He sure said something to Joseph!!
Posted on 03/24/2015 8:06:07 AM PDT by RnMomof7
WORD became flesh...
...not...
WAFER became flesh...
I cannot understand why every day the anti Catholics post a straw man thread and then go to war.
It is simply not Christian.
Those are words of war??? So challenging an elitist church is war, while she is the one with the most history of engaging in physical war against Christians, and others.
► Canons of the Ecumenical Fourth Lateran Council (canon 3), 1215:
Secular authorities, whatever office they may hold, shall be admonished and induced and if necessary compelled by ecclesiastical censure, that as they wish to be esteemed and numbered among the faithful, so for the defense of the faith they ought publicly to take an oath that they will strive in good faith and to the best of their ability to exterminate in the territories subject to their jurisdiction all heretics pointed out by the Church; so that whenever anyone shall have assumed authority, whether spiritual or temporal, let him be bound to confirm this decree by oath.
But if a temporal ruler, after having been requested and admonished by the Church, should neglect to cleanse his territory of this heretical foulness, let him be excommunicated by the metropolitan and the other bishops of the province. If he refuses to make satisfaction within a year, let the matter be made known to the supreme pontiff, that he may declare the ruler’s vassals absolved from their allegiance and may offer the territory to be ruled lay Catholics, who on the extermination of the heretics may possess it without hindrance and preserve it in the purity of faith; the right, however, of the chief ruler is to be respected as long as he offers no obstacle in this matter and permits freedom of action.
The same law is to be observed in regard to those who have no chief rulers (that is, are independent). Catholics who have girded themselves with the cross for the extermination of the heretics, shall enjoy the indulgences and privileges granted to those who go in defense of the Holy Land. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/lateran4.asp)
As said in other posts, Frankly, i am amazed at seeing posters whom i have never seen post here on the FR in my quite active engagement over the years, come in here and display their ignorance of what has been going on for years with RCs incessantly posting articles and posts which invite and incite debate, a sample of which post 472 lists, and then whine when countered.
When you have RCs for years using FR as a RC news and apologetics service for their elitist church, you cannot expect evangelicals who are not promoting any one particular "house" to not confront this cultic system.
Until recently there were few Prot articles reproving RC faith, but i can give you a list of RCs doing so against Prot faith, strawmen included. But now some souls we never saw post before on the FR start posting objections. Seems odd.
The vast bulk of titles given to Mary by roman catholicism are not in the Word.
He sure said something to Joseph!!
Shine that bright light toward me; if you please.
How did we get to arguing the Council of Chalcedon all over again?
Wrong. If you look at what God put up with so often in the OT, even as the norm, than you can better understand the many descriptions of judgment. Study Ps. 78, 105, 106, Neh. 9; and read Hosea.
But God did provide more grace, and a better atonement, better high priest, better covenant (study the word "better" in Hebrew, KJV). Yet to whomsoever much is given in grace, much is expected and required. Thanks be to God.
Good point!
But; when Rome finally got around to compiling the BIBLE; that church was long gone; and, evidently, all of it's record's; too.
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
21 To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Wonder no more; Son; wonder no more.
If it HAD been important; Joseph Smith, Junior, would have put it in the JST.
Thanks.
Will you repost this with it HIGHLIGHTED?
I've explained that.
Sure have!
And in how many of those have you dismissed it as nothing?
Well!
It's no WONDER that GOD allowed Joseph to be killed!!!
He didn't obey Him by putting the Laodicea stuff in the JST!!
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No need to be snarky. I just wonder if God is omniscient why wouldn’t he KNOW what was in their heart.
I know there is a creator. I know how he wants me to act. I follow his rules. As you might be able to discern I am not Catholic. My wife is. My odd are. So I am around it. I don’t pray to statues. Or beads.
But I know when I pray, God hears me.
But, I don’t tell my catholic relatives their prayers are wasted. (My term, not yours.). In the end, we will know. Then it’s too late.
I respect your answer.
Let me inform you that your journey is not over.
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