Posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:24 PM PDT by markomalley
.- Thousands of pilgrims and faithful gathered at noon Sunday in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with the Holy Father. Before the prayer, he said that the fruits of the recently ended Year for Priests could never be measured, but are already visible and will continue to be ever more so.
“The priest is a gift from the heart of Christ, a gift for the Church and for the world. From the heart of the Son of God, overflowing with love, all the goods of the Church spring forth,” proclaimed Pope Benedict XVI. “One of those goods is the vocations of those men who, conquered by the Lord Jesus, leave everything behind to dedicate themselves completely to the Christian community, following the example of the Good Shepherd.”
The Holy Father described the priest as having been formed by “the same charity of Christ, that love which compelled him to give his life for his friends and to forgive his enemies.”
“Therefore,” he continued, “priests are the primary builders of the civilization of love.”
Benedict XVI exhorted priests to always seek the intercession of St. John Marie Vianney, whose prayer, the “Act of Love,” was prayed frequently during the Year for Priests, and “continues to fuel our dialogue with God.”
The pontiff also spoke about the close of the Year for Priests, which took place this past week and culminated with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He emphasized “the unforgettable days in the presence of more than 15,000 priests from around the world.”
The feast of the Sacred Heart is traditionally a “day of priestly holiness,” but this time it was especially so, Benedict XVI remarked.
Pope Benedict concluded his comments by noting that, in contemplating history, “one observes so many pages of authentic social and spiritual renewal which have been written by the decisive contribution of Catholic priests.” These were inspired “only by their passion for the Gospel and for mankind, for his true civil and religious freedom.”
“So many initiatives that promote the entire human being have begun with the intuition of a priestly heart,” he exclaimed.
The Pope then prayed the Angelus, greeted those present in various languages, and imparted his apostolic blessing.
I do. It will take God to open your eyes; it is beyond me.
2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
And this, by itself, contains the Nicene formula? Please show me.
Romans 8:9-11 9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
By itself, it sounds like the Spirit is a messenger of God, rather than God, and that Jesus is lesser than God, who raised Him. Not Nicene at all.
I Cor. 3:16 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
What is God's Spirit, in this context? A messenger of God?
I Cor. 6:19 19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Ditto. Not Nicene at all.
II Tim. 1:14 14By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
Ditto again.
I am beginning to think that you don't bother to look up or even read the Scripture I post to you on this. I am disappointed. If you are looking for the exact words that are found in the Nicene Creed, then I can't help you. But you cannot truthfully deny that Paul was not a believer in the trinity.
BB; you are sola scriptura; you cannot appeal to emotional beliefs. You must post from Scripture and Scripture alone. There is none of Paul's Scripture that explicitly states the Nicene formula of God. Paul even calls Jesus a man, rather than God numerous times. I am not, as a particular useful idiot accused me, a believer that Paul was anti Trinitarian. I do say, though, that based upon the Pauline writings of Scripture, that he never supports the idea of the Triune God that Christians today believe in. It was a more simple belief - that God the Father was THE GOD, and that Jesus was subordinate to God the Father. It seems as if Paul's revelation was not entirely communicated as the Nicene Council later decided.
I’ve been to Bogota where minimum wage is $110 American dollars a month for almost every job, if you can get one.
I saw lots of housing like the kinds in the images.
Bogota has an incredibly strong Catholic influence. The RCC is very powerful there.
In the FR RF, it is considered mannerly to ping or notify somebody if you are talking about them. It is sad to think that somebody of the Pentecostal belief system is hitching their wagon to the Reformed harpies, who hold them in contempt and simply use them as foot soldiers in their own pursuits. I find it interesting who licks the hands of their would be Reformed overseers, without a promise of anything other than fleeting attention. What psychological profile might you put on somebody like that?
Sounds like the trinity to me..
Peter called Pauls writings scripture.. but it seems that catholics think the pope has inspired writings..but not the scriptures.. as I said before, those people that have a hard time with PAUL want to build their own god, cause they do not like the one that scripture reveals..
On the one hand, Calvin recognized social responsibility; on the other he stressed individual responsibility to live a good, productive and moral life before God. Stressing the dignity of man, Calvin's social reforms included relief for the poor, construction of hospitals, schools (which were free), new prisons, consumer protection laws, provisions for refugees, and a sanitation system that made Geneva one of the cleanest and healthiest cities in Europe. Calvin was morally strict but humane, almost a humanist in his concern to reach the heart not only the mind of men and women.(Calvin's) covenantal or contractual view of church and of society as voluntary associations, with rulers (magistrates) and those who lead chosen by and accountable to the members became the basis of civil society and eventually of political organization in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
If the truth were understood by more people, if schools still taught that our U.S. government was founded directly upon the system of church government Calvin developed in Geneva, Calvin's grave would be a shrine.
Oh, wait, no one knows where his grave is located in Geneva, per his instructions, because he didn't want any part of Rome's rituals of death.
From JOHN CALVIN, THE MAN...
He had accumulated virtually nothing in worldly goods and had declined to receive a higher salary than the other pastors. His will dictated a month before he died left 225 French Crowns and includes these words:
“Moreover, I declare that I endeavoured to teach his Word undefiled and to expound Holy Scripture faithfully according to the measure of grace which he has given me. In all the disputations which I led against the enemies of the truth, I employed no cunning or any sophistry, but have fought his cause honestly. But, oh, my will, my zeal were so cold and sluggish that I know myself guilty in every respect; without his infinite goodness, all my passionate striving would only be smoke, indeed the grace itself which he gave me would make me even more guilty; thus my only confidence is that he is the Father of mercy who as such desires to reveal himself to such a miserable sinner. “As for the rest, I desire that after my passing my body be buried according to the customary form in expectancy of the day of the blessed resurrection.” Beza said: ‘It has pleased God to show us in the life of a single man of our time how to live and how to die.’ Who was Calvin? A man of great gifts who offered his heart to God promptly and sincerely. Yes, that, but more. A man who knew he was a sinner saved by grace alone, and who in consequence unreservedly served his Saviour.On 2 February 1564, he held his last lecture in the Academy and on the 6th February his last sermon. On 27 May 1564, Calvin died in Geneva. He was buried on 28th May without pomp, and at his wish his grave received no gravestone. So no-one knows anymore exactly where Calvin is buried. In his farewell speech of 28th February 1564, Calvin says in retrospect:
“I have had many weaknesses, which you had to bear, and all that I have done is itself at base worth nothing. Wicked men will no doubt exploit this statement. Thus I repeat once more that all my activity is worth nothing and that I am a wretched creature. I can, to be sure, say of myself that I have intended good, that my mistakes have always displeased me and the fear of God has taken root in my heart. You can confirm that my efforts have been good. Therefore I ask you to forgive me my wickedness. However, if there has been anything good, keep to it and follow it!”
I, John Calvin, servant of the Word of God in Geneva, weakened by many illnesses … thank God that he has shown not only mercy toward me, his poor creature, and … has suffered me in all sins and weaknesses but what is much more that he has made me a partaker of his grace to serve him through my work … I confess to live and die in this faith which he has give me, inasmuch as I have no other hope or refuge than his predestination upon which my entire salvation is grounded. I embrace the grace which he has offered me in our Lord Jesus Christ and accept the merits of his suffering and dying that through them all my sins are buried; and I humbly beg him to wash me and cleanse me with the blood of our great Redeemer, as it was shed for poor sinners so that I, when I shall appear before his face, may bear his likeness.
"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things, and we by him". (1 Corinthians 8:1).
"Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are are called in one hope of your calling: One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all , and through all, and in your all". (Ephesians 4: 3-6).
lol.
I hope, therefore I FReep. 8~)
I never knew that thank you !
By their fruits shall you know them. Calvin ruined Geneva, perhaps for all time. He sucked the life, the very heart of the lighthearted and happy burghers of Geneva. It took two centuries after his death to even birth a man who was not despondent.
"...God has enjoined upon us frugality and temperance, and has forbidden, that anyone should go to excess, taking advantage of his abundance. Let those, then, that have riches, whether they have been left by inheritance, or procured by industry and efforts, consider that their abundance was not intended to be laid out in intemperance or excess, but in relieving the necessities of the brethren. (297)...
Fantastic. Calvin was the first Communist. You hear that, everyone? By his own words, he stands convicted of being a Communist even before it was fashionable. You people, Dr. E. are absolutely amazing. You extol the United States as a stand alone nation, yet prostrate yourself to the Confession and the Bible translation of a foreign despot. You claim that Calvinism is the champion of freedom and capitalism, yet you boastingly post verses from Calvin showing himself to be the first Communist. How do you folks sleep at night?
God reports to Paul, now?
So the Jews are no longer God's chosen people? Interesting. No wonder that the Jews view Evangelicals in a really really dim light.
You’re very Precious is your ignorance. In a grasping, wailing, gnashing, denying and defiant sort of way.
Fabulous comparison. Perhaps my own example of Pee Wee Herman facing Hulk Hogan might be considered. :)
“In the remaining New Testament writings numerous passages attest how clear and definite was the belief of the Apostolic Church in the three Divine Persons. In certain texts the coordination of Father, Son, and Spirit leaves no possible doubt as to the meaning of the writer. Thus in 2 Corinthians 13:13, St. Paul writes: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity of God, and the communication of the Holy Ghost be with you all.” Here the construction shows that the Apostle is speaking of three distinct Persons. Moreover, since the names God and Holy Ghost are alike Divine names, it follows that Jesus Christ is also regarded as a Divine Person. So also, in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11: “There are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit; and there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord: and there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who worketh all [of them] in all [persons].” (Cf. also Ephesians 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:2-3)
The Blessed Trinity
www.newadvent.org/cathen/”
Would you like to be called out on your next spelling or grammatical error?
Perhaps it would help you to read ALL of Acts. You do have a Bible, don’t you?
Well, let's see. How was ANYONE saved before that? ...
Did St. Paul write it?
Absolutely. St. Paul wrote the Confession just before he wrote the KJV in English, so that Jesus and the Apostles knew what they were going to say and do before they said and did it. If English was good enough for St. Paul, it is good enough for us...
Either Calvin was a miser or a spendthrift. lol.
Or maybe neither. Maybe he was as these other links describe him -- a thoroughly God-fearing, God-glorifying man who devoted his life to Jesus Christ and His sheep.
Read the "INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION," Mark. Next to the Bible, it is the greatest book ever written.
No, thanks. Yours keep me busy.
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