Posted on 07/04/2007 6:47:22 AM PDT by NYer
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Love that t-shirt!!
I saw no difference in the Scriptures, after my Baptism in the Spirit, except for maybe in ME, having a greater hunger for it. It simply put greater emphasis on the importance of Jesus, and his Real Presence in the Eucharist. After all, even though Jesus died for our sins, we are still affected by the world around, and we need that strength provided by Jesus's Gift of His Body and Blood to live as He taught us.
Well that's unfortunate...
and we need that strength provided by Jesus's Gift of His Body and Blood to live as He taught us.
because you will find nowhere in the scripture that Jesus' body and blood in the Eucharist provides strength to live a Godly life...
For the Christian, that is provided by the Holy Spirit, as in spirit...No flesh and no blood...
And it's 24/7, 365 days a year...
You didn't see that in the scripture after you were sprinkled with holy water???
Have you read enough of the conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism in South America numbering in the millions? Does this mean anything to you?
You post selected articles which seem to prove to you that Protestants are flocking to the Catholic Church while there is no traffic in the other direction. I believe we both know this is not factual and I am questioning your motives. Care to explain?
Actually, I am somewhat bemused as to why you'd use such a controversial character as Ignatius in your tag line. After all, there is no consensus which, if any, of the letters attributed to him are genuine. You have chosen the letter 'to the Smyrnaeans'. Which one? The short recension? The middle recension? The long recension? You don't claim he wrote all three do you?
Let's look at an authentic Catholic source:
We find these seven mentioned not only by Eusebius ("Hist. eccl.", III, xxxvi) but also by St. Jerome (De viris illust., c. xvi). Of later collections of Ignatian letters which have been preserved, the oldest is known as the "long recension". This collection, the author of which is unknown, dates from the latter part of the fourth century. It contains the seven genuine and six spurious letters, but even the genuine epistles were greatly interpolated to lend weight to the personal views of its author. For this reason they are incapable of bearing witness to the original form.
Catholic Encyclopedia - St. Ignatius of Antioch
Not very supportive is it?
For a more thougough exmination:
The epistles of Ignatius: are they all forgeries?
I don't think I'd be comfortable quoting Ignatius.
The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism: The Youth
No, I don’t think that is true. People are coming into Catholicism for theological reasons, not because of inadequacies in their local churches. We searched through MANY good Protestant churches/ denominations/ non-denominations before realizing that what we were looking for was the fullness of Catholicism.
When Christ says "TAKE EAT THIS IS MY BODY..." and "TAKE DRINK THIS IS MY BLOOD" - I tend to think He MEANT it.
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