Posted on 06/25/2015 1:13:01 PM PDT by RnMomof7
And; one would NOT expect to see CATHOLIC churches lambasted by an angel through John's final writings!!!
Explain WHY the teaching was in error to begin with!
WHY could they then NOT deliver it unblemished those next in line?
A strange beast; the pelican.
It’s beak can hold more than it’s belly can.
Frankly; I don’t see how the hell he can.
Just has the POWERS of one...
Let's try some easy math:
There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics world wide;
If merely 1% of them 'ask' Mary for help just once each day;
that means that 12 million separate prayers are headed Mary's direction every day.
Given that there are 86,400 seconds per day... (24 hours times 60 minutes times 60 seconds)
...that means that Mary has to handle approximately 139 'requests' per second!
Purty good fer someone NOT 'divine'!
I can assure you that she is not.
Cantankerous as she may be; vindicative is not one of her attributes.
Remember; I'm the stalker everyone needs to worry about...
I shudda read ahead.
I knew this would probably resolve as simple misunderstanding.
Hey!
Get yer own stuff!
How DARE you steal from me what I stole from others!
placemarker
Thanks Elsie! I’ll leave the stalking to you!
Oh, get a grip. A Japanese android with cloud computational enhancement could do that easily even today. I am sure that what God has in store in eternity for those who love Him would make that look like mere piffle.
The angels, who are fond of you, are are giggling at your simplicity.
???
I didn't say the teaching was in error to begin with.
I presume you mean the Apostles' teaching.
Don't you?
“...that means that Mary has to handle approximately 139 ‘requests’ per second! Purty good fer someone NOT ‘divine’!”
“Oh, get a grip. A Japanese android with cloud computational enhancement could do that easily even today. I am sure that what God has in store in eternity for those who love Him would make that look like mere piffle.”
Well, at least you have a technological basis for belief. Whew! Something. Anything to fill in that gap when the Bible is left out. It is after all, something.
Thank you.
(In contrast to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who Elsie has calculated can process 139 requests per second, if Catholics are praying as they ought!)
"That was a joke, son!" --- quote from Foghorn Leghorn.
Anyhow, the aggravation caused by Fun-House Mirror reflections about what Catholics believe --- proffered without asking actual Catholics, of course, why would a person want to do that?? --- remind me not to similarly offend by speculating about what Protestants believe.
Which is always a much dicier proposition anyways, since you don't have a nice concise Catechism, like we'all have. And "The Fundamentals" (the collection of twelve books on "fundamental" Protestant theology published in 1910) is something I don't actually intend to read. Ever.
Though in Purgatory I might have a couple of years to burn through.... :o)
As to your expertise about Catholicism, you say:
"I grew up Catholic and have studied the teachings of Catholicism. Alter boy. Confirmed."
I'm---
Well.
In all charity, what can I say?
Good Lord. I'm ducking out now. My squash plants are all pregnant. I have to go tuck some mulch under their sweet little bottoms and watch them grow.
Love,
Mrs. Don-o
What I cited, from Elsie's excellent research, are the writings that 'faithful' catholics are lead to read and absorb. They contain clear blasphemies and as such taint the organization which holds them up as exemplars. Heresies and blasphemies are tricks of satanic brilliance.
Well, thanks for confirming what I strongly suspected: that you don't really care about factually ascertaining what Catholic Doctrine actually IS.
In which case ....BYE.
“I thought everything I was responding to was in #180 -— ...discussing Catholic belief.”
Indeed, you responded to what I wrote to another and claimed I was telling you what you believed. Not so.
“Anyhow, the aggravation caused by Fun-House Mirror reflections about what Catholics believe -— proffered without asking actual Catholics, of course, why would a person want to do that??”
First, because they do not believe it is a ‘fun-house’, but reality.
I can only imagine a catholic, tooling along, believing everything they’ve ever been taught, coming in contact with someone who knows the truth and tells them that what they thought was from Christ is pagan. What they thought was Christianity is nothing but religious works than never save. No one ever appreciates it when you invalidate their life experience. Still, Christ did it to Paul on the Road to Damascus.
“Which is always a much dicier proposition anyways, since you don’t have a nice concise Catechism, like we’all have.”
Well, you could always read any of the great protestant confessions of faith.
“Though in Purgatory I might have a couple of years to burn through.... :o)”
No worries, just another false catholic doctrine that denies the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice and resorts to additional works that can neither save nor purify. You will either go to heaven to the presence of God, or you never entrusted yourself to His gracious gift.
“As to your expertise about Catholicism, you say:”I grew up Catholic and have studied the teachings of Catholicism. Alter boy. Confirmed.”In all charity, what can I say?”
Not a thing required. In addition to my exposure to Catholicism first-hand, I spent 4 years in seminary, studying theology, church history, and most importantly, the Sacred Scripture (far more Bible than your priests cover in their seminaries). We covered every verse. Every chapter. Every book. And I’ve now read the Scriptures regularly since 1976, when I came to know Christ and my eyes were opened to Him.
best.
Keep in mind that not ever non-catholic is reformed in theology (I'm not), but all the major beliefs overlap. It's a start for you.
Answer The Lord’s Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’s appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment, and growth in grace.
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