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To: swampfox101
"If you believe that, then why add to God’s word? Get rid of all of the nonsense in the Catholic church and return to God’s word."

Because we desire the completeness of Revelation. Jesus, when asked in Matthew 22:37-40 what Law was the greatest, rewrote the entire Old Testament in Matthew 22:37-40 when He gave us His Two Greatest Commandments; "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and to "Love your neighbor as yourself."

It can be argued that nothing else is required, if not the rest of Scripture or the Traditions of the Church He founded, then certainly not the interpretations of the Reformation.

"The oral traditions of the Church is the GOSPEL thats what the apostles taught."

The Bible was not written to replace the Traditions, but to supplement them. To borrow a phrase from Protestants; "show me where in Scripture it says that the Bible was to replace Tradition the moment it was canonized, or where it says in Scripture what the Canon process was to be, or who was to determine the Canon, and what the table of contents of the Bible was to be. It was the traditions of the Church between the death and resurrection of Jesus and the formalizing of the Canon that preserved and defended the Gospels.

Note that although all of the Apostles preached the Gospels only two of the Gospels were written by Apostles. Numerous books purportedly written by Apostles were not included in canon.

127 posted on 05/19/2012 3:14:08 PM PDT by Natural Law (Mary was the face that God chose for Himself.)
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To: Natural Law

“It can be argued that nothing else is required, if not the rest of Scripture or the Traditions of the Church He founded, then certainly not the interpretations of the Reformation.

The Catholic Church was corrupt to the core, it had to be reformed. It’s STILL an apostate Church. It even disparages the very words of the ONE it claims it loves.

“Bible was not written to replace the Traditions,”

Correct, the corrupt traditions of men came afer the law. The Jews tried to replace God’s laws with traditions and now the Catholic Church and other try to replace the teaching of Christ with the corrupt teachings and traditions of sinful men.

‘but to supplement them ‘

What a strange, strange religion you believe in. God’s words are superceded by sinful men’s traditions. Okay....! You just keep believing that.

“show me where in Scripture it says that the Bible was to replace Tradition the moment it was canonized,”

God’s word has always been there. (John 1:1) Its men with there sinful traditons that have tried to replace the word of God. Aka the Jews and the Catholic Church. (Mark 7:7-8 And in vain they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men[)

(Col. 2:8 “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”)

“Numerous books purportedly written by Apostles were not included in canon.”

I could care less about hearsay and gnostic writers.


129 posted on 05/19/2012 7:47:22 PM PDT by swampfox101
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