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To: count-your-change

Just be happy that Protestants eschew the use of calendars, holy days, seasons, wedding rings and church buildings. Because they’re all pagan (”pagan” being, as Chesterton points out, roughly synonymous with “human”).


8,527 posted on 10/04/2010 12:29:44 PM PDT by maryz
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To: maryz

Chesterton may have been a nice fellow and smart as can be but God’s word has the priority over Chesterton at his most clever.
No golden calves, no sacred poles and sacred woods, no weeping over Tammuz, no rites of Baal mixed with the worship of God, no fellowship with darkness of any kind or name however “human” Chesterton might think it is.

According to Christ what “sanctifies” is the truth of God’s word, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
(John 17:17)
And as Paul said under inspiration of God’s spirit, “But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.” (1 Cor. 10:20)

So much for Chesterton, So much for Newman.


8,539 posted on 10/04/2010 1:00:10 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: maryz; count-your-change
Just be happy that Protestants eschew the use of calendars, holy days, seasons, wedding rings and church buildings. Because they’re all pagan (”pagan” being, as Chesterton points out, roughly synonymous with “human”).

An inheritance from Rome.. But we did not take the sun god symbols or the goddess thing or purgatory ,or idols or some pagan things we left behind for Rome to roll around in

8,612 posted on 10/04/2010 5:59:22 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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