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To: Arthur McGowan
When did Jesus say that He would remove the candlestick from the cities in Revelation? When they lost their first love, when they failed to repent, when they became so corrupt they no longer represented Him.

Read the Apostle Paul. When the Corinthain Church knew and covered up the FACT of a SINGLE member's incest with his mother, he castigated them for not throwing him out of the church. The RCC has too many pedophiles to number right now, and too many Bishops hiding them, using RCC Member's money to defend them in court, without not a single instance of these pedophiles being thrown out of the church.

1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

And the recent ruling confirms this. They are still allowing these men to be priests. It makes no difference that these men are 'behind the scenes', they are still in the church, they are still priests, and they still do the duties of the church behind the scenes!!

Show me where Jesus said to allow pedophiles to remain as leaders in the Pulpit!!

The Leaders of the church were to be beyond suspicion!!

1 Timothy 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

21 posted on 06/16/2002 6:24:15 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
Jesus selected Judas to be an Apostle.

On another note, where is the canon of Scripture listed in the Bible?

50 posted on 06/17/2002 4:35:20 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: RaceBannon
Race,

I borrowed your Mallard Fillmore cartoon from your FReepPage.

Thanks,


Stay safe; stay armed.


65 posted on 08/10/2002 11:45:06 AM PDT by Eaker
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