Posted on 05/26/2008 4:50:16 AM PDT by NYer
You mean the Catholic Aristotelian version thereof.
No..it was God under the appearance of a burning bush.
Gotta love those who try to make finite by putting restrictions on what He can or can’t do.
On Open threads, the thin-skinned are the disruptors.
Or do you need professional help?
Please do not make this personal.
You wrote:
“Isn’t that a prayer to Mary? Or is that something different?”
Asking is praying in that that’s what the word literally means.
Only if you add references to snake-handling to it.
I did not.
You wrote:
“Funny... I pray that Christ will intercede for me since he said, “no one comes to the Father but by me.””
I do too, but I also recognize that Christ shares the office of intercessor with His saints.
“Odd — nothing in there about Mary. The “Saints” — the rosary.”
That wasn’t the point so it need not have been said.
The thread was already lost when the Catholics were asked if Christ was made of crackers.
See #146. I think you did, whether intentional or not.
I know you’re referring to 146, nonetheless, I did not say all Catholic teachings are found in the Bible.
LOL, well I was gonna list that reference too, but I thought I would let a Catholic bring that one up.
You wrote:
“The thread was already lost when the Catholics were asked if Christ was made of crackers.”
Yeah, I have to admit that such a blatant attack on Christ and Christian beliefs took me by surprise - and I thought I had seen everything.
Yes, but I was talking about all and essential Cathlolic doctrine, so your answer did implied such.
Would someone with my tagline claim that all Catholic doctrine is in the Bible?
You said: You are the one who just said all Catholic Teachings are in the Bible.
First of all I reject the protestant man-made tradition of sola scriptura. As John stated at the end of his gospel there was much much more than was written down. Without Sacred Tradition you have chaos (or ever doctrinally meandering protestantism) because you lack the completeness of Divine Revelation. Without Sacred Tradition you end up with all sorts of wild interpretations of Holy Scripture....some are quite silly and entertaining actually.
The Puritans in England and New England most certainly did hold Catholics as second class citizens; ever hear of the “Catholic Emancipation Act” of the 19th century? Boston banning Christmas as ‘popish’ And consider the similarities, of an unyielding God (pre-destination), no separation of church and state (be it Geneva, or Boston), iconclasism, violent imposition of their religion. Unitarianism is common to both Islam and a branch of Congregationalism.
It’s not my idea that Islam is a heretical off-shoot of Christianity, it’s belloc’s.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/HERESY4.TXT
And Protestants would say the same about some Catholic beliefs.
You're making quite a jump there. There are plenty of diligent, fair-minded Protestants in every field. In fact, the textbook we used when I took Introduction to Rabbinic Literature was written by a Protestant scholar -- the rabbi who taught the course said it was the best introductory book in the field.
You said: And Protestants would say the same about some Catholic beliefs.
Yes they would...and do. But they are wrong and we are right, but not because of our own merits, but those of Jesus Christ who stated to the Apostles: “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.”
(PS..note He did not say to teach them to observe all things the Holy Spirit will cause to be written down in Holy Scripture...but what I have commanded you...just before He guarantees His protection to His fledgling Church. Just more proof that to follow sola scriptura is evidence of being on the wrong track.)
I think your reply about sola scriptura sums up all of the argument on this thread. Sola scriptura is a non-scriptural error. Catholic tradition is non-scriptural truth.
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