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To: Angelino97; All

False doctrine.

All humanity is born with the sin of Adam.

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

All humanity deserves Hell.

Yet God, through His mercy, sent His Son and those who believe in Him shall be saved.

There’s no other mediator. There’s no other grace except the grace of Christ.

Only those who accept Christ are saved.

Also, Catholics err believing in purgatory. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Christ’s sacrifice was sufficient.

There’s also no mediator between God and man except Christ. We as believers are the priesthood. No need for any other mediator as we have the Holy Spirit in dwelling within us as believers.

Broad is the path to destruction - meaning most will not accept Christ but Jesus tells us that His sheep hear His voice.


4 posted on 10/16/2024 9:58:23 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

With God nothing is impossible it’s as simple as that, we are not the judges we are not even on the jury.


17 posted on 10/16/2024 10:13:22 AM PDT by tiki (To)
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To: TigerClaws
Also, Catholics err believing in purgatory. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

I think you misinterpret that line.

Souls in Hell are not in the body, yet not present with the Lord.

So why can't the same be said of souls in Purgatory?

23 posted on 10/16/2024 10:17:51 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: TigerClaws

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.Lk. 10:2


27 posted on 10/16/2024 10:20:18 AM PDT by sopo
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To: TigerClaws

It would be nice if things were as crystal clear as you depict, but scripture (and thus theology) make the picture messier. Enoch, Moses, and Elijah were granted life-after-death BEFORE the atoning death of Jesus Christ. Scripture makes that clear. Jesus uses the parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus” because it is clear to the listeners that there were those ALREADY in Heaven or in Hell (otherwise the parable would have made no sense to anyone). Again this is happening during the pre-Atonement period.


29 posted on 10/16/2024 10:20:27 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: TigerClaws
You show an ignorance of both the Scriptures and the teaching of the Catholic Church, so you should not presume to speak on either.

Catholics err believing in purgatory. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

St. Paul never said such a thing. He said for him he would prefer to be with the Lord than be in the body. You need to read your Bible more carefully and not rely on anti-Catholics for your interpretations.

Christ’s sacrifice was sufficient.

Nobody says it wasn't. In fact the Catholic Church teaches that it was:

Christ's death is the unique and definitive sacrifice

CCC 613 Christ's death is both the Paschal sacrifice that accomplishes the definitive redemption of men, through "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world", and the sacrifice of the New Covenant, which restores man to communion with God by reconciling him to God through the "blood of the covenant, which was poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins".

614 This sacrifice of Christ is unique; it completes and surpasses all other sacrifices. First, it is a gift from God the Father himself, for the Father handed his Son over to sinners in order to reconcile us with himself. At the same time it is the offering of the Son of God made man, who in freedom and love offered his life to his Father through the Holy Spirit in reparation for our disobedience.

Jesus substitutes his obedience for our disobedience

615 "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous." By his obedience unto death, Jesus accomplished the substitution of the suffering Servant, who "makes himself an offering for sin", when "he bore the sin of many", and who "shall make many to be accounted righteous", for "he shall bear their iniquities". Jesus atoned for our faults and made satisfaction for our sins to the Father.

Jesus consummates his sacrifice on the cross

616 It is love "to the end" that confers on Christ's sacrifice its value as redemption and reparation, as atonement and satisfaction. He knew and loved us all when he offered his life. Now "the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died." No man, not even the holiest, was ever able to take on himself the sins of all men and offer himself as a sacrifice for all. The existence in Christ of the divine person of the Son, who at once surpasses and embraces all human persons, and constitutes himself as the Head of all mankind, makes possible his redemptive sacrifice for all.

617 The Council of Trent emphasizes the unique character of Christ's sacrifice as "the source of eternal salvation" and teaches that "his most holy Passion on the wood of the cross merited justification for us." And the Church venerates his cross as she sings: "Hail, O Cross, our only hope."

I suggest you do some real homework before displaying ignorance of things you know little about.

42 posted on 10/16/2024 10:39:34 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: TigerClaws

Purgatory as defined by the church is the final stage by which Christ saves us, it is the final washing away of sins by the grace of God through the blood of the lam9, just before we enter heaven


76 posted on 10/16/2024 12:36:27 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: TigerClaws

“All humanity is born with the sin of Adam.”

Wasn’t there a scripture that said the children shall not be punished for the sins of the fathers


88 posted on 10/16/2024 1:55:49 PM PDT by conserv8 (Casual to casualty?)
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To: TigerClaws

Why do you limit the power of God to as He wishes? Just curious.


114 posted on 10/16/2024 5:51:48 PM PDT by TheGeezer
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