Oooh, I looove when you quote Mark. :)
That’s one thing about the Calvinists; they will have no truck with humility. There was no humility in Saint Calvin (Peace Be Upon Him) and there is no humility in his followers. I really didn’t think that a true Calvinist can really understand the washing of the feet or the fact that Jesus, the Lord of all, humbled Himself first to become a human, and then, to do something that the Jews of the time considered to be beneath everything except the very lowly, and then, to do something that only the lowliest of the criminals were rewarded with - crucifixion.
There is no humility in the WCF. There is no humility in the Shorter Confession, and I suspect there is none with the Longer. If you like, I’ll weigh in when I’ve finished deconstructing it.
Sloppy slurs? I challenge you to refute any of the charges that I nail up on the Calvinist doors. One of your companions has attempted to lie about my posts and their content as to the Faith versus his; and when challenged has gotten vewwy vewwy qwiet. Bring ‘em on, I say. Line ‘em up and we’ll knock ‘em down. Thin theological ice, I have said, and all I have been given is proof from your side. Thanks, really. You guys make it easier than it should be.
Saint Calvin (Peace Be Upon Him) has demonstrated that his Scriptural proofs are of the most sophomoric order and very often irrelevant - as I posted some time ago. He was a despotic thug of the order but not the scale of Pol Pot.
Do you mean Rome or the Vatican? I guess that vibrating at the end of the Calvinist string causes one to lose perspective, or possibly just reality. The Vatican is a country, a theological state with the Pope as its head.
Rome is a city, with a mayor. It is a city in the country of Italy. If you require, I will post a Google Map link so that you can go to it.
Are you unaware of Calvin’s theological rule? Are you unaware of the good burghers of Geneva that he had executed under his religious rule? Are you unaware of the rackings and whippings that he ordered? Is Google your friend for finding these stories or do you require links as well? You seem to have the minimum daily requirement of intelligence. How is it that you are unaware of his atrocities?
How is it that you quote Isaiah to refute Jesus?
I think that you are dancing with glee, along with the others in your elitist club. And, to the contrary, it is not the Holy Spirit that I ridicule. I believe that the Holy Spirit is an equal part of the Triune God. I do not believe, as some Calvinists do, that the Holy Spirit is a messenger or emissary of either the Father or the Son. The Holy Spirit at Pentecost entered the Apostles and Mary and so the Church began. The Holy Spirit entered me at the baptism that my parents sought for me.
I do not take Him lightly. It is Saint Calvin (Peace Be Upon Him) that I take lightly. The Reformed blaspheme against the Holy Spirit because they apparentely have a touch of Macedonianism while holding the completely incompatible doctrine of Montanism.
You guys amaze me. The spiritual Twister games that the Reformed display ought to be put on video.
When you can substantiate your points with Scripture, let me know.
You seem to have the minimum daily requirement of intelligence.
Golly gee. (((blush)))
I do not believe, as some Calvinists do, that the Holy Spirit is a messenger or emissary of either the Father or the Son.
Really? You've been misinformed...again. Where is the Scripture that denies the following...?
"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me" -- John 15:26 "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." -- John 14:26
Is this more of your denying the Holy Spirit, Mark?
Calvin was correct when he wrote that Rome sought to erase the Holy Spirit from men's hearts while hoping to turn Him into a secret stash meant only for the magisterium to dole out to the highest bidder.
Repent of it.