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To: Campion; Dr. Eckleburg; Forest Keeper; Gamecock; RnMomof7; HarleyD; fish hawk; Alex Murphy; ...
"You miss my point entirely. If the church's "entire basis of salvation" was a "fraud", there was nothing left to "reform". You don't "reform" a fraud into truth; you throw it away and start over."

And you missed reading my answer, perhaps entirely. The entire basis of the Roman Churh's basis of salvation was a fraud. There WAS nothing left to reform. What was "reformed" was the early and true church of antiquity, the apostolic church described with utter clarity in the Scriptures. When read by elect individuals the truth of salvation in Christ, alone, lept off the pages and ignited a fire not even Rome could extinguish (although they have tried). The Fire, who's origins reached back to the first centuries, once again caused the world to seek not Rome, but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, raised, and ascended to heaven. The truth is now even enticing Rubio and D'Souza.

But, there have always been chosen, real believers rejecting the Roman cult and embracing the truth, little flickers of light in every corner of the dark Roman world. But at the Reformation the return to the truth became a conflagration. Repent, Rome, if you can.

24 posted on 12/08/2010 4:18:13 PM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88
Just wanted to take the time to thank you for “pinging” me on these discussions. Even though I don't input a lot, I read it all and enjoy the back and forth ideas and opinions. I don't say much because others here are so much better saying what I am thinking better than I could elaborate in words.
27 posted on 12/08/2010 7:01:42 PM PST by fish hawk (HE)
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