Posted on 04/22/2015 2:34:02 PM PDT by RnMomof7
And likewise to you. God bless!
Tell me, EB, has anyone here suggested Luther is the Pope we follow? Has anyone encouraged he be prayed to for intercession? More than likely, Luther is in heaven already while, no doubt, some of the very Saints Catholics ARE encouraged to emulate and pray to are not.
Should you ever actually want to educate yourself about the man and what he REALLY said - in context - and how he led a very moral and honorable life, here's a good place to start:
http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2005/12/martin-luther-topical-master-index-for.html
Of course, if the truth is really not your aim here, then I doubt you will avail yourself of this resource, preferring to falsely use the 500 years-dead man of God to condemn those who oppose you. Just don't imagine no one is wise to the tactic!
They were part of the Septuagint, which was a GREEK translation of the Old Testament books IN ADDITION TO fifteen other books that were not in the canon of the Old Testament. Just because the GREEK OT translation was quoted some of the time, neither Paul nor any other New Testament writer quotes directly from any of the Apocryphal books. Here's a better discussion of the topic: LINK
Of course, this thread is posted by someone who posts daily thread about the "evil catholics deliberately changed everything because...well, because they were evil and only those of us in our small tiny church know the TRUTH.
Except this thread says nothing of the kind! Cannot non-Catholics have RF threads that explain why we DON'T accept some of the Catholic doctrines?
So the one billion Catholics and the half a billion Orthodox Christians are all going to hell, but hey her tiny church will laugh at us from heaven for being evil.
Again, stop with the histrionics already! Do you not see how ridiculous that kind of talk is?
When I was in coma from Thanksgiving until nearly Christmas and most of the time expected to die, I was the beneficiary of the prayers of many here, Catholics as well as Reformed Christians, leading to the mercy of God that allows me to converse with others here and now. I think it would be an abuse of God's mercy to use the opportunity He has given me to insult my fellow Christians of other faiths.
I am a Roman Catholic and I shall die as a Roman Catholic. When I practiced law, I represented many wonderful pro-lifers arrested in Operation Rescue type incidents. No distinction was ever made between Catholics and Reformed Christians. Each was represented to the courts, according to his or her respective beliefs. There was a great opportunity for each to witness as to his or her faith.
I only wish that the Rescuers' spirit of Christian comeraderie could spread to Free Republic so that we might seek to emulate Jesus Christ in His love for all of us, Catholic and Reformed. If my chosen language to describe people is different from what anyone might prefer, I would plead that my errors are innocent and a reflection of my life experience.
May God bless you and yours!
To where do you pray they revert? To your version of Catholicism or the one you call the "rogue curia in Rome" or is it to the Catholic SSPX, the Sedavacanists, the Traditionalists, the Liberals, the Modernists, etc., etc.???
Here's a thought...start praying for the LOST, who don't know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, that they may come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved. That's sure what I pray for.
No they weren't...The Jewish Orthodox would never have allowed to have books added to their bible...Jesus confirms what the O.T. was...The Psalms, the Law and the Prophets...Your extra Catholic books were not included by Jesus...
HaHaHa...If you only knew what they know...
Thanks for your concern, but I am already saved. If you want to pray for me, just pray that my daily walk with Jesus would grow deeper. It is a daily struggle. I just want more victory over sin. I do not want sin to reign in my mortal body. Other than that, as BB says, pray for the lost. Bare witness to the lost. They are the ones who really need prayer the most. 🇵🇭
Read the article I linked to. There was no monolithic Jewish bible until 90 AD and Paul quoted from the Greek book because that is the bible used by the early church.
I think the difference for Catholics and why they perceive the Protestants to be so different from each other is that they tie all those things to salvation. Once they left salvation by faith alone in Christ alone and added other requirements each difference became monumental.
From what I can tell most Catholics simply accept the re-written history the Catholic Church puts out. We see that true documented history is posted here and it’s simply ignored by Catholics.
Is there any wonder that they can't be assured of salvation? It's all dependent on what man does.
The article at your link was woefully inept. The quote "Paul used to cite from the Septuigent( that's what it was called) copiously in his talks and letters to his communities." is incredibly deceptive. Paul never quoted from any of that apocryphal books. If I quote from the gospel of Matthew in the Catholic bible it doesn't mean I accept the apocryphal books included in the same Catholic bible.
If you only knew what Satan knows...
As usual, you are confused.
And then we can celebrate with some bubble up and rainbow stew.
Only the saved have the indwelling Holy Spirit ....and that my friend is indeed a very small number of the people that have or will live in this earth
So not a single Catholic in the world has been anointed with the Holy Spirit?
Many Catholics, some right here on this forum,have been given the indwelling Holy Spirit... Once they begin to be taught by God ..they leave
So, are all Protestants so anointed and therefore know the true meaning of Scripture, or only the Episcopalians?
Catholics just do not get "it". ..There are saved and unsaved in Protestant churches ...This is not about being protestant.. it is about being born again
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