Posted on 11/27/2017 8:37:19 AM PST by Salvation
Read the book “Four Witnesses” for Justin Martyr’s description of the first Masses.
You are correct.
It bears too strong a resemblance to the religion practiced by the Pharisees. In reality, the New Testament model is one of simplicity. It’s strips away all pretense of religion.
You are correct. Combine the NT with paganism, blend, and you have Romanism.
The development of the liturgy over time in no way invalidates the form of worship. We admit the liturgy is a man-made invention, but it is made for good order in the church.
And Balaam's Ass talked....
The only copies we have of Justin Martyr's writings are from circa 450 ad.
We have no idea if they were changed like so many other writings that purport to be from an earlier age.
Based on the record of Scripture.
What is your opinion based upon??
Not sure where you are going with this. The Bible, both new and old testament, belong to the christian and the church. Is your argument something about cultural appropriation?
Nor are we to add offices to the NT Church that the Apostles did not.
Offices? I thought this was about the liturgy...
Nor are we to incorporate syncretic paganism into the Church.
What part of the liturgy has to do with syncretic paganism?
Written in 1906. This guy took all the elements of what is the Catholic Mass and ran each symbol back to the Old Testament.
His point is that the Mass is the fulfillment of Scripture.
The whole of the Scritpures are for our instruction. As such, they are *for* us. They are not, however, *about* us.
Theft of what is about Israel and making it be about the church is false and theft from Israel.
Offices? I thought this was about the liturgy...
The liturgy in Romanism is carried out by a separate group of men known as priests, which are not a NT office.
What part of the liturgy has to do with syncretic paganism?
Please see my first post on this thread.
Good post, thanks!
Read the book “Four Witnesses.”
Which is why it is false.
“Well there are a lot of anti-Catholics around here.”
Oh yes ma’am
Read the book first before you say that it is false.
No need to read a counterfeit truth when we have the actual Scriptures to test truth.
Read the Bible itself. You will know both truth and falsehoods.
Thanks FRiend.
You seem to think your book supercedes and judges Scripture.
It does not.
What God says stands in authority to anything written by men.
Read the Scriptures and you will know Truth and its many imitators.
Why do you, a non-Catholic, judge the author as untrue?
You are a very judgmental person, especially when you are lacking facts.
Attacking where there is no reason to attack.
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