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Posted on 05/13/2017 6:28:38 AM PDT by Salvation
Right on - right on bro’
Read the Old Testament. God refers to Israel (and by extension, all believers), over and over as the bride. (And when they turned their backs on him, he called them harlots. When they repented, He accepted them as his bride, again). Both the Old and the New Testament refer to Jesus as the Bridegroom, and the church (that is, the entire body of believers, Catholic or protestant) is the bride. To say Mary is the bride and Jesus is her bridegroom, in a relational sense, is nonsense. Yes, as a believer, Mary is a part of the body of Christ, the bride of Christ, but not in a marital sense. To believe otherwise, is to believe that Mary is the bride of her Son, which is sick. But I don’t know why I waste my breath. You’re going to believe what the Catholic church teaches, whether it is Scriptural or not. As long as you do that, we’re just butting our heads against a brick wall. There are millions of former Catholics, who when shown the Gospel, have received it and been born again, and reject the non-Scriptural parts of Catholicism. There are also millions of Catholics who have been born again, and remain Catholics, and are on a path of discovery about the truth of scripture. I don’t doubt your sincerity, but as long as you believe that Mary is your co-redemption, (of which there is NO Scriptural evidence), you minimize the very reason Jesus came to this earth, as the ONLY sacrificial Lamb. Only through HIS sacrifice, are we saved. He paid the price that was owed for our sins, because God demands a just scale, and the price MUST be paid. It is for this reason He came. God in the flesh, settled all accounts HIMSELF, because only He could. The amazing love of God, that He loves us so much, and knew we owed a debt we could not pay, paid it Himself. I ascribe honor to Mary, as the mother of Jesus, that she was obedient to the task asked of her, but like every other human being, she was required to accept Jesus as her Savior, in order to be redeemed. “There is NONE Holy. No not one”, but the triune God.
“You’re going to believe what the Catholic church teaches, whether it is Scriptural or not
+1
The Msgr didn’t have to take any Greek/Hebrew classes to earn his MA in Moral Theology. If I’m reading the info correctly, to earn his divinity degree he didn’t have to take any Greek/Hebrew as required classes...they were electives.
“. If I’m reading the info correctly, to earn his divinity degree he didn’t have to take any Greek/Hebrew as required classes...they were electives.
You are probably spot on.
I reviewed 3 prominent seminary curriculum requirement and all were extremely thin on Bible and languages - almost an afterthought.
All the pagan stuff was taught though.
Amen bro. Ex Catholic here.
There sure is a LOT of that, isn't there?
I think I have said it before, but I knew a pastor in Houston, Tx. He was an ex Catholic himself, and the author of several books. He said it this way. As far as the cults go, the less real spiritual "light" there is in a cult, the more "lights" it has to have, to remain somewhat attractive to the people. I would classify many of the false beliefs and sacraments, as false "lights" the Catholic Church must have, to show any semblance of attractiveness to their adherents. 👎
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He who deliberately lies to cause strife is the son of the adversary.
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“I would classify many of the false beliefs and sacraments, as false “lights” the Catholic Church must have, to show any semblance of attractiveness to their adherents.”
I’ve been told here that the had to have those things so that illiterate pagans would feel comfortable.
In the end though, it was pagans who reshaped the Roman Catholic Church.
“He who deliberately lies to cause strife is the son of the adversary.
You do that her in your posts all the time.
Rood has made a career out of this - starting with his +20 years in The Way cult and now as a fake levite.
Do you and Michael still deny the deity of Christ and the Trinity???
The Way International denied the deity of Christ and the Trinity.
Since False Levite Rood was in that cult as a leader for 20 or more years - and I’m assuming you met him there - do you both still deny the deity of Christ and the Trinity??
Or would you rather avoid outing yourself here??
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