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If your "liberty" opposes God's Will and contradicts the Doctrine of Christ, then it is not true liberty, but enslavement to the devil. "He that is not with Me, is against Me." This is why you must seek the truth, not merely the fallible rationalism that marks Sola Scriptura. The truth is that Christ Himself built a Church and that all are called to belong to it for salvation. If it weren't for a Church that continues the teaching office of the Apostles, then how on earth do you oppose errors concerning Christ's Doctrine? Through your personal exegesis of Scripture?

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More gems...in every post, another study in zealotry!

"If your "liberty" opposes God's Will and contradicts the Doctrine of Christ, then it is not true liberty, but enslavement to the devil. "

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"If your "liberty" opposes God's Will and contradicts the Doctrine of Christ, then it is not true liberty, but enslavement to the devil. "He that is not with Me, is against Me." This is why you must seek the truth, not merely the fallible rationalism that marks Sola Scriptura. The truth is that Christ Himself built a Church and that all are called to belong to it for salvation. If it weren't for a Church that continues the teaching office of the Apostles, then how on earth do you oppose errors concerning Christ's Doctrine? Through your personal exegesis of Scripture?"

You surely are not making the claim that our Heavenly Father is not able to give understanding and instruction outside of the Catholic Church?

"enslavement to the devil" what exactly does this mean? According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke the "devil" is who received the first instruction, when the "devil" tempted Christ by twisting scripture.

Now in Luke 4:16-31 Christ quoted Isaiah 61:2

v18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent ME to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

the Christ skips to Isaiah 62:18

Luke 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the LORD."


So now I guess you can explain where exactly this was transfered to a "Church". I would not want to apply my own personal interpretation to these WORDS.