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To: dangus; Alex Murphy
Roman Catholics continue to show ignorance of Calvinism and Scripture...

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Westminster Confession of Faith,
Chapter II
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity

III. In the unity of the Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.[38] The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; [39] the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. [40]

I believe even the Romanists agree with this understanding, but who knows for sure?

65 posted on 07/07/2011 8:29:41 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

I’m sure you accept, then, when any idiot Catholic heretic does something stupid that contradicts the infallible doctrine of the Catholic church that he is not representing Catholicism? Any idiot can know that he is not, since the Catholic Church actually declares definitively its interpretation of scripture.

The United Church of Christ is the second largest American denomination in the Calvinist branch of “Reformed” Christianity, and they just banished the phrase, “God the Father.” If they can “interpret” away the clear meaning of scripture, you expect that they’ll treat the Westminster Confession of Faith better? Sure you aren’t suggesting that Calvinists place the Westminster Confession above the bible, so that they could toss out the bible, but somehow must retain the Westminster Confession?


66 posted on 07/07/2011 8:36:11 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"I believe even the Romanists agree with this understanding, but who knows for sure?"

I hope aren't seriously THAT ignorant of Catholic teachings. If you're looking for a denial of The Trinity, look to some of your Protestant buddies.

"the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God." In this Trinity of Persons the Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal generation, and the Holy Spirit proceeds by an eternal procession from the Father and the Son. Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal"

101 posted on 07/09/2011 8:08:25 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
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