Posted on 04/01/2024 6:20:36 AM PDT by SJackson
Satan/the devil IS “the god of this world/age.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Amplified Bible
4 among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Wycliffe Bible
4 in which [the] god of this world, that is, the devil, hath blinded the souls of unfaithful men, that the lightening of the gospel of the glory of Christ, which is the image of God, shine not.[
2 Corinthians 4:4
New Life Version
4 The eyes of those who do not believe are made blind by Satan who is the god of this world. He does not want the light of the Good News to shine in their hearts. This Good News shines as the shining-greatness of Christ. Christ is as God is.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Expanded Bible
4 The ·devil who rules this world [L god of this age] has blinded the minds of ·those who do not believe [unbelievers]. [L …so that] They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News ·about [that reveals] the glory of Christ, who is ·exactly like [L the image of] God.
Some American bishops have announced Biden is not welcome in their diocese to take holy communion.
You need to also remember that it wasn’t too many years ago when a Catholic politician needed to convince Protestant pastors that he wasn’t under the thumb of the Vatican (for younger readers that was when JFK spoke to Protestant clerics in Houston in Sept. 1960 - https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16920600
If you had the Pope FORMALLY excommunicating a politician we’d see tons of people screaming about Catholic control.
Catholics are, along with the Orthodox, the Oriental Orthodox and the Assyrian church, the primary Church founded by the Apostles.
All the modernist ideas since the 16th century are incomplete concepts of the teachings of Christ.
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