Posted on 08/21/2015 7:07:55 AM PDT by Salvation
This isn’t a Daily Occurrence and it (the original article) is not Catholic Bashing.
To repeat. When a person dies, only their body turns to dust.
Their soul is fully alive and is judged by Christ and sent to heaven, hell or purgatory.
While you irritate me pushing blasphemy, I hold back so much trying to avoid offending many Creepers....
but, I know your heart is in the right direction..
We ask the saints to pass our prayers on.
Have you asked anyone to pray for you now?
Two different subjects.
Jesus is the sole mediator and high priest before God in cleansing us of our sins and making us holy before God.
Others, including the Holy Spirit, may act as mediators and pray on our behalf as intercessors but it is Jesus who is the lone source for salvation.
It seems quite clear to me. Not sure why anyone else would have an issue. As far as praying to Saints, have at it. But the prayer should be towards God the Father in Jesus’ name.
Condescending remark?
That is his way of saying it is wrong. I have studied Biblical hermeneutics as well as apologetics and know the shell game when I see it. This is the same argument the the LDS church engages in. "Don't believe what is written, you are too stupid for that."
Romans 3:30
Acts 4:12
1 Corinthians 8:6
Among others...
As a FORMER Catholic, tell me why in God’s Holy Name would I want to “sit down with a Priest” to get my questions answered, when I can kneel in prayer and open His Holy Word and get it straight from My Father’s Mouth?
My point is that polemical posts like this one are not helpful, no matter which side they come from, if we wish to promote unity of spirit among professing Christians of all kinds on FR. The line between controversy and “bashing” is very hard to distinguish. If “Catholic bashing” is forbidden, it seems to me that Catholics on FR should reciprocate by avoiding the use of material that is openly critical toward Protestants. There’s way too much at stake these days for Catholics and Protestants on FR to be wasting their energy like this.
the saints are not mediators, they are lobbyists
Let’s get off the anticatholic kick. I’m a died in the wool Baptist, but I get more encouragement from Father John on Fox News than anyone. All I want is orthodoxy and adherence to one’s Biblical faith. All of us have doctrinal pecularities and traditions that may need to be examined in light of the Word. Deep in Catholicism is the embedded Christ and His sacrifice for our sins.
They are dead and inaccessible to you without God’s will to make it so.
Yes and thus inaccessible to you without His say so.
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The souls of the dead are very alive.
It’s their bodies that are dead.
1Th 4:13
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
1Th 4:14
For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
1Th 4:15
According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
To be clear, St. Paul is talking about the dead.
And here’s another suggestion: It’s clear that Msgr. Pope was writing this “for us Catholics” (his words). So maybe it would be better, if you must post things like this on FR at all, to use a Catholic Caucus designation, since it is clear that the Monsignor was assuming that his readers would be sympathetic to his stance and just need more equipping.
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