Posted on 01/18/2012 3:19:15 PM PST by NYer
It’s just that I, as a Protester, prefer an old version to the new improved edition rewritten by you evangelical editors to appeal to and be comprehended by valley girls. But then, if everyone is entitled to his own interpretation of the Holy Book, then everyone should be entitled to his own version of it. At least that’s how I interpret the section in the Bible about sola scriptura.
Why do you post crap on FR?
“No minister or pope saves souls... “
And yet on this very page, we are told:
The pope and others can hurt mens eternal souls.
Very odd.
But you know, he is.
Testimony is the key to the new evangelization. Being evangelists is not a privilege but an ongoing commitment that comes from faith. Those were Pope Benedict's words to the participants attending the conference "New Evangelizers for the New Evangelization - The Word of God grows and spreads". The Holy Father stressed that even in the midst of indifference, misunderstanding, persecution, many continue today to courageously open their hearts and minds to accept the invitation of Christ to meet him and become his disciples,". This message may face rejection but nevertheless continues to grow and spread, because it depends on our action, but also the seed of God's Word -- just like in the parable of the S ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C24s3bW4ykg
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and DOCTRINE.” 2 Tim. 4:2. THAT’S how.
>>As if you understand what the Bible means, not merely what it says.
My soul magnifies the Lord,
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden,
For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm:
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and exalted those of low degree.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich He has sent empty away.
He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy;
As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to His posterity forever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum,
et exsultávit spíritus meus
in Deo salvatóre meo,
quia respéxit humilitátem
ancíllæ suæ.
Ecce enim ex hoc beátam
me dicent omnes generatiónes,
quia fecit mihi magna,
qui potens est,
et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericórdia eius in progénies
et progénies timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo,
dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;
depósuit poténtes de sede
et exaltávit húmiles.
Esuriéntes implévit bonis
et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Ísrael púerum suum,
recordátus misericórdiæ,
sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,
Ábraham et sémini eius in sæcula.
Glória Patri et Fílio
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio,
et nunc et semper,
et in sæcula sæculórum.
Amen.
She became the Mother of God, in which work so many and such great good things are bestowed on her as pass man’s understanding. For on this there follows all honor, all blessedness, and her unique place in the whole of mankind, among which she has no equal, namely, that she had a child by the Father in heaven, and such a Child . . . Hence men have crowded all her glory into a single word, calling her the Mother of God . . . None can say of her nor announce to her greater things, even though he had as many tongues as the earth possesses flowers and blades of grass: the sky, stars; and the sea, grains of sand. It needs to be pondered in the heart what it means to be the Mother of God.
(Commentary on the Magnificat, 1521; in Luther’s Works, Pelikan et al, vol. 21, 326)
Amen!!
Amen to that Statement!!
It’s not odd at all. If the pope and others do not preach the gospel of the grace of God, or exchange it for a lie of works based salvation, then they are hurting men’s eternal souls. What’s so hard to understand about that? That’s the danger of putting your salvation in the hands of a man or a religious institution. And depending on him or your church to save you. If you do not hear the gospel of your salvation, and are too lazy or whatever to read God’s Word and find out the truth, then you are depending on someone else to tell you what salvation is. If they don’t preach the gospel of the grace of God, then you aren’t hearing the gospel. So just how do you think you can be saved?
Sad that folks are so deaf, I repeat, the Pope regularly preaches the Gospel. Every day, in fact. What is odd are the number of ignorant sects that teach lies about the Catholic Church. I am so sorry you appear to have fallen victim to one of them.
I didn’t see any gospel of the grace of God written there. Not one word. “Meeting Christ and becoming his disciples” is NOT the gospel. What does that even MEAN?
FYI, I read the Bible, and I’ve never encountered anything that brings me to doubt the legitimacy of the Catholic Church. My study of the Bible has, in fact, reaffirmed by belief in Catholicism.
THATS GOOD!!
What is the Gospel that the Pope preaches every day?
It’s called fighting above your weight division.
In this case way way above their division.
It’s quite humorous to watch.
Try listening. Or reading. Every day, at every Mass, the Gospel is a central part of the service. If you are claiming the right to judge, shouldn’t you honestly listen to what the man you are judging actually says? And writes? Or is that too much work?
From the Bible.
What is the Gospel that the Pope preaches every day?
>>The Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Fortunately for me, I don’t need your confirmation. 2 Tim. 2:15.
Galatians 1:8
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