Esther, good question that I cannot quickly answer because I do not recall that portion of MC -- although I teach it twice a year for the past five years or so
. It is interesting that it is in the same Gospel that Jesus teaches about the many rooms (Jn 14:2) and prays that his disciples would be one as he and the Father are one (Jn 17:21).
My initial reaction is that one does not have
the option of entering one of many rooms, but that one in fact does enter one room or another. It is true that the individual Christian is born into or enters a room.
My first point -- I hope -- in this thread has been that one should not accept the limitations of the room. The room is an accident, not a given.
My other point has been that Jesus did not institute church
es. Yet I have made no special plea for either RC or EO. Frankly I do not care. Both are apostolic and sinfully separate. I do not know what to make of the myriad of Protestant denominations, although I was once a Luthodist.
Blessed are the Peacemakers