THE Church is a spiritual entity bought with Christ's blood, not your institution of higher twisting. The powerful institution known as the Church of Rome may have you believing only they have authority with God's Grace, but you're mistaken to count on that.
It might come as a shock to you, but God can even keep His instruction clear through the morass of Catholic heirarchy adulterations of His written word. I believe His Spirit instructs directly through His Word and the texts focused upon His Word made flesh Who dwelt among us. I read the second century Latin texts of the Tanakh despite use of the phrase which lead to the name Lucifer, because I believe the translator was being led by The Spirit not the Roman directives, despite his being a Roman Catholic Priest. [Luther was a Roman Cathoic Priest also. You'd like to burn him however since he rebelled against the sludge level rising in your institution. I happen to revere John Paul ... haven't made up my mind on Ratsinger yet. John Paul was a 'servant of the Cross', more than the director of your instituion. That makes him my brother in Christ. How about you?]
Yeah, yeah. The Scripture that expressly authorizes the Church is wrong or means something else or was mistranslated or something.
It might come as a shock to you, but God can even keep His instruction clear through the morass of Catholic heirarchy adulterations of His written word. I believe His Spirit instructs directly through His Word and the texts focused upon His Word made flesh Who dwelt among us. I read the second century Latin texts of the Tanakh despite use of the phrase which lead to the name Lucifer, because I believe the translator was being led by The Spirit not the Roman directives, despite his being a Roman Catholic Priest.
Yeah, yeah. Scripture is all about you and what you happen to believe this evening and not about God at all.
Luther was a Roman Cathoic Priest also. You'd like to burn him however since he rebelled against the sludge level rising in your institution.
I would? How do you know this? Have I ever said that I'd like to burn Luther? I do know that he unilaterally renounced his vows to God. Now that is something that I'd rather not do.
I happen to revere John Paul ... haven't made up my mind on Ratsinger yet.
I'm sure that that hotline to God will be engaged as soon as you do. Will you put in a good word for me as well?
John Paul was a 'servant of the Cross', more than the director of your instituion. That makes him my brother in Christ. How about you?
Up until your postings of the last few days, I was under the impression that I was. I don't believe that I've changed my theology at all...