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To: Cronos; P-Marlowe; HarleyD; jo kus; annalex; Kolokotronis
On the contraray Marlowe, we [Roman Catholic and Orthodox] believe that God is BOTH omnipotent and omniscient

Absolutely! But because we (in the Church) do not agree with multitudes of Protestant and cultist versions of the "truth," we are accused (why am I not surprised) of denying the omnipotence and omniscience of God.

Protestants, like narcissistic Gnostics, claim the "inner knowledge" and offer "trust me, I know the Scripture" as their only argument. They accuse the Church of being a "tradition of men," yet they not only put complete trust in themselves as men, but themselves personally as the final and absolute arbiters of what is truth.

909 posted on 01/10/2006 5:54:42 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Cronos; P-Marlowe; HarleyD; jo kus; Kolokotronis
we are accused (why am I not surprised) of denying the omnipotence and omniscience of God.

I don't see where denying the omniscience is even seen. I can see the logic in the allegation that the doctrine of free will denies omnipotence of God. But that logic is faulty because, in fact, it is the Calvinist notion that man cannot work outside of the will of God that denies God the power to create man who can do just that. In their worldview, the crown of the Creation, the jewel of the Sixth Day really isn't such big of a deal.

951 posted on 01/10/2006 5:53:23 PM PST by annalex
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