Posted on 04/18/2007 11:20:10 AM PDT by Salvation
I blame you and the other Catholics who keep trying to make this a thread about the Sabbath.
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Clearly, you are an Idiot.
Jimmy Swaggart, shame on you. You weren’t supposed to leave your kennel until you were fully deloused.
Well, friend, as an idiot and a purveyor of genuine Christian doctrine, I would invite you to consider your words. Words do have meaning. And if you would blaspheme, then, it is incumbent on me to attempt loving correction of your error. If you would then continue that error beyond my abilities to instruct you, then upon your soul be your own works.
I take the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ seriously. It’s a shame that you don’t.
I could not agree more.
The Catholic Church produced the Bible. The Bible didnt produce the Catholic Church. It is a document of and by the Church.
Are you stating the Septuigent (3rd century BC) was created by Catholics? Why don't you explain yourself and/or show us your proofs. Because on the face of it, that is just a plain stupid statement.
And, of course, in the interests of online forum discussions, you are absolutely correct.
If, hypothetically, a knuckle-dragger and mouth breather, bereft of both intelligence and education were to label such as myself an ‘idiot’, then that label might be so laughable so as to cause merriment rather than annoyance. In that case, I would absolutely agree as to the reminder to avoid the personal, and keep it to the general.
Is this a demand from one of the churches of men?
Or is this a demand from an individual bereft from even a church?
Regardless; we of the Church of Christ will attempt our best to convince even through layers of solid bone.
I am sure he is not. The Old Testament was obviously a product of inspired Hebrew writers. The Holy Scripture in its entirety, however, is a part of the revelation received by the Catholic Church; Catholic men wrote the books of the New Testament and the Christian Canon was determined by the fathers of the Catholic Church, as well as the Christian creeds, the liturgy, and the theology.
Of course, the same can be said of the Orthodox Church, and in some part of the pre-Chalcedon Churches of the East, as the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church were one and the same through that formative period, and the pre-Chalcedon Churches for the substantial part of it.
While I strongly disagree with your contention that Catholicism is the one and only true church, I do enjoy your prose.
Flag to the above.
Very nicely put.
I don’t differentiate between those that label themselves Orthodox and Roman. They’re all part of the Catholic Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. They come from the Source of All.
They aren’t man made.
You will not be able to find one scripture reference indicating the resurrection occurred on a Sunday morning. You will find the tomb empty.....but the resurrection itself took place on the Sabbath.
The sincere appreciation of oratory skills does tend to raise one above the level of the duckweed in the pond.
However, there is a distinct difference between understanding and imitation.
I am sure he is not.
But how are we to Know? As he said words have meaning. ; )
Catholic men wrote the books of the New Testament and the Christian Canon was determined by the fathers of the Catholic Church, as well as the Christian creeds, the liturgy, and the theology.
This was before the Catholic Church existed, and the eastern church has as much a right to the same claim, such as it is.
This history of the papacy is dark and disgusting. ( Including two popes murdered by jealous husbands when caught in the act of sex...etc) Any claim of Apostolic succession has been clearly broken, assuming it ever existed at all.
However, there is a distinct difference between understanding and imitation.
I am sorry, I didn't hear you. I was commenting that you are fun to read. You would probably make your point more clearly if you did not try so hard.
The Orthodox and the Roman Church are one.
Next.
The Apostolic Succession is clear and unbroken.
Next.
One wonders if this is the frontal assault on the Church by elements of either the uninformed or the inebriates, or if it is a feint and the real attack will happen at some point in the distant future after the elevation of the entirely apostate to Congress.
The Catholic Church, one and the same at the time with the Orthodox Church, existed since the Pentecost AD 33. The word "catholic" was first used by St. Ignatius of Antioch in his Epistle to the Smyrnaeans: "wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church" in 1c or at the latest early 2c.
Yes, we had pretty bad popes from time to time. This does not break the apostolic succession though because it cannot.
Pretty bad Popes does not cut it. You had centuries of Whore mongers and Murderers. And the Papacy was bought and sold by the leading families in Europe. But anyway, lets get back to my point. Where are the proofs that the Apostles and authors of the new testiment were Catholic?
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