Posted on 05/28/2008 6:05:04 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
Hello fellow Freepers. I believe this is my first post on the Religion forum.
Over the past week or so, I put some thought into something I've been pondering for a while; my spiritual welfare. As it was, I had been part of the 'Sola Scriptua' school of thought (Evangelical Christian). By the Bible and only the Bible. Sounded good enough.
Well...what about before the Bible was put into word? It stuck in my head when reading an article earlier on FR concerning a deconstruction of Sola Scriptura and its inherent weaknesses as a foundation for one's faith.
This, combined with a genuine lack of churchgoing (as a family, we've been uncertain about going to various churches, given that top-down problems with Episcopal/Methodist/etc. churches and their increasing liberalization are a genuine problem for one's spiritual welfare), compelled me to make a decision.
I don't know if my family will follow me, persay, but I'm going to go ahead and take the plunge.
Next month, I'm going to the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle near my home, and I'm joining the Roman Catholic Church.
As is, I have a few volumes of the Magnificat pamphlet and the Catechism of the Catholic Church to read.
Any other pointers from other Catholic Freepers?
Having been trained by them in Prep School, You will have to ask the Jebbies what they believe.
I know they can hold both sides of an argument with equal aplomb
Can I be taken off your “ignore” list.
You’re mine kind of poster.
The concordance thing made me chuckle.
Remember the words of Our Lord:
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” Matthew 5:11-12
And Welcome Home! I’m a recent convert, too (2 1/2 years ago). Feel free to FReepmail me if you have any questions.
May God bless you and yours.
May God bless you and yours.
***The Eucharist is some Pagan Fable created following Constantine the first Pontiff of the Roman church created sunday worship and the Pagan feast of easter***
Here is a list of the Popes of the first 500 years. You will notice that Constantine was not on that list. He was the EMPEROR (from A.D. 305 to 337), not the Pope. There is a difference!
St. Peter (32-67)
St. Linus (67-76)
St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
St. Clement I (88-97)
St. Evaristus (97-105)
St. Alexander I (105-115)
St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I
St. Telesphorus (125-136)
St. Hyginus (136-140)
St. Pius I (140-155)
St. Anicetus (155-166)
St. Soter (166-175)
St. Eleutherius (175-189)
St. Victor I (189-199)
St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
St. Callistus I (217-22)
St. Urban I (222-30)
St. Pontain (230-35)
St. Anterus (235-36)
St. Fabian (236-50)
St. Cornelius (251-53)
St. Lucius I (253-54)
St. Stephen I (254-257)
St. Sixtus II (257-258)
St. Dionysius (260-268)
St. Felix I (269-274)
St. Eutychian (275-283)
St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius
St. Marcellinus (296-304)
St. Marcellus I (308-309)
St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
St. Miltiades (311-14)
St. Sylvester I (314-35)
St. Marcus (336)
St. Julius I (337-52)
Liberius (352-66)
St. Damasus I (366-83)
St. Siricius (384-99)
St. Anastasius I (399-401)
St. Innocent I (401-17)
St. Zosimus (417-18)
St. Boniface I (418-22)
St. Celestine I (422-32)
St. Sixtus III (432-40)
St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
St. Hilarius (461-68)
St. Simplicius (468-83)
St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
St. Gelasius I (492-96)
Anastasius II (496-98)
St. Symmachus (498-514)
Easter celebrates the death and Resurrection of Christ.
919 posted on May 30, 2008 3:25:01 PM MDT by Petronski
He died on the YHvH commanded feast of Hag HaMatzot-Unleavened Bread He rose from the dead on the YHvH commanded Feast day of First Fruits Easter has no connection whatever to Yah'shua; it is a Pagan Fable. The creation of Easter by Constantine is an affront to the creator of the universe The Spirit of G-d descended on the apostles on the YHvH commanded Feast of Shavuot The next YHvH commanded Feast to be re-celebrated is the Feast of Trumpets, All of this information can be found in G-d's Holy Word in Leviticus 23 Yah'shua celebrated his last passover,
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
a YHvH commanded Feast day, on the evening of the 14th of Nisan.
where He gave new meaning to the third cup of wine and the afikomen
the 15th of Nisan, where all leaven, a metaphor for sin, is removed.
(Hag ha Bikkurim) which occurs on the day following the shabbat following Passover.
Most likely at the beginning of the G-d commanded day at sundown after shabbat.
This is the day that the best of the harvest is offered to G-d.
and the sacrifice offered for all of mankind for the redemption of sin.
also known as Pentecost in the LXX.
on the first day of the month of Tishrei,
The only Feast for which the day nor hour can not be known until it arrives.
St. Peter (32-67)
Peter went to Babylon as he states in his writings. Peter and all apostles were to only go to the circumcised i.e. Jews. Only Paul was commanded to be the apostle to the gentiles. If Peter went to Rome for the gentiles, he disobeyed Yah'shua.
b'SHEM Yah'shua
Unleavened bread, in the Passover, is to commemorate that Israel left Egypt in such a hurry they didn’t have time to let it rise.
Wherever that other interpretation comes from, sombody should be getting their money back.
Except for the billions of Christians who celebrate the Resurrection on that day, right?
...it is a Pagan Fable.
The Resurrection of Christ is a Pagan Fable?
The creation of Easter by Constantine is...
...a wide-eyed moonbat fiction.
When Peter went to Rome, he went to spread the Good News of the Gospel of Christ.
Read Leviticus 23 again asking the Ru'ach HaKodesh for illumination of the Word.b'SHEM Yah'shua
Peter states in his own writings that he went to Babylon.
By which he meant Rome.
You are believing the fables of man and
rejecting the plain text of the Holy Word of G-d
I can go with Eusubius and Jerome, or I can go with your take on it.
Sorry dude, no contest.
Somebody needs to cue the “Twilight Zone” music.
Have you seen the one who says Pope Peter I was actually Simon Magus?
Thanks, Black Elk—I’m honored to accept your request for God’s blessing of me and my family.
I appreciate your posts—always have. I have been here since 2002—(at first under another screen name) and have followed your posts since then.
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