Posted on 07/18/2010 6:04:05 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Anyone want to place a wager on me getting an answer to her answering her understanding of Abrahamic religions and her assertion to the number of Gods there actually are?
I may be dense, but I just don't get how anyone would believe that appearing obtuse and buffoonish somehow lends credibility to their anti-Catholicism.
Yes. I saw: There's also blaming it on God.
I have always argued against the idea that Calvinism inevitably led to a weakening of the sense of personal responsibility. But I'm seeing here that for SOME, the fault is always somebody else's.
LOL!
The so called early church fathers didn’t pull it out of thin air. They had to get it from somewhere and they obviously got it from Scripture,
You couldn't be more correct in this assessment. The Catholic church has not created any concept or doctrine. It has been led by the Holy Spirit to define in explicit terms that which is already implicit in Scripture.
Councils were, and are, called because a heresy has gained traction that needed to be disputed in a way that leaves little doubt as to Truth.
There were many who disputed that Jesus is God, that He indeed died on the cross and that He did indeed rise, bodily and ascend into heaven.
The Church works to preserve the teachings handed down to it by the Apostles, to proclaim the Gospel and to define the faith.
the same Scripture that so many Catholics today fail to recognize as authoritative.
The Church does not make up anything out of thin air or whole cloth. Her doctrines and traditions are well within her understanding of OT and NT Scripture. The Church absolutely recognizes Scripture as authoritative as Tradition cannot contradict Scripture, just as when the canon of Scripture was defined, it could not contradict Tradition. Both along with the Magisterium are known as the three pillars of the Church's authority.
That you and others here disagree with Catholic doctrine and practices is a right you have under the free will God has given you. The outright hostility, ridicule and derogation that occurs her due to that disagreement is also your right. However, that does not make it right.
"One God and one mediator between God and men."
That's about as clear as any nine words could be.
Amazing that some still try to finagle other fallen sinners into the sacred office that is held by Christ alone.
Is it "rational" to deny Christ?
But they have claimed that they're "saving" us poor benighted Catholics, and that justifies behavior devoid of Beatitude.
Why would it be a miracle if Jesus were sinless?
Can God sin?
The point was that there are no real numbers. Like all of his postings it contained nothing but invective and opinion. The attempt to quantify was as feeble as multicolored and varied fonts.
Not at all. I don't recall badgering, insulting or denigrating you in any way. It is Rome that is rightfully in the crosshairs.
LOL
UNDERSTANDING IS SUCH A GIFT.
THANKS.
Ask Peter.
LITTLE ONES . . .
Uhhhhhh which of the rabid clique sorts would you characterize as a “little one?”
I have some concern for the weak ones etc. who might read our threads.
However, I don’t think Christ had the Disciples go through the crowds and send away all the vulnerable “little ones” before He called the RELIGIOUS LEADERS of that era’s tyrannical RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
sons of satan,
vipers,
white washed tombs.
I pray none are wounded or hindered. I repeatedly emphasize that my words are not for those for whom they are not true.
How many “little ones” might y’all’s side be concerned about infecting with idolatry?
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"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." -- Hebrews 4:12
do you really believe that you can badger, insult and denigrate an individual into a Protestant version salvation?
Preaching the Gospel is not badgering nor insulting, and it denigrates nothing but error.
We both know what you bitterly are.
1. Jesus Christ IS God.
2. Jesus Christ HAS NOT culminated, He is very much alive today.
3. In post #3930 you wrote, "The only "miracle" men need today is the fact that Christ rose from the dead."
Basically, all your post has done for me is to reinforce the truth that sola scriptura is a satanic lie.
That's about as clear as any nine words could be.
Again, 1 Timothy 2:5 if HALF OF A SENTENCE, 1 Timothy 2:5-6 is quite clear.
Amazing that some still try to finagle other fallen sinners into the sacred office that is held by Christ alone.
I have no idea what you are talking about, are you referring to a mnemonic device like "TULIP"?
And what is the crucifixion but the culmination of Christ’s assignment from God.
“One God and one mediator between God and men.”
That’s about as clear as any nine words could be.
Amazing that some still try to finagle other fallen sinners into the sacred office that is held by Christ alone.
ABSOLUTELY INDEED.
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