The Pope would certainly like to interpret them that way. He’d probably have to in order not to be condemned by the Council of Trent affirmations.
He’d probably have to in order not to be condemned by the Council of Trent affirmations.
>>The Pope is the ultimate interpreter of Catholic doctrine. :) He’s not exactly Archbishop Lefebvre.
Both sides at the Reformation were too busy pointing the finger to stop and listen.
I’m hesitant to say that I “earn” my salvation, but I do so by allowing the faucet of God’s grace to enter my soul more.
Our will fights against God’s, so the only merit we get comes in our letting more of the light in. He prepared the way, but he didn’t negate our free-will in the process.
I still hold a certain affection for Confessional Lutherans despite my conversion.
Lutherans taught my my love of Jesus, the Bible and the sacraments.
He’d probably have to in order not to be condemned by the Council of Trent affirmations.
>>The Pope is the ultimate interpreter of Catholic doctrine. :) He’s not exactly Archbishop Lefebvre.
Both sides at the Reformation were too busy pointing the finger to stop and listen.
I’m hesitant to say that I “earn” my salvation, but I do so by allowing the faucet of God’s grace to enter my soul more.
Our will fights against God’s, so the only merit we get comes in our letting more of the light in. He prepared the way, but he didn’t negate our free-will in the process.
I still hold a certain affection for Confessional Lutherans despite my conversion.
Lutherans taught me my love of Jesus, the Bible and the sacraments.