Reflection on 10-26

As the church descended into the 2nd and 3rd centuries the charismatic nature of leadership characteristic of the early church changed to a more formal, hierarchical, structured leadership model. Proponents of the structured model view it as a way to ensure the correct passing of truth from generation to generation - but has this hypothesis played out in history? Time and again hierarchical models of leadership are shone to produce corruption in the doctrines they teach - this was evident in the early structured model of church as well.