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To: imardmd1
Catholics believe in a Triune Godhead, as do Biblical redeemed followers of Christ. But it is my opinion that their Christ is another Jesus,

Such an opinion was shared by Fred Phelps, who attended Bob Jones University, and started an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church called Westboro Baptist Church after leaving the school early because it was not quite biblical enough for him. Is that one of the biblical churches you recognize ?

There is a Holy Church (Heb. 12:22-24), and there are visible churches (cf. 1 Cor. 3:1-3, 5:1-5 and other); and there is no word or concept of "catholic" regarding an association of local churches in the Bible. So there is no holy, visible, catholic Church in the Bible, or commended by it.

Which visible named churches in the world today do you recognize as being in the Bible ?

205 posted on 09/23/2014 4:59:43 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: af_vet_1981
Is that one of the biblical churches you recognize ?

No, but it is no more depraved than the one which appointed Tomas Torquemada as a chief murderer, and which has initiated a reign of terrorism since its foundation. Are you familiasr with that one?

Which visible named churches in the world today do you recognize as being in the Bible ?

I do not know which local churches may have an unbroken, unsullied history, but I know that the RCC is not one of them.

Are you starting or continuing your own "Congregation of The Faith" here?

206 posted on 09/23/2014 6:55:01 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: af_vet_1981

Fred Phelps was not an independent fundamental Baptist; he was five point Calvinist, amillenial, and covenental in theology. Independent fundamental Baptists hold the middle ground between Calvinism and Arminianism, and are premillenial and dispensational. Independent fundamental Baptists are patriotic and recognize the civil authorities are placed in power by God. Conservative Calvinists hold the same views, but Phelps regarded America as cursed from its beginning and his actions, during the runup to the Iraq War and thereafter, bordered on treason. He was as much an outlier among Calvinistic Baptists as Peter Ruckman is among independent fundamental Baptists.


212 posted on 09/23/2014 10:04:44 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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