To: fortheDeclaration
That line a treasury of the merits of saints is also false as these merits are FROM God as stated above and are the sweet fragrance of the prayers of the saints as we read in Apocalypse. For that matter neither are these changes the fact that Christ is the bridge, the Mediator between man and God. Just as you may pray on behalf of a fellow Christian, why can't priests do that?
191 posted on
11/02/2011 4:08:39 AM PDT by
Cronos
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
To: Cronos
The only Mediator between God and Man is Christ (1Tim.2:5).
There are is not a special priesthood that is closer to God then the individual Christian, there are only individual spiritual gifts.
231 posted on
11/02/2011 11:40:36 AM PDT by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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