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To: metmom

Yes, the “mind of Christ” interpreted in a million and one ways. The “we” you have includes Jim Jones, David Koresh; Joel Osteen’s fortune cookie clips of inspiration, therapy, and entertainment!, and the Schuller-Graham audience of Oprah Winfrey type IQ while they establish personal family fortunes and laugh themselves all the way to the bank.

It is this command to go out to the whole world (all nations) that marks the Church that Christ established, which is why that Church came to be known as “Catholic”, from the Greek word katholikos (kata “about”, and holos, “whole”). In the year 110 A.D., not even fifteen years after the book of Revelation was written, while on his way to execution St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote: “Where the bishop is present, there let the congregation gather, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic church”. The Church believes that when the bishops speak as teachers, Christ speaks; for he said to them: “He who hears you, hears me; and he who rejects you, rejects me” (Lk 10, 16).

St. Paul in his letters also warns the faithful to hold fast to the tradition they received: “We command you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any brother who wanders from the straight path and does not follow the tradition you received from us” (2 Th 3, 6).


1,667 posted on 10/05/2014 11:14:29 AM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish
The “we” you have includes Jim Jones, David Koresh; Joel Osteen’s fortune cookie clips of inspiration, therapy, and entertainment!, and the Schuller-Graham audience of Oprah Winfrey type IQ while they establish personal family fortunes and laugh themselves all the way to the bank.

And the Catholic church is NO different.

All those people put together could not possible equal the worth of the Catholic church.

And the Catholic church puts forth its OWN interpretation of Scripture with no more solid a base than opinion pieces of old dead guys y'all call your *church fathers*.

It's too bad Catholicism doesn't depend on the leading of the Holy Spirit. They might get something right once in a while.

1,668 posted on 10/05/2014 11:40:35 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Steelfish; metmom

Please show an infallible source that shows that the traditions taught by the Catholic Church are the same as traditions the apostles were talking about.


1,674 posted on 10/05/2014 12:49:37 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: Steelfish
The “we” you have includes Jim Jones, David Koresh; Joel Osteen’s fortune cookie clips of inspiration, therapy, and entertainment!,

Get thee behind me, SATAN.

1,680 posted on 10/05/2014 2:01:36 PM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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