To: savedbygrace
Timothy and the other believers were still alive on the earth. That's a crucial distinction. You're praying to those who have died. Yes, they are alive forever in heaven, but they died, and they are not God.
Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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02/22/2004 6:09:11 AM PST by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Aquinasfan
Non-responsive. Nothing there indicates that those prayers were offered by those on earth to anyone but God.
To: Aquinasfan; cpforlife.org; Ohioan from Florida; narses; pgkdan; Clintons a commie; padfoot_lover
Good morning brothers and sisters. Thank you for sharing and charitably explaining our faith on this thread. I hope you won't mind me offering an observation that I have made here, in this thread. One two occassions I asked straightforward questions, and the responses had to be inferred by actions (read anti-Catholic "attacks"). If you should decide to persist in explaining a holy, Catholic position, I hope that you'll be mindful of today's Gospel, and successful in turning the other cheek. God Bless, and FReegards!
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