Posted on 12/05/2010 6:14:57 PM PST by RnMomof7
What does John Ch 1 mean to you. Not your Priest but to you? Not meant as an attack but a question. 1In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn’t make. 4Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. 5The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
The WORD OF GOD relies not on man to survive. You can take every document penned by man and they be destroyed by man but what still lives? Why? It is not man who leads you into truth but The Light Leads you into truth. The Light is Christ the truth is taught by The Holy Spirit.
The many Biblical Translations are not there to deceive but so many can RECIEVE THE WORD and be saved. The Gospel must be preached to all nations people that means many translations. If The King James is what you are lead to read then do it. If it is NIV same. The Catholic translated Bible the same. If they are wrong they will not stand for long. Read them. Pray in earnest to GOD through Christ directly for truth, guidance, and wisdom. The only perfect translation is The Holy Spirit whom Christ sent to lead and teach us all truths.
Why are churches jealous of each other yet most serve the same Jesus Christ? OK why did Paul and Barnabas disagree? What happened? Two men of equal faith went to two differing cities instead of together. Their trivial quarrel was later mended just as the quarrels and jealousy between Roman Catholics and Protestants will be mended when Christ returns for His Bride. You will all be in the same Heaven serving the same GOD, LORD and Savior.
The doctorine differences in these churches are not ones which lead unto eternal damnation if the church preaches The Gospel. Christ said plainly there would be others teaching and preaching in His name when His jealous disciples informed Him of it.
Look at the missions of the churches for your answers as to are they abiding by the Gospel and Christ teachings. Is The First Baptist running a soup kitchen? The Roman Catholic Church running Mercy Health Care? What about the missionaries of the Methodist? Homeless shelters by some Independent denomination perhaps? These are just examples there are many more Christ abiding Churches and some who are not.
While the Baptist, Methodist, Prebst, Pentecostals, etc take on the Catholics and vice Versa The United Church Of Christ ministers are taking on Christianity meaning all of us and trying to remove it from every aspect of public life. Has anyone noticed yet?
Strawman — no comparison between the two verses. One is a clear allegory, the second is a statement repeated twice in scripture to a Jewish crowd to whom drinking of blood was blasphemy of the highest degree. This was no allegory.
Last statement of course correct. Original analogy was incorrect.
Now your statement is incorrect. The reasoning for the IC was not that He could not be near anything unclean. I expected better from you, GB, really. The reasoning for this (which you can disagree with), let be more specific the historic reasoning is more to do with the idea that Sin cannot withstand God’s presence, so if the container was “tainted”, how could it withstand God’s presence. Of course, you can disagree with that argument, but do note that this is quite different from your supposition that it is due to Him not being near anything unclean.
Actually more than that — I do make it a point to read through the Bible far more often than just listening to the Word on Sunday. And that is true for nearly all the Catholic posters here on this thread. So, please don’t go about telling us we don’t read the Bible.
very nicely done
"The walk" is works, not grace.. the walk can lead right to the pit of hell..ask the Pharisees
I have seen that quote as well .
What is amazing is no Muslim would say that ...but a pope devoid of discernment does not seem to know one god from another
Again, I expected better research from you. The divinity is not tied to the v. Nowhere do you read that in statements of dogma or doctrine — how do you jump to that conclusion?
And many more have joined. Do you believe that God did not do or could not do such wonders?
I, for one, read a Chapter every morning, go to Mass everyday where I hear the Gospel and sometimes it's the same I read that morning!
My best friend is a Baptist and she was told all kinds of erroneous things about Catholics....some of it is rightening and some is hilarious, but it's ALL WRONG!!PLUS, I know the Bible way better than she does.
SS — there is a difference between anti-Catholics and non-Catholics. In the real world, most of the non-Catholic Protestants etc. are Christians and even if they disagree strongly with Catholic teachings, they still share a common belief in Christ. the anti-Catholics here are a sub-set of many different groups: you have Unitarians, you have Mormon-type OPC members, you even have a denier of the Trinity and divinity of Christ (bashem Hash’e...etc).
During his papacy, Benedict XVI has advocated a return to fundamental Christian values to counter the increased secularisation of many developed countries. He views relativism’s denial of objective truth, and the denial of moral truths in particular, as the central problem of the 21st century. He teaches the importance of both the Catholic Church and an understanding of God’s redemptive love. He has reaffirmed the “importance of prayer in the face of the activism and the growing secularism of many Christians engaged in charitable work.”you asked in #805
This giant in the religious community....where does he teach of the importance of - God's Word? #1 in importance.to which ROE said in #826
In his wonderful book “Jesus of Nazareth”. I understand that the second in this series is due out soon.How do you get this to mean
You would consider that God’s Word?How do you jump to such conclusions? That is just sola interpretura.
Actually the counterfeit false churches (7 or more) are the ones that have been formed by various cult-leaders (what’s your pastor’s name again?).
Wait a minute — do YOU believe that JEsus was/is/will alwasys be God? Do YOU believe in the Trinity?
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