To: redleghunter; Greetings_Puny_Humans
Can you point to the clearly "Catholic" teachings of Polycarp? I've read his epistle many times and see no hint of "Roman Catholic" teachings in it. knowing that "by grace you are saved, not of works," Ephesians 2:8-9 but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.... I trust that you are well versed in the Sacred Scriptures.
Over 60 Scripture references in this letter, making up about a half of it, and which make him sound more like Puritan than a RC.
439 posted on
03/22/2014 5:12:04 PM PDT by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: daniel1212; LurkingSince'98; redleghunter
Over 60 Scripture references in this letter, making up about a half of it, and which make him sound more like Puritan than a RC. And let us not forget how Ignatius greeted Polycarp!:
“Ignatius, who is [also called] Theophorus, to Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, or rather, who has as his own bishop God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ: [wishes] abundance of happiness.” (Epistle to Polycarp)
So much for the Papacy!
To: daniel1212
Not only 60 scripture references but (as one theolgian counted) he quotes from 17 of 27 NT canon books. Even mentions Paul.
443 posted on
03/22/2014 6:32:22 PM PDT by
redleghunter
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