Posted on 11/27/2017 8:37:19 AM PST by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
Unfortunately, incorporating Biblical sections into the liturgy doesn't make it Biblical for the Church.
The design of our traditional churches;
Not Biblical.
the use of candles, incense, and golden vessels;
Never Biblical for a NT Church. This is a failure of hermeneutics. The whole of the Bible is for a Christian's instruction, but not about him nor his church.
the altar;
No alter ever in a NT church. None needed. No sacrifice is made. It is finished.
priests wearing albs and so forth are all depicted in the Scriptures.
Never, ever, for a NT church. Priests are not a NT church office, nor do they appear before 100 AD, during the lives of the Apostles. It is made up using paganism in a later age.
Some of these details were features of the ancient Jewish Temple, but most are reiterated in the Book of Revelation, which describes the liturgy of Heaven.
The church is not the Jewish Temple. The worship in heaven is not the church on earth.
Arch-pope is far from biblical, as is typical for these posts.
Every sentence of the Mass comes from the Bible.
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Ooh. This ought to rub the AntiCatholics here the wrong way.
Wait for it 3-2-1
Matthew 6:7
~Jesus
From what I see, in this article, does point to Bible.
As written in the post you are responding to...
"Unfortunately, incorporating Biblical sections into the liturgy doesn't make it Biblical for the Church. "
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The mass today is similar to the one described by Justin Martyr, 100-165 AD.
Well there are a lot of anti-Catholics around here.
Your opinion.
Weird attack. I love the liturgy we use in the LCMS. It is very similar to Catholic in appearance.
For the sake of good order and Biblical remembrance, there is nothing wrong with a traditional / historical structure.
No one is saying that the liturgy saves or is required, but the form of worship is structured and meaningful.
The exact form a church service should take is largely adiaphora, but I’d rather attend a traditional service. Some contemporary services feel disjointed and incomplete, but this is a personal opinion rather than a theological statement.
While I admire the deep reverence and desire to worship God in all His glory, I, too, feel the Roman system is one that has little basis in biblical truth. It bears too strong a resemblance to the religion practiced by the Pharisees. In reality, the New Testament model is one of simplicity. Its strips away all pretense of religion.
I do believe that Christians have considerable freedom in there warship and in what happens when they gather together. But, it is extremely difficult to step back and honestly look at the way the Romans warship when compared to what an honest observer sees in Scripture.
In context, “vain repetitions” has nothing to do with the liturgy and would be better aimed at the rosary.
To believe that, you must believe that the Church and the instructions to the Jewish Nation of Israel are identical.
On what basis do you make such a claim?
Clearly not based on studying what God says in the Scriptures.
I'm guessing it is just... "Your opinion?"
Sorry, my phone dictated it as warship not worship
Even the devil can quote scripture.
They already beat you! LOL!
Their loss if they choose not to believe the Bible.
Yet we are not to steal from God's Word to Israel.
Nor are we to add offices to the NT Church that the Apostles did not.
Nor are we to incorporate syncretic paganism into the Church.
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