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To: annalex
Roman Catholic sacraments will not get you into heaven, only true faith in Christ will.

True faith includes obeying the Gospel, no?

I pray that Rome would obey the Gospel instead of it's distorted version.

15,215 posted on 05/25/2007 10:58:30 AM PDT by Risky-Riskerdo
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To: Risky-Riskerdo; annalex
I pray that Rome would obey the Gospel instead of it's distorted version.

I interpret that to mean...

"I pray that Rome obeys my version of the Gospel instead of its own version"

I find this to be nearly universal. Protestants think that Rome doesn't follow the Gospel because Rome doesn't follow THEIR OWN PERSONAL INTERPRETATION. Never mind that Rome can point to Scriptures and any unbiased person can see that the Bible can be interpreted a multidude of ways.

Again, to bring up St. Irenaeus of Lyons. If you would read some of "Against Heresies", you will discover that the problem of "correct interpretation" was a major part of HIS time, as well. WHO has the authority to offer the official interpretation? That is the question that is rarely addressed. Protestants implicitly demand that THEY THEMSELVES are the official interpreter of the Bible, even if the community as a whole tells them they are wrong!

How arrogant is that?

Regards

15,217 posted on 05/25/2007 12:10:47 PM PDT by jo kus (Humility is present when one debases oneself without being obliged to do so- St.Chrysostom; Phil 2:8)
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