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To: fortes fortuna juvat; Elsie
The context is titles assigned to religious leaders.

It in NO WAY suggests children should not call their fathers *Father*.

Again, just the usual excuses for disobeying the clear concise command of Jesus.

Matthew 23: 8-10 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.

Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

354 posted on 01/28/2018 6:20:17 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom

No PROT explanation is going to cut it for a TBC.

Rome has spoken and you can take THAT to the BANK!


377 posted on 01/28/2018 12:59:07 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: metmom; Elsie; aMorePerfectUnion; ealgeone
The context is titles assigned to religious leaders.

I NEVER engage in hyperbole 😁 but hasn’t this been pointed out about 43 million times? Where is that picture of the feet when you need it?

385 posted on 01/28/2018 2:44:59 PM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: metmom

>>The context is titles assigned to religious leaders.<<

Really? Can you cite to any source affirming that the word was being used in reference to religious leaders, or is that another of your erroneous assumptions?


386 posted on 01/28/2018 2:48:31 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat ( Who are the idiots who elected this dreadful Pope? They need to unelect him. He is a disgrace.)
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