Posted on 04/27/2015 7:15:21 PM PDT by Salvation
I don’t think you are even aware of what few dogmas the Catholic Church holds. Otherwise, you would not have said what you said.
Done, it is the same. Possible, not definite.
what is the word used in Greek and is it a noun, verb, tense, voice, preposition, etc?
1 Cor 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
It’s light years ahead of “You’re wrong”.
Romans 11:20-21 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
Romans 11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
Hey if thinking that helps the prots get through the dark scary night....
You were given the correct translation and exegesis, as opposed to the eisegesis prots engage in, feel free to ignore the truth and have the last word.
Due you understand the concept of context in reading the Word??
Catholicism usurps NO power not granted to her by Christ....
“Simple message” - Hey - there’s no money in that!
Then I’m sorry you left the One, True Church with a faulty knowledge of dogma.
Dogma does not ever change nor get invented as something “new” or “current”.
True, but we didn’t see many rich apostles either!
We are all fallible, including the Pope, all priests, and anyone human. When my father died several years ago I arranged for a Catholic mass (he was an alter boy, went to Catholic schools, and despite having a violently abusive ‘Catholic’ father, had retained a very gentle part of his soul). In the middle of the mass, when my sister and I brought the host and wine to the priest, he leaned over to me and asked “aren't you forgetting something?”. He was referring to the monetary contribution I told him I would give the Parish for helping send off my father. He did this in the middle of the mass, and for the entirety of the rest of the mass for my father I sat there berating myself for not knowing I should have given him a check along with the host. That incident is what I remember from my father's funeral, more than anything.
It was ridiculous, and un-Christian, and exemplifies how fallible and ‘human’ we all are. I gave him a check after the mass, and it was for much more than he expected or probably imagined. He was grateful, and I have no ill will or hard feelings.
My point is that IMHO we just aren't sophisticated enough to comprehend or know ‘the Truth’ about all things, no matter who we are or what our designation is. God is beyond us, but with us and in us.
This is laughable coming from a prot. “Is” still means “is” as well.
Your degree is in ....?
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