The Church of Humans

The Church of Humans receives the Gospel as witness to Christ, and The Witness of Thomas as sayings of recognition.

It receives the Two Great Commandments given by Christ: to love God, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself.

It inherits a pre-Nicene Christian tradition that understands God through covenantal action and Christ through lived faith,
and admits as sins both judgment of others before God and harm or hatred toward one’s neighbor.

On Jurisdiction

This church exists among the nations and therefore speaks only within the authority given to the nations.

Mosaic Law names its own scope as Covenant binding Israel in particular among nations. The apostles preserved this distinction by receiving Gentiles without conversion or imposition. Accordingly, this church receives a bounded canon sufficient to bear witness to Christ, to recall the history of the formation of Gentile assemblies and their practices, and to offer situational counsel for life in freedom — without extending authority beyond what was given.

Scripture is therefore received as witness rather than statute, and canon is understood as the scope of authority a text is granted within this community, not as an accumulation of commands.

On Canon

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On Authority

This church claims no authority beyond what it has received, nor does it bind where Christ did not bind. Authority is exercised only as testimony, recognition, and mutual accountability freely undertaken within the covenant of this church.

On Membership

Those who seek membership do so by freely consenting to the limits described in A Rule for Humans.