Posted on 10/08/2014 11:39:09 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Why would intelligent, successful people give up their careers, alienate their friends, and cause havoc in their families...to become Catholic? Indeed, why would anyone become Catholic?
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indeed a beautiful passage...but we all know that God is all merciful(lucky for all of us), but to think that God would condemn to hell those humans who had no knowledge of Him and Salvation would be dishonoring God far more than I would dare to do!!
Problem is, the men who penned it are dead so cannot be consulted.
However, the born again believer has the true Author of Scripture living within them and HE can tell us what was meant and how to apply it to our lives.
>> “But God says:
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. (John 14:6)” <<
Do we have a mystery on our hands?
The believers that lived before Yeshua was born will be saved too, in fact, Paul asserts that they will rise before us.
Perhaps we are dealing with a mistaken impression of what “in him” and “through him” means?
The word is clear that the early Hebrews that believed will be saved.
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If you're going to attribute words to someone, do make sure you are attributing them correctly.
I did NOT say that if Mary had been sinless, she could not have died.
What I said was this:Additionally, if she had been sinless, she would not have died. The wages of sin is death. If she died, it is proof positive that she had sinned, contrary to what Catholic teaching about her is.
You are destroying what little credibility you may have had left with not correctly attributing others words to them.
This is perhaps a fine example of why the Catholic church does not think its laity is capable of correctly interpreting Scripture.
>> “Yes, Peter exercised his servant leadership delegated by the LORD Jesus Christ, and with the Comforter whom Messiah sent to him, and chose
when, and
from whom,
to select a new apostle to replace Judas Iscariot.” <<
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And then Mathias was never heard from again, and then Yeshua, the only one that can appoint an apostle, chose Saul of Tarsus instead.
Men cannot appoint an apostle.
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So we've noticed.......
You have been asked before to provide the Scriptural references for any passages of Scripture you post and heretofore have completely disregarded those requests.
It’s not a denominational thing and I find it ironic that you demand courtesy of others when you don’t offer it yourself.
And you have arrived at this conclusion based on what? Have you met or personally talked with all Protestants so that you can't be accused of making rhetorical, polemical and bigoted statements condemning all Protestants? No, I KNOW you haven't.
For the protestant, the autonomous self-will is what reigns supreme, not Christ. Their theology speaks to that. The ultimate deciding factor: what does it mean to me; how does it speak to me; how does it make me feel; how does it affect me? The supremacy of self as the arbiter of Truth. The rest flows from that. The protestant interaction with others is not informed by Scripture but what they deem to be most advantageous to self. In that, a cold calculation is made.
I imagine if someone said,
"For the Roman Catholic, the autonomous magesterium's will is what reigns supreme, not Christ. Their theology speaks to that. The ultimate deciding factor: what does the magesterium say it should mean to me; what has the magesterium decided it should say to me; what does the magesterium tell me I should feel; what has the magesterium determined should affect me? The supremacy of the RC magesterium is the arbiter of Truth. The rest flows from that. The Roman Catholics' interaction with others is not informed by Scripture but what they deem to be most advantageous to Rome. In that, a cold calculation is made. As a result this mentality leads the Roman Catholic to say internally, "This far and no farther." Or, "I'm only obligated to believe what they tell me to believe...and nothing more. Safeguarding self is paramount."
...you might object to such a broad brush of condemnation. This kind of accusation is neither honest nor logical - not the caliber of dialog that is beneficial to all Freepers.
It's not hard. Any church the preaches that we are saved by grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone.
Oh please. I can look up most everything online. Like this.
The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church.[Cardinal Newman - Development of Christian Doctrine, pg 373]
Placemarker on the eternal thread
I hadn’t considered that before. That is an interesting point.
My post 2435 explains the relationship between these parallel verses in great detail. I “listen to the Church,” as Jesus commanded us, and I try to share Her Teaching, as “the pillar and foundation of truth.”
You’d do better to focuing your loyalty to Jesus alone. The act of placing anything above or before Jesus is idolotry.
Catholics have NEVER said that protestants had no hope, we just maintain that they are Christians who are in error.
I vote that a couple of RCs are pulling a prank on all who have tried to give serious, reasonable, and honest responses.
Re-reading the Alinsky-like retorts a very few posters have given over the course of time, I think the real deal of what’s happening here is a private bet made on how long they can give silly, non-responsive replies in order to keep this thread going to post number...
You are wrong!
;-)
My mother's family is protestant EUB, I have MANY friends who are protestant, I have attended services, funerals, weddings etc at numerous protestant servives....some were very touching, some of the sermons were very enlightening, all were very sincere, but none even came close to the solemnity of a Catholic Mass.....not even remotely close.
I take nothing away from the truth of the bible and choose to follow the teachers who WROtE IT.
You seem to say you choose to follow the wisdom of man. If this is true you will reap the benefits provided by men.
I follow the Lord and I pray to Him for His wisdom and discernment.
May you hear His voice, follow His call and receive His blessings.
in your post you stated that if Mary was sinless, she couldn’t die. I merely stated that unless one was sinless, they couldn’t die either, then pointed out that JESUS DIED.
Jesus was without sin. He took our sins upon Himself and took our punishment. He died and rose again on the third day.
Why would anyone want to worship anyone else?
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