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To: Theo
re: So for you, Rome is your savior, not Christ. I have to say, you defame Jesus.,/p>

Straw man. No Catholic ever said "Rome is my savior, not Christ".

The Catholic Church is the Church of Christ, the ONLY earthly vehicle instituted by Christ and guided by the Holy Ghost to lead us in truth to salvation.

All other false churches were created by men like 1000+ years after Christ's death. They guide no one in any truth, they are always seeking truth, and never finding it. Each "Protestant" is a church of one, following their own whims, and then using a verse in scripture to comfort themselves (delude themselves).

One example: the use of contraceptives, always forbidden from the time of the creation of man, since the 1930's, the use of contraceptives are promoted by all Protestants sects, as almost a requirement. Only one Church stands against it, the Catholic Church. Divorce, abortion for the raped, female priests, and openly homosexual clergy, are all areas where all the Protestant sects have changed their "biblical interpretations"(in one or all cases).ONLY the Catholic Church stands unmoved in these teachings.

Martin Luther wrote 500 years ago:

"In matters of faith, to be sure, each Christian is for himself Pope and Church.” “There will be the greatest confusion. Nobody will allow himself to be led by another man’s doctrine or authority. Everyone will be his own rabbi: hence, the greatest scandals.”

“There are as many sects now and beliefs as there are heads. This fellow has nothing to do with baptism. Another one denies the sacraments. A third believes there is another world between this one and the last day. Some teach that Christ is not God. Some say this, some say that. There is no rustic so rude that if he dreams or fancies anything believes it must be the whisper of the Holy Spirit and that he himself must be a prophet.”

"If the world lasts, it will be necessary, on account of the differing interpretations of Scripture which now exist, that to preserve the unity of faith, we should receive the Catholic councils and decrees and fly to them for refuge."

15 posted on 05/15/2010 7:41:26 AM PDT by Leoni
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To: Leoni

You, my pompous FRiend, said, “All other false churches were created by men like 1000+ years after Christ’s death.”

No, my Church traces itself back to Christ Himself. The body of people known as the Roman Catholic Church became apostate, heretical, blasphemous, idolatrous, adulterous, perverted — and as He’s done before, God called His remnant from among it. This remnant looks to Christ as her Savior and Lord, to God as her Father, to the Holy Spirit as her comforter and teacher. This remnant is His Church, the body of believers who’ve been adopted into His family.

Your church may look pretty, and its priests may wear some pretty snazzy clothing, and you may have some old traditions, but without Christ in His preeminent place among you, it is empty. God is not confined to your bureaucracy.

Man, I hate those who divide the Church of Christ, who defame Him by exalting their system above Him.


17 posted on 05/15/2010 8:24:25 AM PDT by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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