On Schisms
A church with no schisms would be too easy. God tends toward accomplishments which would be inexplicable except for the action of someone omnipotent.
Men tend to grab hold of things in order to control outcomes. So God, in His patient discipline, greases the handle bars.
The example of the threshing floor comes to mind. A winnowing fork throwing the grain into the wind so the chaff gets blown away, and when all is said and done the thresher is left with his pile of pure grain.
— The Casual Observer
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