[OldCorps]

Bolier Plate,

"I asked you to provide another example from Jesus' teaching to support this concept of repentance in proxy and all you can do is throw back insults. Why, because there is no example of Christ allowing for someone repentance in proxy..."

I'm not sure what you mean by repentence by proxy. If you are refering to the sacrement of confession (repentence), below is the proper scripture from the Gospel of St. John, chapter 20 (these events occured just after Christ was crucified):

19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost [Spirit]:

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

Hope this helps.

In Christ,
Reader John

[moondancer]

this isnt a reply to your post, im just new to posting and wasnt sure who else to click;)
i have a question, hopefully its not a stoopid one, but what is the difference between a catholic church and an orthodox church? i became a catholic about 4 years ago and have attended mass at our local parish, but our new priest is a flaming liberal! i notice an orthodox church just opened up downtown and was curious what the differnce was. thanks:)

[Boiler Plate]

Reader David,
Suggested that by the act of Judas Macabbeus praying and giving sacrifice for his fallen countrymen, that we should do the same. The passage in Macabbees states that Judas' act undid their sin of wearing amulets under their tunics. That is simply unsupported by anything else written in scripture and as scripture interprets scripture the passage problably was added later and is not part of the original writing.
Regards,
Boiler Plate