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Posted on 04/05/2014 5:57:23 AM PDT by Gamecock
Uh...
5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 “‘After this I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[b]—
18 things known from long ago.[c]
19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. [34] [d] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
Be careful, that might make you a liar.
We venerate the relics of saints, absolutely, for these are bodies that will rise up. We don’t worship them; we worship God alone in the sacrifice of the Holy Mass.
You can't PROVE that is WORSHIP instead of ADORATION!!
Happens to you often.
No need to rely on second hand info (You've bashed that enough already in this thread) there are THOUSands OF PROTestant churches open on any given Sunday (and other days as well).
Even a vampire can enter them, as there's no Holy Water to repel them.
You can slip right in the door and find out for yourself. (What a concept!)
You might want to take a month or so to sample all varities of them.
[Note: even the Mormon 'missionaires' do this visitation thing...]
They will protest that the pope is a servant - the kind of humble servant that for centuries had a protocol of bowing before and kissing the popes foot, found as early as the sixth and eighth centuries, respectively, which took after the practice given to rulers of this world.
The veneration shown in the kissing of a person's hand or the hem of his garment is accentuated in the kissing of the feet. This is probably implied by the phrase of Isaias (49:23): "Kings...shall lick up the dust of Thy feet." Under the influence, no doubt, of the ceremonial of king-worship, as manifested in the cultus of the Roman emperors, this particular mark of veneration came to prevail at an early date among the usages of the papal court
At the election of Leo IV (847) the custom of so kissing the pope's foot was spoken of as an ancient one... Innocent III explains that this ceremony indicates "the very great reverence due to the Supreme Pontiff as the Vicar of Him whose feet" were kissed by the woman who was a sinner. - Catholic Encyclopedia>Kiss; http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08663a.htm
Dictatus papae [1075] That of the pope alone all princes shall kiss the feet.
And that also like an autocratic secular ruler,
That a sentence passed by him may be retracted by no one; and that he himself, alone of all, may retract it. That he himself may be judged by no one. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/g7-dictpap.asp
Yet nowhere do we see any believer bowing before another believer in such obeisance (which enemies will do: Rv. 3:9) as despite positional differences and even sometimes that of holiness and power, the worldly master/servant dichotomy is censured by Christ, "But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren." (Matthew 23:8) Thus Peter, as you know, refused to let even a pious lost man bow down to him. (Acts 10:25-26) And Paul did not kiss the feet of those who "seemed to be pillars."
Likewise there is also something against making broad their phylacteries, and enlarging the borders of their garments. (Matthew 23:5)
But the more secular power Rome gained, then the more she acted like the rulers of this world.
As Peter was given a new name so does the new Supreme Pontiff become known by another. After the election he extends his first blessing to the people -- a Benediction which was not given in the open for years until Pope Pius XI established the custom. The Coronation, one of the most magnificent of Vatican Ceremonies, takes place shortly after the election. With the Pope carried high in a golden chair and attended by brilliantly attired chamberlains and soldiers, the Coronation Mass is an unrivaled spectacle of beauty, dignity, and ancient pageantry. At the Coronation, in the midst of the pomp and splendor, a master of ceremonies recites in Latin: "Holy Father, thus does the glory of the world pass away."
As the first Cardinal Deacon places the three-crowned Tiara on the head of the Pope, he says: "Receive the three-crowned Tiara, and know that thou are the Father of Princes and Kings, the Pastor of the earth, and Vicar of Jesus Christ, to Whom be honor and glory forever. Amen." The CORONATION of Pope Pius XII took place on the balcony of St. Peter's in March 1939. (From the book "The Vatican and Holy Year" by Stephen S. Fenichell & Phillip Andrews -- 1950 edition. http://www.users.qwest.net/~slrorer/ReunionOfChristendom.htm)
Boniface VIII: “It is I who am Caesar; the Sovereign Pontiff is the only King of the Romans”, as he rode thru the city, carrying sword, globe and sceptre. (”Rome and its story”, p. 241 , by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley, Lina Duff Gordon)
"I witnessed or experienced this..." is MUCH better than "I heard from somebody that this or that..."
Thanks; Gamecock!
What did I say about this levity???
But GOD knows everyone's thoughts. They can't trick Him because He owns their very soul and He just may dispose of it if they aren't careful.
If I were the Mod (inside of Gamecock) I'd 'suggest' that you guys count to ten - no - TWENTY! - and get a grip.
Yes, you ALL have been wronged in some manner or another.
It's time to quit repaying each other for yesterdays slights.
Today is a new day; we CAN do better.
FACTS are our friends: opinions not so much.
Me, neither!
(Or is it ‘either’?)
I am sorry, I didn’t include LurkingSince’98 in that post..
If they do; then they are WRONG!
The King James Version (KJV), commonly known as the Authorized Version (AV) or King James Bible (KJB), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.[2] First printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker,[3][4] this was the third translation into English to be approved by the English Church authorities. The first was the Great Bible commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535),[5] and the second was the Bishops' Bible of 1568.[6] In January 1604, King James VI and I convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived problems of the earlier translations as detected by the Puritans,[7] a faction within the Church of England.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version
With whom are you agreeing, here? That is a factually incorrect statement.
See what happens when ETG actually gets some sleep?
Others have to fill in for him in the middle of the darkness of night.
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