This is the first priority of the Church! “That we henceforth be no more children (still desiring only milk, and not the meat, being) tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the slight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in (agapa) love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, making the increase of the body into the edifying of itself in love.” Agapa love, the same love by which we are loved of the Father, so as not to cause others to stumble.
“This I say therefore, and testify in the ...