Posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:24 PM PDT by markomalley
.- Thousands of pilgrims and faithful gathered at noon Sunday in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with the Holy Father. Before the prayer, he said that the fruits of the recently ended Year for Priests could never be measured, but are already visible and will continue to be ever more so.
“The priest is a gift from the heart of Christ, a gift for the Church and for the world. From the heart of the Son of God, overflowing with love, all the goods of the Church spring forth,” proclaimed Pope Benedict XVI. “One of those goods is the vocations of those men who, conquered by the Lord Jesus, leave everything behind to dedicate themselves completely to the Christian community, following the example of the Good Shepherd.”
The Holy Father described the priest as having been formed by “the same charity of Christ, that love which compelled him to give his life for his friends and to forgive his enemies.”
“Therefore,” he continued, “priests are the primary builders of the civilization of love.”
Benedict XVI exhorted priests to always seek the intercession of St. John Marie Vianney, whose prayer, the “Act of Love,” was prayed frequently during the Year for Priests, and “continues to fuel our dialogue with God.”
The pontiff also spoke about the close of the Year for Priests, which took place this past week and culminated with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He emphasized “the unforgettable days in the presence of more than 15,000 priests from around the world.”
The feast of the Sacred Heart is traditionally a “day of priestly holiness,” but this time it was especially so, Benedict XVI remarked.
Pope Benedict concluded his comments by noting that, in contemplating history, “one observes so many pages of authentic social and spiritual renewal which have been written by the decisive contribution of Catholic priests.” These were inspired “only by their passion for the Gospel and for mankind, for his true civil and religious freedom.”
“So many initiatives that promote the entire human being have begun with the intuition of a priestly heart,” he exclaimed.
The Pope then prayed the Angelus, greeted those present in various languages, and imparted his apostolic blessing.
If God intended Protestant heresy, that would have been outlined in the NT.
This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me.Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood. (1 Timothy 4:14)
"Roll", by the way, is what some people do with cigarette paper.
Hello? A bishop is a priest.
HaHa...Of course the Greek word presbyteros is translated as 'elder' in the English language but somehow your religion decided priest was derived from the same word...
Apparently then, while the rest of the world knows presbyteros means elder in English, your religion decided it would mean priest, at least in your religion...
The rest of the world knows that there already exists a Greek word for the English word priest, and that is hiereus...
So for you guys, presbyteros means priest...Hiereus means priest...Elder means priest...But priest doesn't really mean priest in the OT sense of the word where priest was pretty much defined... hiereus
Of course not. Priest means priest in the NEW testament sense of the word, because Christ came. Duh!
We don't admit it because it is not true...And if there was an early church that used the word priest, it was a false church...
never admit that the word "priest" comes from "presbyter
They are fooling you...What is presbyter??? Is it supposedly a Latin word??? There are no Latin words in the Scripture...
Presbyter looks suspiciously like the word presbuteros which is a Greek word...And THAT Greek word means 'Elder'...And what is an Elder??? And why can't priest mean elder??? Because 'elder' is an old person...Biblically, you can not have a young elder...
Most of your priests come unto the scene as very young...They are starting out against the will of God...No way would God ordain a young elder
Your religion has sold you a bouquet of flowers that don't pass the smell test...
You guys claim your religious tradition along with scripture...But when your tradition is rejected by scripture, it's time to dump the tradition...
There is no priesthood in the NT, or the church...
1Ti 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
It is the presbytery...The elders...Old people...No young (or old) Catholic priests...
You guys just said a priest is an Elder...
A bishop is an episkopos...Now a priest is an episkopos...And a priest is a presbuteros...And a priest is a hiereus
Do you guys ever listen to yourselves??? Oh, and a priest is an alter theos
Where’d you go??? You got quiet all of a sudden...
Or, instead of dumping tradition, maybe it's time for "you guys" to get some better interpretation of the scripture. You know, like John 6.
All of a sudden? How about two hours later?
What are you, Greek? A priest can also be a monk, an abbot, a college president, a congressman, a cardinal, and a pope. Is Greek your first language?
The only mediator is Jesus Christ. He alone is the necessary Mediator.
Kindly show me the scripture (since you appear to be going sola scriptura) wherein God says, "Thou shalt have no other mediators than My Son between thee and Me." Or, failing that, where Christ Himself says "I am thy ONLY mediator with God."
Oh, and I know the first commandment, and I know that Christ said, “No one cometh unto the Father except by me,” but I want the verses about MEDIATORS, which you claim that God forbids, and presumably Christ forbids as well. Where are they?
I would ask you to go to the bible and support your position. The bible is the only source and it says nothing about any person/human, being a mediator. We are free to come to the Throne of God directly through Jesus Christ alone.
From your original post. Mediator (mediatory) is the term that you used. From what source did you acquire that term?
Also, I didn't indicate anything about it being forbidden, in fact that term (forbidden) wasn't used in any response that was made; only that it is not necessary to go to a human to approach the mighty Throne of God. Jesus Christ alone is all that is necessary.
You made the assertion: “The only mediator is Jesus Christ. He alone is the necessary Mediator. “
You evidently can’t support that in scripture, so you demand that I prove your negative? Sorry, that’s fallacious reasoning.
It’s clear that you asserted something which has no scriptural support. I do believe that if you search, you’ll find plenty of meadiator/intercessory prayers and actions, old and new testament.
From YOUR post, #52.
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