To: kawaii
Whoa, kawaii. I eschew all of the doctrines and traditions of men across the board. I am neither for nor against any of them.
I am pro-God. A Christian, plain and simple.
I believe God. I trust Him. After all, if I cannot trust God then who can I trust?
To: Alamo-Girl
I’m not talking about the traditions of men I’m talking about the Traditions God established from Old Testament to present.
The priesthood he created with Aaron.
The place for worship he demaded.
The eucharist he taught the church. One which he clearly gave authority, and underscored the Holy Spirit would come to prevent from falling astray.
187 posted on
05/11/2007 11:24:33 AM PDT by
kawaii
(Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
To: Alamo-Girl
To be a Christian requires trusting those whom Christ appointed to be His Apostles. And the Apostles tell us that Christ will never leave the Church, and that the gates of hell will not prevail over the Church, and that the Holy Spirit will guide the Church into all truth. But lone-ranger individualist Christians of our present time, by their rejection of the historical Church in favor of a Bible+Me approach, are distrusting the Apostles and the promises of Christ (mentioned above) to the Church. They are saying, by their approach to Christianity, that Christ abandoned the Church and let it fall into darkness and deception for centuries, and let the gates of hell prevail over it.
-A8
189 posted on
05/11/2007 11:32:38 AM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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