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The Neverending Story (The New Christian Chronicles)
Southern Baptists ending talks with Catholic Church ^ | 3/24/01 | AP

Posted on 10/15/2001 6:54:40 AM PDT by malakhi

The Neverending Story
An ongoing debate on Scripture, Tradition, History and Interpretation.


Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. - John Adams


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To: Proud2BAmerican
Do you believe that all Christian denominations present the "core essential" teachings for obtaining salvation?

I have no idea what all the different denominations hold for their doctrine or sacraments, but I have gone into the web, and printed out several from the mainstream Churches, and yes, I would imagine that of all the non catholic Christian Churches out there, 95% have the doctrine for salvation.

2,401 posted on 10/23/2001 9:51:56 PM PDT by JHavard
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To: JHavard
I agree with what you post in your #2399.
2,402 posted on 10/23/2001 9:53:00 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: OLD REGGIE
No problem on the request for guesstimates,its good to review what people believe and how many know what they believe and things like that.

You did state in that post that you thought I was being hypocritical. I had responded to MR.PAYNO who had accused me of being a hypocrite and had cited a passage from papal encyclical. Personally I was in total agreement with the Pope and think the encyclical is a wonderful piece of work. I had no idea of what MR.PAYNO was talking about and probably took a quantum leap in trying to explain why I appreciated the Catholic Church.

Anyway I am not a hypocrite,I am Catholic,I believe what the Church teaches,I speak in accord with my beliefs and I act in concert with my words. My mind,my mouth and my body are in sync. My thoughts,words and deeds are one with the Church. I have integrity or cognitive-consonance.

As I said on other posts,I may have a lot of faults and flaws and may irritate a lot of people but I am not a hypocrite. Which leads me to insert a "shameless plug" for the Catholic Church. They have a written body of beliefs,the archives are replete with documents indicating how they determined those tenets, they are available for all to see and they can be used to clarify or straighten out those fellow Catholics who have gone off the path. And there are many,but if it is called to their attention and they argue it, I don't have to worry about convincing them of their error, I can show them where it is written and I know they know and have chosen to say or claim one thing and do or act in another way. They say they are Catholic and they are not and I let God sort it out because it seems to me they are hypocrites and I think Jesus was real clear on how He viewed them. Hope you can see my point and will agree that I,sara,am not a hypocrite.

2,403 posted on 10/23/2001 10:02:33 PM PDT by saradippity
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To: angelo
I agree with what you post in your #2399.

Now I'm worried,..........It has to be past my bed time. G-Nite all

2,404 posted on 10/23/2001 10:07:50 PM PDT by JHavard
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To: angelo
Me too. Wanna take a break together? Say until next Monday?

Can I still at least lurk?

2,405 posted on 10/23/2001 10:09:36 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant
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To: Steven
Can I still at least lurk?

he asked plaintively, as the import of what angelo proposed began to dawn upon him. LOL! Steven, we've got it baaaaad. I don't know if we could withstand the temptation of lurking for five days. Its like the alcoholic getting out of rehab, and then going to the bar to watch other people drink.

You can join me if you want, but I've made up my mind. When I log off tonight, I'm going to stay away from this thread entirely until next Monday. (No, I'm not going to jump over onto one of Mom's threads! ;o)

2,406 posted on 10/23/2001 10:24:15 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: JHavard
Here is your earlier statement that I pulled out of context (sorry):

Sin is only attributed to us if it is willful, and a true Christian does not willfully sin, so if he does what is called a sin, it is not attributed to him as a sin, since it wasn't willful, and the blood of Christ had already paid for it.

Thanks for your thoughtful answer as to the difference between willful and unwillful sin. (BTW, I haven't heard the Holy Spirit referred to as "it" in a very long time. Do you call the Holy Spirit "it" just out of habit, or, do you believe that the Holy Spirit is not a person ((by person, I mean a living being with a personality))?) Anyway, I see what you mean by willful vs. unwillful sin. One can "slip" into unwillful sin, but willful sin is entered into with full knowledge.

What about sin which is entered into with full knowledge (one knows it is wrong), and which one wishes he could conquer, but which he feels powerless to say "no" to, such as a long-term sin which has become a habit? Would it be a "willful sin" or an unwillful sin?

2,407 posted on 10/24/2001 12:03:31 AM PDT by hopefulpilgrim
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To: Iowegian; mitch5501
Where are you guys? We miss ya' over here!
2,408 posted on 10/24/2001 12:09:49 AM PDT by hopefulpilgrim
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To: Steven
Don't lurk long, Steven. We'll miss your sense of humor and your insightful----------insight! Hopefulpilgrim
2,409 posted on 10/24/2001 12:12:06 AM PDT by hopefulpilgrim
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To: angelo
You'll be missed, friend. Don't forget about us on Monday! Hopefulpilgrim
2,410 posted on 10/24/2001 12:13:29 AM PDT by hopefulpilgrim
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To: hopefulpilgrim
Sorry 'bout that but these neverending threads have worn me out in no time flat.

I can't keep up so I'll keep outta da way!

Crusty old church fathers and dusty theology leave me cold sorry.Nothin' I can add to the neverending stoush.

God bless

2,411 posted on 10/24/2001 12:21:40 AM PDT by mitch5501
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To: JHavard
I would imagine that of all the non catholic Christian Churches out there, 95% have the doctrine for salvation.

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By inference, can I conclude that you would similarly maintain that on those various points of doctrine where they conflict, some are correct and possess the truth, and some are incorrect (by virtue of human fallibility/sin) and do not posses the truth, with relation to those particular points of doctrine that are not (in your opinion), essential for salvation?

2,412 posted on 10/24/2001 1:08:11 AM PDT by Proud2BAmerican
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To: mitch5501
All right then, Mitch. I'll be searching for you now and then. 'Cos I liked where you were headed with the promised rest for the people of God.! Hopefulpilgrim
2,413 posted on 10/24/2001 1:32:52 AM PDT by hopefulpilgrim
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To: JHavard
Are you saying Adam and Eve weren't having sex before they ate the apple, and there was no plan of them ever having children until they became aware of sin?

You then are saying that sex is sin, is that right?..(^g^)

Not at all. Just cause I said that women are enticing and it would be hard for Adam to resist didn't mean I was talking about sex. I would presume that Adam and Eve would have had children and populated Eden with their decendents, all of them free from Original Sin and destined for eternal life. After a while Eden may have gotten crowded, but I don't think that would be a problem for our infinite God.

After the Fall, the curse given to Eve is that she would have pain during childbirth. This, to me, leaves open the possibility of painless childbirth in Eden absent the Fall.

The sin in Eden was not sex, it was disobedience. And wanting to take the place of God.

SD

2,414 posted on 10/24/2001 6:33:21 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: JHavard
I asked her to simply ask what she remember about meatless Friday, and she told my wife that she had kept it faithfully until one day she went to see a family that was very poor, and all they had to give their children that day was crackers and cheese with a piece of bacon on it, and she gave her sister one, and she ate it.

The next week or so, she went to church and confession, and told the priest what she had done, and he read her such a riot act that she stopped keeping meatless Friday altogether after that.

I don't doubt the story in the least and this is the perfect example of the Church, or at least this priest, shooting himself in the foot. This is exactly the type of no compassion behavior that causes people to flee.

You make no mention of whether the poor family was Catholic or not, but I will assume they were. Their condition (necessity) should negate their need to follow the abstinance rule. They should of course try as best as they can, but if need be they would not be held accountable.

Your sister visiting is also given leeway. You are not in control of what someone offers to you, especially when you are a guest. If I go to someone's house, if they invite me in for dinner, and it is Friday in Lent and they are serving meatloaf and don't mean offense I am acting more Christian like in accepting gladly what a host provides than I am in snubbing my host. How much more so if it is a poor family offering from what little they have.

The priest blew it here. Big time.

SD

2,415 posted on 10/24/2001 6:41:13 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: saradippity
Anyway I am not a hypocrite,I am Catholic,I believe what the Church teaches,I speak in accord with my beliefs and I act in concert with my words. My mind,my mouth and my body are in sync. My thoughts,words and deeds are one with the Church. I have integrity or cognitive-consonance.

There are times, when we make a statement, that it "reads" differently than we "think". Please believe me, I wasn't suggesting you were a hypocrite. I thought, at least in my mind, you made a hypocritical statement. Does this make any sense?

It was this statement I referred to:

"However,we can show in the official documents and the Canons and the Catechism that it is not Catholic teaching."

It may be my personal problem but that particular statement is one that raises my hackles. I see it as the standard Apologist excuse/reason why the Church is never responsible for what the people in the Church practice or believe.

I could go into great detail here, but I am sure you see my point. (I hope!) It was not you who was hypocritical, It was the statement, IMNSHO. (In my, not so humble, opinion).

Peace!

Not many of us have admitted to being old-fogeys but I, for one, am anxious to hear your "theory" about the magic years, 1929-1946.
2,417 posted on 10/24/2001 6:58:36 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE
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To: Proud2BAmerican
I believe 3 years is the accurate amount of time to hear the New Testament in its entirety preached from attending Mass. By and large, any Catholic who regularly attends Mass will hear a huge amount more of Scripture proclaimed than a non-Catholic Christian who regularly attends worship service.

Assuming this number is accurate, I don't believe it has anything to do with comprehension of Scripture. You don't mean to imply that attending Mass is the prescribed way to learn Scripture? Do YOU?
2,418 posted on 10/24/2001 7:08:23 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE
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To: OLD REGGIE
I believe 3 years is the accurate amount of time to hear the New Testament in its entirety preached from attending Mass. By and large, any Catholic who regularly attends Mass will hear a huge amount more of Scripture proclaimed than a non-Catholic Christian who regularly attends worship service.

Assuming this number is accurate, I don't believe it has anything to do with comprehension of Scripture. You don't mean to imply that attending Mass is the prescribed way to learn Scripture? Do YOU?

Attending Mass is, if nothing else, a default way to hear Scripture. People should obviously study it on their own. But if they do not, or if they can not (think: illiteracy now and through the ages) by attending Mass they will be exposed to the teachings and stories of Scripture. As for comprehension, it is the duty of the celebrating priest to "open up" the Scriptures of the day by explaining their relevance to the audience.

The point that was being made was that a person who does not read the Bible on their own will, over a period of years, hear most of the New Testament and large hunks of the Old (thematically related, even) just by attending services. What readings to sermonize about is not left to the whim of the individual pastor. In any given independent Church there is no similar guarantee.

SD

2,419 posted on 10/24/2001 7:25:16 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: OLD REGGIE
Assuming this number is accurate, I don't believe it has anything to do with comprehension of Scripture. You don't mean to imply that attending Mass is the prescribed way to learn Scripture? Do YOU?

No, but it's a heck of a lot better than the pastor picking one or two verses to expand on over 45min. The third year we attended our local bible church I turned to my wife and said "you know, I don't think I've ever heard him read from one of the Gospels?". Lot's of time in Roman's hearing Paul's idea of what Christ said, but not alot of time actually reading what Christ said.

At least you can't get out of mass without hearing several paragraphs from an epistle, a Gospel, and and OT verse. We can argue about whether your average priest ever does anything with the verse, but at least you hear it.

2,420 posted on 10/24/2001 7:29:48 AM PDT by IMRight
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