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To: ADSUM; daniel1212

Adsum,
Daniel1212 has already demonstrated the scriptural teaching and the later historical development on this topic. To insert meaning that wasn’t present or developed is to misread Scripture.


136 posted on 04/28/2016 6:17:30 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; daniel1212

Calling Catholic Answers deceitful liars tells us a lot about your intentions and your willingness to accept the Truth.

Specifically, we’ll examine the words of Christ to Peter and the apostles: “Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” As CCC 553 says, Christ here communicated not only authority “to pronounce doctrinal judgments, and to make disciplinary decisions in the Church,” but also “the authority to absolve sins” to the apostles.

These words are unsettling, even disturbing, to many. And understandably so. How could God give such authority to men? And yet he does. Jesus Christ, who alone has the power to open and shut heaven to men, clearly communicated this authority to the apostles and their successors. This is what the forgiveness of sins is all about: to reconcile men and women with their heavenly Father. CCC 1445 puts it succinctly:

The words bind and loose mean: whomever you exclude from your communion, will be excluded from communion with God; whomever you receive anew into your communion, God will welcome back into his. Reconciliation with the Church is inseparable from reconciliation with God.

Can you explain why the Holy Spirit did not include the word “Trinity” in the Old or New Testament?

May the Holy Spirit help you understand His Truth.


145 posted on 04/28/2016 7:49:20 AM PDT by ADSUM
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