[Alamo-Girl]

That settles it! The Pope says that none of you are proper Christians.

LOLOL! There are also people who say I'm just a figment of their imagination. That doesn't bother me either.

Moreover, if we Christians are falsely accused for our testimony in Jesus Christ, it heaps eternal blessings upon us.

Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. - Matt 5:11-12

So, "thank you" to everyone who interpreted Pope Benedict's remarks to mean that we who are not of the Roman Catholic Church are somehow, second class Christians!

[Alex Murphy]

Moreover, if we Christians are falsely accused for our testimony in Jesus Christ, it heaps eternal blessings upon us.

Great point, A-G! I wish I had thought of that!

[Quix]

So, “thank you” to everyone who interpreted Pope Benedict’s remarks to mean that we who are not of the Roman Catholic Church are somehow, second class Christians!

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I’ll stand by Christ’s Blood and His saving TO THE UTTERMOST . . .

His opinion, perspective is all that eternally matters, to me.

Not the traditions and opinions of man—especially those so rooted in so much fossilization of thought, form and ritual.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

if we Christians are falsely accused for our testimony in Jesus Christ, it heaps eternal blessings upon us.

Amen, AG.

"Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head." -- Romans 12:20

[blue-duncan]

“That settles it! The Pope says that none of you are proper Christians”

Look, don’t worry about it. I issued an edict this morning nullifying whatever he said about us and affirmed the scriptures that say “believe on the Lord Jesus and you are saved”. As an added bonus I threw in Hebrews 12:18-24,

“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”

No masses, perpetual sacrifices, relics, icons, prayers to saints, angels or dead humans, purgatory, prayers for the dead, absolution, indulgences, mantras or human mediators. It’s very simple, “Trust in the Lord and do good”!