children is the Church and God Himself is alive inside us all always guiding,teaching and loving us.
The Holy Bible though is fully alive and is our spiritual food that we crave to feed our spirits and will prepare us for an eternity of Life with our Father in Heaven.
The church is not a building that people congregate at like I already said the church is Gods Holy Temple and that's each and every one of us His children.
God bless you.
2007-11-08 12:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by Adelaide B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither one. Of these two, your personal relationship to God is in the middle.
Now to really answer your question, the Bible is the most important. The Bible is our DAILY road map to live the Christian life. The Bible also Say's, "Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves with one another".
2007-11-08 12:18:21 · answer #4 · answered by binkmooney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't separate the two. The Church is the entirity of people who have trusted in Christ ALONE for their salvation from sin, death and hell. The Bible is what reveals this truth.
If you are talking about church as just a physical building or denomination- then of course the Bible. However, the Bible explains the church as I have in my first paragraph.
2007-11-08 12:07:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
The Church is the most important because the Church is the Bride of Christ.
2007-11-08 13:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The "Church" is who we ARE. The bible is where we go to be spiritually fed and to align ourselves with Gods plan and purpose for today.
We dont GO to church....we ARE the church which is His Body..those who have believed in His finished work on the Cross.
You can be a member of the church the Body of Christ without going to a building, but you cannot grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord without STUDYING His Word.
2007-11-08 12:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by goinupru 6 · 11⤊ 0⤋
Scripture is the Word of God.
Christ is the Word Incarnate.
The church is the body of Christ.
"Church" and "Bible" are not component parts, each with relative merit; they are interdependent.
2007-11-08 12:17:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is the word of the Almighty. The Bible is the most important source we can can look to today to find what God has to say on how we should live our lives.
2007-11-08 12:14:42 · answer #9 · answered by Marie 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus sent them out to teach all men and to baptise them. the church came first, then the bible. but both are important.
2007-11-08 14:59:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible - the church is the resulting collection of people who have believed and obeyed the Word of God - Acts 2:42
2007-11-08 12:08:43 · answer #11 · answered by Cuchulain 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋