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To: metmom; Natural Law; MarkBsnr; kosta50; Titanites
And what do you have to say to and about the Catholics who engage in the most reprehensible slanders and scandalous attacks against others.

Like calling Calvin a *devil*?

Since that cannot be proved as a fact, it falls into the category of opinion, thus making it a reprehensible slander and scandalous attack.

The attacks are justified and NOT slanderous,dear sister, calvin's statements of Christ suffering in hell is that of a devil's words.

Do you realize that the following statement by Calvin means that satan would have had power over Christ ?

From calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion Book II, Chapter 16

"But, apart from the Creed, we must seek for a surer exposition of Christ’s descent to hell: and the word of God furnishes us with one not only pious and holy, but replete with excellent consolation. Nothing had been done if Christ had only endured corporeal death. In order to interpose between us and God’s anger, and satisfy his righteous judgement, it was necessary that he should feel the weight of divine vengeance. Whence also it was necessary that he should engage, as it were, at close quarters with the powers of hell and the horrors of eternal death"-John Calvin

"Hence there is nothing strange in its being said that he descended to hell, seeing he endured the death which is inflicted on the wicked by an angry God. It is frivolous and ridiculous to object that in this way the order is perverted, it being absurd that an event which preceded burial should be placed after it."-John Calvin

Christ's decent to hell was triumphant,NOT an additional suffering to please satan or an angry God!

2,042 posted on 06/26/2010 9:54:59 AM PDT by stfassisi ((The greatest gift God gives us is that of overcoming self"-St Francis Assisi)))
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To: stfassisi; metmom; Natural Law; MarkBsnr; Titanites
Do you realize that the following statement by Calvin means that satan would have had power over Christ ?

It seems to me they not only realize it but believe it, for I have never heard or read a self-professed Calvinist dispute Calvin's assertion that Christ not only descended but also suffered in hell.

2,067 posted on 06/26/2010 10:52:47 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: stfassisi

Just copying and pasting words there.

It’s interesting how it’s acceptable to some when they use them but not acceptable when it’s used back at them by others.


2,069 posted on 06/26/2010 11:01:19 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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