I've not observed hereon
a similar
obsession with !!!!CONTROL!!!!, heretical Arrogance gone to seed; !!!!DEMANDING!!!! all others comply with their notions of reality regarding what constitutes proper appreciateion for their craziness about the Universal Body of Christ; outrageous brittleness to the max; outrageous personal assaults to the max almost 24/7; almost daily TPC baiting and assaults on same . . . . on and on the horrors have gone week in and week out year in and year out . . . almost with impunity.
NO other group comes close to matching the
Vatican Affiliates/ Papal Submissives/ Roman Catholics/ Latins--particularly through their more rabid cliques hereon.
They've earned every shred of negative response they get 100's of times over and then some.
I'd suggest such folks learn to deal with it redemptively but I know that given the fact that past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, such is extremely unlikely so I won't waste my fingers going on about it.
So, does this mean that the ONLY Catholic beliefs you reject are papal supremacy/infallibility and the Filoque? Are you going to become a member of the Orthodox Church?
I would like to see the posts (’cause I would be one who has missed them), of any . . .
Presbyterian,
Lutheran,
Methodist,
Pentecostal,
Charismatic,
Independent,
Bible,
Unaffiliated,
Nondemoninational,
or at the bottom dregs, Baptist, . . .
. . . that state that . . .
salvation,
glory,
walking with the savior,
serving the Lord,
knowing Christ fully,
Heaven, or
present or eternal joy
. . . are locked up in their label or in being a member of their denomination or of one of their local assemblies.
And even the most severe Landmark Baptist posting on here, who also would use Matthew 16:13-19 to conclude their successive line of churches to be the true ones (Like the Vatican affiliated churches, LDS, and many Cults and Isms use the same text) . . .
Never considering that the prophecy of the Church of Matthew 16:18, 19 perhaps has not even been fulfilled YET, and that Church has not even been seen on this earth YET !!
Because that Church has to do with Israel in its RESTORATION - - - the Millennial Church led by the Apostles, the whole foundation of such having been rejected by the leaders of the Jews during Christ’s earthly ministry, and in their sin against the Holy Spirit and final obduracy by the end of the Acts period.
PETER didn’t even understand the necessity of redemption by the Cross when the Matthew 16 Church prophecy was made(!) . . .
People who love to get their OVERPOWERING ECCLESIATICAL AUTHORITY OVER OTHER POEPLE from Matthew chapter 16 can’t handle the remainder of the SIXTEENTH CHAPTER of Matthew, where PETER, the “FIRST POPE” REBUKES CHRIST for His suggestion that He will go to suffer and die at Jerusalem (cf. Luke 18:31-34 !!!).
But, you see, denying these power-hungry the use of Matthew chapter 16, means THERE IS NO LABEL OF FINAL AUTHORITY named or coined by man on this earth in any church system, denomination, or ecclesiastical “Mafia” that is recognized as being -— IT!
Leaving us with only THE LORD JESUS CHRIST and THE BIBLE. And then the Holy Spirit in His leadership of godly, spiritual saints in local assemblies. This is all quite enough, though.