And WE swear by it!!
Posted on 01/23/2014 9:29:40 PM PST by NKP_Vet
1. Best One-Sentence Summary: I am convinced that the Catholic Church conforms much more closely to all of the biblical data, offers the only coherent view of the history of Christianity (i.e., Christian, apostolic Tradition), and possesses the most profound and sublime Christian morality, spirituality, social ethic, and philosophy.
2. Alternate: I am a Catholic because I sincerely believe, by virtue of much cumulative evidence, that Catholicism is true, and that the Catholic Church is the visible Church divinely-established by our Lord Jesus, against which the gates of hell cannot and will not prevail (Mt 16:18), thereby possessing an authority to which I feel bound in Christian duty to submit.
3. 2nd Alternate: I left Protestantism because it was seriously deficient in its interpretation of the Bible (e.g., "faith alone" and many other "Catholic" doctrines - see evidences below), inconsistently selective in its espousal of various Catholic Traditions (e.g., the Canon of the Bible), inadequate in its ecclesiology, lacking a sensible view of Christian history (e.g., "Scripture alone"), compromised morally (e.g., contraception, divorce), and unbiblically schismatic, anarchical, and relativistic. I don't therefore believe that Protestantism is all bad (not by a long shot), but these are some of the major deficiencies I eventually saw as fatal to the "theory" of Protestantism, over against Catholicism. All Catholics must regard baptized, Nicene, Chalcedonian Protestants as Christians.
4. Catholicism isn't formally divided and sectarian (Jn 17:20-23; Rom 16:17; 1 Cor 1:10-13).
5. Catholic unity makes Christianity and Jesus more believable to the world (Jn 17:23).
6. Catholicism, because of its unified, complete, fully supernatural Christian vision, mitigates against secularization and humanism.
7. Catholicism avoids an unbiblical individualism which undermines Christian community (e.g., 1 Cor 12:25-26).
8. Catholicism avoids theological relativism, by means of dogmatic certainty and the centrality of the papacy.
(Excerpt) Read more at ourcatholicfaith.org ...
>>>I didn’t get that memo.<<<
Vlad, if you would refrain from appearing so self-righteous, they might put you back on the mailing list.
>>>Lysdexia - a peach imspediment you live to learn with. ;o)<<<
LOL!
Can’t defend your “fullness of the gospel”? Oh well, so much for that claim. I hope you realize that people reading your posts can simply go check what constitutes a cult. Like your “fullness of the gospel” the claim of cult by you becomes just so much hot air blathering.
Making fun of someone’s disabilities is about as pathetic a human being can get. I have polio and can’t walk but a few feet. Would you like to make fun of that also?
He’s not only lost it, He’s becoming vile.
“You are losing it, Vlad.”
No, not really.
Vile, simply vile. See ya.
“Vile, simply vile. See ya.”
Again, if you think it is vile, then don’t do it.
May you find God’s grace sufficient to seek and serve him.
Sufficient, abundant, and ever present. Thanks be to God! It struck me reading your post the stark difference between the responses of a Spirit filled believer and one obvious devoid of that Spirit. May you always feel His presence.
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