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11 Reasons the Authority of Christianity Is Centered on St. Peter and Rome
stpeterslist ^ | December 19, 2012

Posted on 01/06/2013 3:56:49 PM PST by NYer

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To: Syncro; CynicalBear
The simplicity of Christianity is really encapsulated in the Nicene Creed

Nicene Creed
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem caeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.

Et in unum Dominum Iesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero, genitum non factum, consubstantialem Patri; per quem omnia facta sunt.

Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est.

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est, et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas, et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.

Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos, cuius regni non erit finis.

Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem, qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.

Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur: qui locutus est per prophetas.

Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam.

Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum. Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen. 

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end. 

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen. 

The Holy Trinity

421 posted on 01/08/2013 9:38:47 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Elsie
The only thing "interesting" is that anyone who claims to be Christian doesn't know enough of the history of how we got to Bible to know that after hundreds of years of Roman persecution and destruction of copies of the NT Scriptures little other than Greek translations still existed.

After Romans destroying Scripture wherever it was found for several hundred years, few if any original language works survived. What did survive that wasn't a Greek translation varied from one fragmentary copy to the next far more than the surviving Greek translations did.

By the time Christianity was legal and not being constantly persecuted existing portions in every language were studied as were the widely distributed Greek translations with every existing sort of copy being compared to make the best possible Latin translation.

I know it's tough for the crowd who like to post pictures of themselves throwing feces to understand, but when the originals didn't exist, no one could use originals that didn't exist.

Of course, anyone who even read a children's book of how we got the Bible would know this so it must be tangent time to avoid the main point which is that the Douay-Rheims translation of the Bible correctly translates the word "overseers" as "prelates".

Until Martin Luther threw out portions of the Old Testament and wanted to throw out Hebrews (which would have sidestepped this and other issues for him), James (which contains direct contradictions of Luther's doctrines), Jude (which warns against Luther's doctrines), and Revelation (which contains epistles from Christ Himself), everyone knew and accepted that perlates were leaders in the church who had been properly ordained by someone with a direct connection back to Christ through ordination traced directly back to Christ just like a legal chain of evidence can trace something back to the point of origin.

King James saw the obvious benefits of retaining Luther's new definition of "overseer" as something other than the narrow meaning it had always had since Christianity began. Telling the peasants they had to obey the king and nobility as they would obey Christ Himself was quite useful and being useful that's what it was altered to mean.

The fact is, though, overseers are those who have a direct ordination connection all the way back to Jesus Christ Himself who established the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church to provide ordained shepherds to guide and direct His sheep to the Truth and keep them from going astray.

Those who cannot accept the Latin and the Douay-Rheims can, naturally, continue to preach their belief that, at the moment, it's King Barry who they must obey as being responsible for their souls. That makes it a lot easier for them to be guilt free while they go along to get along with his mandate that everyone help pay to further his eugenics based infanticide machine.

The only other alternative to the "King Barry is in charge of my soul" pretense is either the verse means "obey your Self", or that the verse means what the Catholic Church teaches it means and has taught it means for two thousand years.

Redefinition of terms is a favorite tactic of the fascist left that wants to destroy Christianity in this country so it's always interesting to see who else relies heavily on that tactic.

Likewise, it's interesting to see people use the same sort of diversion tactics with absurd questions like, "why didn't they use originals that didn't exist?".

It's little wonder the "obey yourself" lie suits the anti-Catholic boiler room crew, though. They're the sort of folks who claim claim murdering your children is, "Christian Liberty" and so churches shouldn't bother denouncing the murder of infants with abortificiant contraceptives.

422 posted on 01/08/2013 9:42:38 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: CynicalBear
it's drivel if you can't argue with facts, eh?

Cynical bear: Trying to carry over the Old Testament meaning of priest

The Bible: Exodus 19:6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

and 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God

Sorry, the Bible contradicts what you are saying

423 posted on 01/08/2013 9:43:29 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Cronos

Pick up some historical perspective.


424 posted on 01/08/2013 9:44:04 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: CynicalBear
it's drivel if you can't argue with facts, eh?

Cynical bear: Trying to carry over the Old Testament meaning of priest

The Bible: Exodus 19:6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

and 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God

Sorry, the Bible contradicts what you are saying

just as with the ancient Israelites, we are all a "nation of priests" and just as the ancient Israelites had ministerial priests set aside (Levites), so too do we have in the Church

The same structure -- with the difference that the High Priest is eternal Jesus Christ who is present at each Eucharist, each Mass

the Israelites abdicated their role as a “nation of priests” with their little foray into gold-calf making. -- sorry, that doesn't hold as we read in Exodus 16 how Aaron and Moses preach to the Israelites

Even in Exodus 19 with the pronouncement of you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ -- these come from God through Moses and in Exodus 19:22 you read And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

This was before Moses went up into Mt. Sinai

during the Eucharist, Christ IS present as the High Priest

Christ is the High Priest and we are all His priestly nation -- whether lay priests or ministerial priests

The High Priest, Jesus Christ is the High Priest and the one-time Sacrifice -- note, this is a participation in the One-Time sacrifice

So, like all of us in orthodoxy, i'd rather follow Christ's teaching than yours

425 posted on 01/08/2013 9:45:05 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: svcw
I have. And this was written not for gubmint as the verse goes on to say for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account -- the Church leadership have to give account for the souls, not the gubmint, sorry.
426 posted on 01/08/2013 9:49:00 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Cronos
Oh nice try! But alas it falls tragically short of proving the Catholic position of assigning “priesthood” to the New Testament church leadership. What you have just pointed to is the prophecy of what would be in the New Testament church. Not for the leadership in the church but for all believers. I surely hope there wasn’t a feeling of gotcha in that post because it flopped in dramatic fashion. In fact it only served to justify the position that all believers are a “royal priesthood” and no where in the New Testament are any of the “elders” referred to as priests.
427 posted on 01/08/2013 9:54:17 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: Cronos

It’s interesting that you highlight “One Holy Catholic Church” and include the capitalization! It’s obvious to us who renounce the views of that organization that Catholics continually express belief in the “Church” rather than in Christ alone. Oh, they give lip service to Jesus but very quickly revert to their organization and venerated saints and Mary as their true source. Very telling.


428 posted on 01/08/2013 10:01:28 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: Cronos
>> just as the ancient Israelites had ministerial priests set aside (Levites), so too do we have in the Church<<

Then show from scripture that New Testament church leadership was given a separate title of priest.

429 posted on 01/08/2013 10:04:22 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: editor-surveyor

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.


430 posted on 01/08/2013 10:29:23 AM PST by Religion Moderator
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To: Cronos

Do not carry over disputes from previous threads.


431 posted on 01/08/2013 10:33:18 AM PST by Religion Moderator
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To: Cronos
Put it another way. Constantine made Christianity HIS religion, and what the big-cheese says, is what matters. Having done that, he then intervenes in the Arian controversy in order to create unity in the Church. He sends his mother to Jerusalem as a start to a make-over and builds basilicas there and in Rome for the new faith. Not only that but he mixes politics and piety by moving his capital from pagan Rome to the heavenly Christian east.

De facto usually beats de jure,

432 posted on 01/08/2013 10:47:14 AM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: Cronos

What the Greek corrupted translation says is irrelevent.

Its the Hebrew original gospel that counts, and that calls him a “throwing rock.”


433 posted on 01/08/2013 10:50:40 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: CynicalBear
Of course, priest is just a variant of presbyter, or elder. The new order is the order of Melchizedek, of the unbloody sacrifice.
434 posted on 01/08/2013 10:53:36 AM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: Rashputin

Cute little tale, but it lacks truthful substance.

The early NT writings were definitely in Hebrew, and they were not all destroyed by the Roman thugs. Importantly, those original ms were translated into Galic and Gothic languages, and found their way to the northern reaches of the British isles in about 65 AD.

Those translations were at the basis of early Bibles in pre-english dialects, and did play into pre Geneva/KJV codices in the isles.

The complete gospels will come out, as the Lord has protected them in this manner from the ‘catholic’ corruption of the 4th and later centuries.


435 posted on 01/08/2013 11:04:07 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Cronos
What you quoted is a headline

Uh, no. The headline is

Pope: Other denominations not true churches
To make it perfectly clear I did NOT quote a headline and expect you to read it and be fulfilled.

Quoted about the Orthodox:

...the Church of Christ is present and operative also in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the Catholic Church
Well, that's a start. They would be seen as protesting towards the Catholic church, then huh? So they are Protestant.

Still too much extraneous dogma clogging up the minds of people so they have to struggle to get the simple message of salvation, being born again, and having a close PERSONAL relationship with Jesus Christ.

...check what the Pope or Cardinal actually said rather than a headline from a news article please

What you call a "headline" is the first words of the article, linked so you can read the whole thing.

I read it and find it quite accurate.

Ironic that you thought you were reading a headline, well now you can it's right at the top of this post.

Read the article if you wish also.

Just so there is no further misunderstanding, here is what I posted that you thought(?)[I don't know why] was a headline:

updated     7/10/2007 9:52:43 AM ET

 

 

Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.

(Roll your cursor over the text and you will find a clickable link. On my computer the text becomes underlined and the cursor turns into a hand with the index finger extended)
436 posted on 01/08/2013 11:10:01 AM PST by Syncro ("So?" - Andrew Breitbart (The King of All Media RIP Feb 1, 1969 – Mar 1, 2012)
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To: Cronos
Manuscripts talk ... BS walks ...

Post the facsimile of the manuscript for the gospel of Matthew in Hebrew (or any other language) ... and the lexicographical data that proves it predates p67.

I don't expect to hear back from you ...

Unless its the usual "quote" ... "from a quote" ...

437 posted on 01/08/2013 11:13:38 AM PST by dartuser ("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

Not answering your red herring of a question is not bobbing and weaving, but failing to play your game.

Try another tack.

438 posted on 01/08/2013 11:35:27 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Al Hitan

Luke shows up in MY bible AFTER Matthew...


439 posted on 01/08/2013 11:37:42 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: RobbyS

Fell for the false teaching of the RCC ey? Tsk, tsk, tsk.


440 posted on 01/08/2013 11:37:59 AM PST by CynicalBear
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