Posted on 02/15/2010 9:07:17 AM PST by GonzoII
The Scenario:
Ever have one of those days when you’re feeling full of energy and vigor? I mean, you’re feeling just obnoxiously happy? Well, this is one of those days.
Driving home from work, you switch on the radio to see what’s happening, and you tune in to a local Protestant radio station just in time to hear a preacher speaking against various Catholic doctrines concerning Mary. The show is called Pastor Bob’s Bible Hour. Pastor Bob proclaims: “Jesus knew Catholics would come along and begin to worship His mother and call her perpetual virgin and absurd things like that. But the Bible says: ‘Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all of His sisters with us?’ (Matt. 13:55-56a). And isn’t it sad, my brothers and sisters?”
Pastor Bob goes on to say: “Jesus dealt with these Mary worshippers in His day. In Luke 11:27-28, the Bible says, ‘A woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts that You sucked!” But He said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”’”
On a normal day you would probably just listen, take a few mental notes and drive on. But not this time. You’re feeling a little bit too saucy. You take the first exit you see and head for a phone. This is just one more reason why you need to buy that cell phone you’ve been talking about getting.
Step One:
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Do you have a link for this post?
Do you think that Catholics should be prohibited from being moderators? (For the record, I have no clue whether any moderators are or ever have been Catholic.)
Of course not. The post was deleted as was my post pointing out that the moderator made a pro-Romanist argument.
I’m still interested to see if anyone can produce some obscure medieval Jewish text which indicates that Rishon is a day where Jews worship the sun.
His beef is with Romanists, not Catholics.
So, why is it okay for Protestants to ignore Scripture and then criticize Catholics for not ignoring it.
It’s great software, but don’t let it anywhere around cats
Is there any way we could be given a synopsis of what this "pro-Romanist argument" was?
Are we talking about Mussolini or Polanski?
It gets worse when you try to pronounce Romanishists three times fast...without lurching into the scatalogical.
How convenient for you that the posts were deleted. Now you bring up the deleted posts, and claim whatever you want.
Not wise, Grasshopper, not wise.
What you [mis]qutoted was what our Lord told His Disciples and they, under the leadership of Saint Peter, became the first Catholic bishops and baptized new Christians in the Name the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. They were the leaders of His Church, the same Church you condemn.
Eusebius (265-339) Bishop of Caesarea around 314
It undercuts both baptism and the trinity. I was quoting the oldest know quotation of Matthew 28:19.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Wrote his Proof of the Gospel
Book III, Chapter 7, 136 (a-d), p. 157 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/eusebius_de_05_book3.htm "Go, and make disciples of all the nations in My Name, teaching them
Be like a Berean, read it for yourself.
to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you," [[Matt. xxviii. 19.]]
It’s amazing what lengths some will go to just to avoid saying the word Catholic. It’s a lot the fear that Bram Stoker and others portray Dracula as having toward Crucifixes and Holy Water.
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“So, why is it okay for Protestants to ignore Scripture and then criticize Catholics for not ignoring it.”
Is it okay? Really? I don’t think that. I do believe that the two different groups stress different parts of scripture over others. We may not venerate Mary but then we also do not have idols that we pray to.
No one but Jesus is perfect I guess.
Judy,
Thank you for the wise counsel. I look forward to more insights.
Eusebius misquoted Matthew 28:19-20 the Shem Tov Matthew piggy-backs on this to try to destroy the Triune nature of God.
Despicable.
They're certainly not describing the Catholic Church.
Are you suggesting that by the early 4th Century the Gospels had been divided into chapters and verses?
It undercuts both baptism and the trinity.
Yes, we are well aware that you deny the Holy Trinity and the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
Neither do Catholics.
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