"Matthew 23:9 "And do not call anyone on earth father, for you have one Father and He is in heaven."
Now drop and give me 20 Hail Marys."
I guess this quote is meant to disprove Catholicism in one fell swoop? Is Texas Eagle implying that Catholics are wrong on spiritual matters, because they call priests, "father"? I wonder does Eagle call his own father "father" and if so does he thereby disqualify himself spiritually? Does the Eagle really believe that Jesus was completely forbidding the use of the word "father"?
Is Paul wrong then to refer to "our father Isaac" Rom 9:10 or Stephen wrong to refer to "our father Abraham"? Acts 7:2. Was Paul way off track when he wrote to the Corinthians, "For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel."?
Look at the whole passage and decide what Jesus means.
TexasEagle I ask you in good faith study the Bible that we both love and ask youself what Jesus wants us to take from this passage.
The New Testament has numerous uses of Apostles and Church elders being referred to (or referring to themselves as) spiritual fathers. All of this does not diminish the fact that we have One Father in Heaven.
Aks me yourself. Actually, I call my father "pops". And I don't have to kneel and kiss his ring when I do it.
What's up with that anyway? Is that in the Bible? Or the Catechism or whatever book Catholics use.