Sorry, but it's the Catholic religion that is not a religion of the book...You're just barking the talking points your religion has prepared for you...
You must allow the Holy Spirit to open your mind to the scriptures...Reading a catechism which is claimed to be 'inspired' does you no good...The Holy Spirit will open YOUR mind to the scriptures and show you whether the catechism is truthful or not if you ask for His help...
It would be good for you guys to do an actual prayerfull study on the 'word or words' of God in the scriptures...
And if you think the written word of God is a dead letter, you've never read the scriptures as a Christian...
The bible has over 330 predictions about Jesus Christ that came true...Written separately by over 20 authors over a period of a couple thousand years...The mathematical odds are impossible...
There is no other book on the face of the earth, or heaven that is comparable...The bible as it stands is a dead book to you??? I pity you...
Your earliest church fathers were Christians of the book...Many of them stated that if you have something outside of scripture, stay away from it...
25 There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.
But he said he will tell your religion what those things were in 1500 years or so, eh??? Funny...He did however tell John right after that, that the scriptures were written so that you would know you have eternal life...
So the bible tells us we can know we have eternal life without knowing anything else Jesus may have said...But your religion says differently...
That 'dead' book reveals the apostasy in your religion...There's no question for us dead book believers as to why your religion has added it's unbiblical tradition to the mix of final authority...
Iscool, I’m going to share a passage of Sacred Scripture from the Gospel according to Saint Mark, Chapter 9:38-41
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.”
39 Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me.
40 For whoever is not against us is for us.
41 Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.
Peace be with you always. I forgive you for your disrespectful turn of phrase and your written contempt for the Catholic Church & it’s Teachings. In Jesus name, Amen.
With all my heart and soul, I believe the following to be true:
WE BELIEVE in one God,the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.