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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
I am a Catholic. And my Church is certainly no position whatsoever to passing down judgment on other churches especially after all we’ve been through these past few decades with homosexual/pedophile priest scandal among others.

And Christ gives permission to the world, to pass judgment on the Church:

"The church is to be a loving church in a dying culture. How, then, is the dying culture going to consider us? Jesus says, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." In the midst of the world, in the midst of our present culture, Jesus is giving a right to the world. Upon His authority He gives the world the right to judge whether you and I are born-again Christians on the basis of our observable love toward all Christians."
-- Francis A. Schaeffer, The Mark of The Christian, quoting John 13:34-35

The Mark of the Christian, part 1
The Mark of the Christian, part 2
The Mark of the Christian, part 3


11 posted on 07/17/2014 11:51:37 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Are you sure that's a correct translation? Are you sure it doesn't actually say, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye post snarky comments about one another on an Internet message board." ??

34 posted on 07/18/2014 5:23:11 AM PDT by Campion
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