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To: roamer_1

has the Church kept the commandments? absolutely YES!

But what are the commandments we are to keep? I suspect some would think the 10 commandments, but this would be a denial of Jesus Christ. Jesus kept the law PERFECTLY and fulfilled all its requirements. In doing so, the old covenant was completed and a new covenant was established with Israel, the new covenant sealed in His blood. since we are “in Christ”, we no longer are under the law and it’s requirements, which would include the 10 commandments.
so what commandments must the Church observe?
the answer is we follow the law of Christ. the law of Christ is best summarized in 1 John 3:19-24.


17 posted on 08/11/2014 9:46:01 AM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
has the Church kept the commandments? absolutely YES!

Even only in the matter of the Sabbath, your statement is absurd. Y'all don't keep the ten, not to mention the rest.

19 posted on 08/11/2014 10:38:45 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
since we are “in Christ”, we no longer are under the law and it’s requirements, which would include the 10 commandments.

That is neither the teaching of the Lord Jesus nor the Catholic Church. If one imagines himself to be grafted into the olive tree, and teaches thusly, what could go wrong ? If one has not the love, faith, and wisdom to discern and obey, one should pray for it and not lead others astray.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

The Council of Trent teaches that the Ten Commandments are obligatory for Christians and that the justified man is still bound to keep them;28 the Second Vatican Council confirms: "The bishops, successors of the apostles, receive from the Lord . . . the mission of teaching all peoples, and of preaching the Gospel to every creature, so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism and the observance of the Commandments."29

21 posted on 08/14/2014 5:52:18 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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