Protestants and Sola Scriptura

Catholic Net ^ | George Sim Johnston

[hosepipe]

[ the Roman Empire ceased to persecute Christians even before its fall. But even beyond that, the Catholic Church was never a political body (it was never the Roman Empire). ]

The Roman Catholic Church has been, and is now and always has been.. political(Vatican).. And is merely the extension of the Roman Empire.. with all its pagan proclivities.. Rome has always absorbed the GOD(s) of those they conquered.. It is indeed, THE Synagogue of Satan.. (Rev)

The RCC Eucharist is a very public MOCKING of the Holy Spirit..
Most/many protestants have not noticed that .. YET..

[Resolute Conservative]

Crap. Heaven is and will be sinless in nature.

[hosepipe]

[ Don’t write me again...EVER....or I will report you again. ]

....LOL........

[editor-surveyor]

"And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven"

Those keys were given to all believers, not just Peter, and they consist of salvation by the shed blood of Christ, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which are the heart of the true church to this day. To those that accept the gifts of the spirit, the Kingdom is here, today. ("These works, and greater shall ye do...")

[Iscool]

Ha...Your own church says St. Christopher, like many of your other Saints are legends...That’s FAKE...

[Marysecretary]

I’ve been slapped side the head...sniff.

[Religion Moderator]

Please do not use potty language on the Religion Forum.

[quadrant]

I've read a couple of articles about Jamnia. Neither states that this conference removed these books to spite Christians. After all, if Jamnia intended to destroy the assertion that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah, then the Rabbis could have deleted texts in other books that predict the coming of Messiah with far more clarity than the books the Jews decided to delete.

[Petronski]

Those keys were given to all believers, not just Peter...

That's not scriptural.

[FourtySeven]

The Roman Catholic Church has been, and is now and always has been.. political(Vatican).. And is merely the extension of the Roman Empire.. with all its pagan proclivities.. Rome has always absorbed the GOD(s) of those they conquered.. It is indeed, THE Synagogue of Satan.. (Rev)

The RCC Eucharist is a very public MOCKING of the Holy Spirit.. Most/many protestants have not noticed that .. YET..

Yes, I already conceded to Quix that my usage of the phrase "never a political body" was a poor choice of words. This doesn't change any of the other things I discussed with him regarding his response to my post to proudtobeanamerican1. That is, the Catholic Church never was the Roman Empire; it never was an "extension of the Roman Empire" either.

Thus, with regards to my post #145, I don't find it unreasonable to accept the teaching of the Church, since the Church at no time was the Roman Empire (thus, was never responsible for the destruction of the original documents of the Gospels and Epistles, etc)

[SoothingDave]

Try reading the very first sentence from the Catechism that you cut-n-paste:

Mary's role in the Church is inseparable from her union with Christ and flows directly from it.

This means without Christ, Mary is nothing. Hardly the position of a goddess.

Why continue to debate when you miss the very first sentence?

[Quix]

Those who require some kind of magisterium to adjudicate their posts perhaps shouldn’t enter into these discussions in the first place.

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Indeed.

Or perhaps they could petition Magnificent Magical Earth-Mother Mary to teleport them a pair of magical goggles that they could read FR with . . . that would automatically screen out the Protty posts and their truth.

[Quix]

Ummmm your catechism clearly teaches that you do worship Mary unless you don’t understand the meaning of worship???? Or maybe you don’t believe your own catechism??? Or perhaps you’d like to explain why Mary if the focal point at the altar of a Catholic Church if SHE isn’t the one being worshipped?

But that’s okay. You go ahead and trust Mary for your salvation and the sacraments and ‘traditions’. Hope that works out for you.

I on the other hand will throw myself at the foot of the cross and trust Christ and Christ alone depending on His mercy through His atonement (not Mary’s). Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Sola Christos, Sola Scriptura.

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Very well, accurately and profoundly put. Thanks.

[Petronski]

Neither states that this conference removed these books to spite Christians.

Then your articles were incomplete.

[Jim Noble]

I think the important thing about sola scriptura for us Protestants is that it defines the outer bounds of what beliefs are reliable, and required of Christians.

In Geneva, you couldn't be burned at the stake for denying some "truth" not found in the Book.

Nobody I know has ever said that everything which is true is in the Bible, in fact, John's gospel says exactly the opposite.

What we say is that all truths necessary to salvation are found there, and this belief carries some protection against the vanities and errors of men.

[1000 silverlings]

Good grief, I’m staying out in the pasture with the cows

[Quix]

I wonder if the

ABUSE BUTTON SITTING MARATHONS leave

. . . a brand?

God have mercy . . . just so they don’t start trying to SHOW us that a la LBJ! LOL.

[Quix]

SADLY, that’s overwhelmingly true.

[SoothingDave]

Spin it any way you want but when a mere woman is 'united' with God she becomes a goddess.

Really? Chapter and verse?

Don't you desire to be united with God?

I sure do. It won't make me divine, but it's kind of the entire point of Jesus -- He is humanity and divinity united.

He bridges the gap. He is the Way. His Person makes it possible for we humans to be united to God.

[Petronski]

Or perhaps they could consult a megalomaniac from Geneva, or another from New Jersey.