Testimony of a Former Irish Priest

BereanBeacon.Org ^ | Richard Peter Bennett

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Does the church you attend have a reading from one of the four Gospels EACH WEEK? YES OR NO?

While it is true that all Scripture is God-breathed, the answer to your question is Yes.

[OLD REGGIE]

“Most Early Church Fathers DID NOT take this verse to mean that the Church was built on Peter.”

What fake pastor fed you that line of phosphate?

Fake pastor Augustine for one.

Remember, in this man Peter, the rock. He's the one, you see, who on being questioned by the Lord about who the disciples said he was, replied, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' On hearing this, Jesus said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you'...'You are Peter, Rocky, and on this rock I shall build my Church, and the gates of the underworld will not conquer her. To you shall I give the keys of the kingdom. Whatever you bind on earth shall also be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall also be loosed in heaven' (Mt 16:15-19). In Peter, Rocky, we see our attention drawn to the rock. Now the apostle Paul says about the former people, 'They drank from the spiritual rock that was following them; but the rock was Christ' (1 Cor 10:4). So this disciple is called Rocky from the rock, like Christian from Christ. Why have I wanted to make this little introduction? In order to suggest to you that in Peter the Church is to be recognized. Christ, you see, built his Church not on a man but on Peter's confession. What is Peter's confession? 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' There's the rock for you, there's the foundation, there's where the Church has been built, which the gates of the underworld cannot conquer.

John Rotelle, O.S.A., Ed., The Works of Saint Augustine (New Rochelle: New City Press, 1993), Sermons, Volume III/6, Sermon 229P.1, p. 327

[Dr. Eckleburg]

When they don’t have anything real to say they just repeat the same old slurs and slanders. I’m guessing the hope is that we will tire ourselves out fighting their shadows and falsehoods.

The fighting won't, but the losing will.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

the Church stands against the gates of Hades.

Very true, but sadly, you're mis-identifying that church.

Pray for new eyes to see.

[Global2010]

I thought somebody had some disappearing earthquake map research to catch up on?

[roamer_1]

It was a photo I saw maybe 30 years ago in Natural History or Smithsonian or somesuch but it was the set of zodiacal signs we know, I’m pretty sure if that. I remember it because I was so surprised at the “worldliness” of it.

Research the "Hebrew Mazzaroth," and blow your mind...

[bonfire]

...for he has risen.

[bonfire]

...for he has risen.

[Quix]

I made a good effort and needed to move on.

Rescuing the perishing is a pretty high priority.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

AMEN!

[roamer_1]

Well, despite the main articles being from Wikipedia, [...]

Yeah. Sorry about that. But it is hard to shove a book at you over the innerwebs.

that the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church has changed it's entry ... THAT carries weight with me.

Any decent research into the Dead Sea Scrolls will generate a veritable cornucopia of materials, like-in-kind (and tend to support the Masoretic texts as well). I really do need to come up with a decent bookmarking system, instead of just reading the stuff in passing.

[Global2010]

It's on special at the market this week! /sarc

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Amen, RnMomof7.

Men love their idols. They forget God hates them.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Doc ock

Really? Is that what passes for RC exegesis?

[Quix]

Men love their idols. They forget God hates them.

---

THEY ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT HIS SENTIMENTS ON SUCH AS NEVER BEFORE.

As many first person narratives instruct . . .

Christ is jealous even over our loving

OUR MINISTRIES

FOR HIM

MORE THAN HIM.

GET A CLUE, FOLKS!

[OLD REGGIE]

You quote from one Gospel, John and then quote from another, Matthew and ask why they are not clones of each other??

Don't put words in my mouth. I clearly said Jesus had already told Simon he would henceforth be called Peter (Cephas).

[Global2010]

Well what the heck are you doing on the internet?

We need Bell Ringers for the upcoming Christmas Season.

Geeze!

/sarcasm

[don-o]

So, IOW, it's just fine to assign offices and authorities which God did *not* sanction, to the benefit of human nature?

Not to the "benefit" but in recognition of human nature.

I think not. It is also human nature to bow down to idols and play with worry beads... so that's ok too, right?

No. It's human nature to worship. The God of Abraham comes to man to allow man to worship aright.

Israel's priesthood made the very same mistake. They are there as an example.

So, God had to personally intervene so we could get it right.

dono: Maybe I'm reading too much into your dismissal of hierarchy, But, the fact is that you can only have the, what did you call it - distributed model of church polity, because all the groundwork has been done for you.

roamer:What groundwork?

The seven ecumenical councils - or even the four that most Protestants seem to accept. I believe you previously said that you would accept what they teach, as long as they "line up with scripture." But, that is a cop out. The disputants all had scripture to back their differing beliefs. Both could not be right, regardless of how many scriptures they could throw down.

There was more going on than a Bible debate; and what we receive today as (small o) orthodoxy was produced as a result of the Holy Spirit guiding into all truth, fulfilling the promise Jesus made to His Apostles.

[Global2010]

With all the fresh fruit in the house that I am prepping to store what works best in dettering the lil buggers?

[Global2010]

Oops!

This isn’t the Weekly Gardening Thread.