Day 9

One of the members of my group had some insightful things to say in our discussion of the Church Before Constantine. We had all been skeptical of the emergence of leadership structures, but he pointed out that structure is inevitable when movements grow larger, and that good things do come out of structure, like discipline and respect for others/elders. I guess even Jesus used structure, as with the appointing of the disciples. It just seems like the Early Church was functioning in an almost ideal way, but perhaps we are not considering the entire picture when we examine it.