The pope in question says,
through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
and I'm guessing he said so on purpose.
And it wasn't like I was hiding it, I got all catty about it and then it was even quoted in the response to me. So I'm wondering if we are to understand that the merits of Jesus Christ are insufficient.
I must admit that my brain almost squirted out my ears when I saw that last night. We are regularly told that we trust in our own merits to attain salvation, then when there's specific evidence to the contrary apparently it's invisible.
I'm serious about this. That prayer covers all the bases. "O my God, I believe in Thee", "All my hopes are in Thee", "I love Thee with my whole heart", "I am sorry that I have offended Thee", "Grant that I may...obtain Heaven, through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ". Whatever happened to all that "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" business?
First read, THEN snipe. Make sure of your target and of what is behind it, as we say in the NRA.The pope in question says, through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ. and I'm guessing he said so on purpose.
I guess the devil is in the details. While sounding orthodox to some extent, the unpacked meaning reveals details not quite biblical.
I was actually looking for a more theoretical personal repsonse to the Lord's question of why one should be let into heaven.
First read, THEN snipe. Make sure of your target and of what is behind it, as we say in the NRA.The pope in question says, through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ. and I'm guessing he said so on purpose.
I guess the devil is in the details. While sounding orthodox to some extent, the unpacked meaning reveals details not quite biblical.
I was actually looking for a more theoretical personal repsonse to the Lord's question of why one should be let into heaven.