Posted on 12/05/2010 6:14:57 PM PST by RnMomof7
What a beautiful prayer. God bless you.
But on the other hand we have a constant litany from non-Catholics that the Church is too lenient with its excommunication policies. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't.
Did you read James? What do you think those verses mean?
The ceremonial laws have passed away with the advent of Jesus Christ. The commandments of God are eternal.
Babies die, right? Then babies are sinners.
"In him you were also circumcised... having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God" (Colossians 2:11,12).
Baby boys in Old Testament Israel were circumcised at a young age too--eight days old. The Bible compares baptism with circumcision.
We are born sinful.
God Bless
Horse hockey that you paid anything for what is obtainable for free from numerous on line sources and double horse hockey that you actually read it and arrived at that conclusion.
There is no doubt that many will conclude the worst of all possible contents of anything written by the pope or any pope without even bothering to read it. I seriously doubt, based upon your highly biased posting history that you are any not among them.
We’ve been through this before, Judith. The internet is filled with factual information regarding Pacelli’s coziness with Hitler and his approval of the Enabling Act which destroyed the Catholic Centre Party, thereby erasing any protesting voice to Hitler’s complete take-over of Germany.
Read Cromwell’s book. Learn for yourself.
http://www.liberalslikechrist.org/Catholic/Hitlerspope.html
I do recall your fondness for Dalin, the Jewish professor who defends Pacelli and is employed by a Roman Catholic university, so here’s another link which illustrates how Rome says one thing but does another...
http://www.archelaos.com/popes/details.aspx?id=299
I was making the point that amongst ancient Jews and Christians both the written and oral teachings were trusted. Not that one was superior to the other or that the presence of one suggests the absence of the other. What was important was not the method of communication but the source. In regards to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles this includes oral Tradition.
The Jews were indeed literate but the expansion of Christianity did not rely on the written word only. For an example of the place of Apostolic Tradition we have this from Irenaeus:
“As I said before, the Church, having received this preaching and this faith, although she is disseminated throughout the whole world, yet guarded it, as if she occupied but one house. She likewise believes these things just as if she had but one soul and one and the same heart; and harmoniously she proclaims them and teaches them and hands them down, as if she possessed but one mouth. For, while the languages of the world are diverse, nevertheless, the authority of the tradition is one and the same” (Against Heresies 1:10:2 [A.D. 189]).
I'm not sure that Frau Doktor Reichbishop wants any proper discussion of the direct religious support the Nazi Party and Third Reich received from the German Christian (Protestant) Church. Its one thing to sling mud, its another thing to sling it at a fan.
No, but lying about it would be way too tough for Him. That's how we can discern God's Church from a very large poser.
lol. I bought it and I read it. The internet is great for a lot of things, but they've got this new invention where you can actually underline words and highlight passages. And it's portable and requires no electricity nor wii fi. It fits in your pocket and it never changes. What it says one day is the same thing it says the next day. It can't be re-edited or redacted or erased on someone's whim or deceit. It is set in stone for all time. It says what it says.
And it only cost $7.
I would encourage you to do the same thing. You say you are a conservative. Let's see what you think about Ratzinger's appeal for a "global authority" to run everything in our lives, including our government.
Where is that in the bible?
Between Genesis 1:1 and the end.
I heart you.
You’re making a fool of yourself...
Is it possible you really can not understand the scripture?
There once was a pastor that said he had enough sin in his prayers for God to send him to hell...
Men spend so much time comparing themselves to other men, they forget the standard is not men but a Holy , Perfect , God
Scripture does not teach that there are venial sins and mortal sin..ALL sin is an offense to a Holy God.. Even a pencil taken as a child is an abomination to God and enough to condemn one to hell ..
The scripture is clear to those of us that study it.. committing one sin is as offensive to God as violating all of them..
Isaiah was a priest that loved God.. yet when God revealed Himself to him..what was Isaiah response ?
Isa 6:5 Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
THAT my friend is the response of men that have met God.. a knowledge they are filthy before a holy God and deserve the fires of hell...
Even talking back to your parents, is as offensive to God as murder .. the laws are the laws.. there is no "good time" there is only hell.
Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” (John 5:24)
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. (Act 8:22)
ROTFL! I was among the first FReepers to read (in full), and post direct excerpts from, the official Vatican.va-hosted English translation of Caritas in veritate. The initial Catholic reaction to my posts was that I was using a suspect/poor/faulty translation, because the Catholics identified it as socialism, too. They later changed their tune when they saw that it came from the Pope, and now they only claim that atheistic socialism is bad.
You should be able to discern that “oneness” is opposite of “trinitarian.”
Nice try..But I have read the bible several times..and it is not there..no where is Mary the “new Eve “ ..a lie made up out of whole cloth
I am afraid it did
1Cr 2:14
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