Posted on 12/22/2007 7:56:40 PM PST by melt
To whom do you pray?
Do you pray to the saints?
What does the Bible say about offering prayers to anyone other than God (and by default, Jesus)?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.”
And the liturgical calander covered the same scriptures each year. I was amazed of what I learned when I went to the source.
Our own Saint Patrick once chased all the serpents from the British Isles and he can do so once again now cant he, lads?
Hallelujah!
I do oppose many (as I see it) flawed Catholic doctrines. I don’t however, hate Catholics.
I see this as actually a rejection of liberalism. The Anglican Church in England is way, way off the reservation. The Catholics look like the Bible believers next to them!
The truth is what I said was. It is a societal problem.
Bless us all God and give each of us the clarity to fight evil instead of one another. Guide us to offer love and understanding to our fellow Christian brothers and sisters and help us to love one another over what we have in common and not make enemies and walls over what we are divided over. In Jesus' name. Amen. It has been told that prayers penetrate heaven and are written as script across its sky. God hears our prayers and answers them.
Sounds like you soul is doing just fine. God bless.
By the way, I have an offender who lives behind my property. He’s a Protestant. Like I said, it’s societal.
Thank you for your kindness.
If I never meet you on earth I look forward to greeting you before His throne.
;-)
God save Prince Foppy...if the muslims get him first.
Well, we must define pray here. If you ask your friends to pray for you, are you in fact praying to them?
"Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten."
I would simply point out that God is the God of the living, not the dead. Those who leave this world in the faith do not die, as Christ promised, but find life everlasting. You may think that believers find no further reward, and are just dead, but the Church does not. We follow the teachings of the Apostles and of Christ and pray for one another, and ask for prayers from fellow believers. This includes those who being absent from the body are "present with the Lord" as St. Paul indicated. The "dead" have nothing to do with it.
ping!
Which apostate church do the Brits prefer?
(I guess I missed the other two chances.)
“No pork chops, frankfurters, pork loins, or pork roasts.”
Muslims don’t eat pork for the same reasons that orthodox Jews (and even some Christians!) don’t eat pork. Read Leviticus 11:4-8. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+11:4-8
Mary of Scotland vindicated.
Good one!
“... the liturgical calendar covered the same scriptures every year.”
That seems strange to me. I thought the missal has a three-year cycle, in which the whole Bible is covered.
Going Catholic could be the best thing that’s happened to Britain, as the Church of England has become a hollow shell of itself. You’ve got their archbishop saying things like “you don’t have to believe in the virgin birth”. A hollow church because it has hollowed out its beliefs.
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