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To: Cvengr
Why can't it be simply, "Call no man Father" in the same manner as some of us say, "Shall not be infringed" ?

What good is language if it doesn't speak simply to the simple?

3 posted on 11/25/2011 8:09:08 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

Understanding the scriptures requires understanding the cultural, historical, and linguistic background of the text.

It’s not simply a matter of looking for plain English-language meanings.


5 posted on 11/25/2011 8:16:19 PM PST by rzman21
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To: knarf
What good is language if it doesn't speak simply to the simple?

For some reason Catholics make religion so much harder than it has to be. For example this big long winded whatever you want to call it. The Bible is simple. Man makes it harder. Calling priests "Father", Marian worship, statuary (idols?) that gives me the creeps, forbidding priests to marry, following tradition rather that the Bible . . . the list goes on and on and on. But you get the idea. Read the Bible. Imitate Christ. Follow the Ten Commandments. and pray. and pray some more.

7 posted on 11/25/2011 8:22:06 PM PST by BipolarBob (Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world and she walks into mine.)
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To: knarf

Then how do you apply “Call no man teacher?”


49 posted on 11/26/2011 6:55:47 AM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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