Why would anyone become Catholic?

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[Elsie]

Purgatory is a Mercy of God for those whose work is incomplete.

...a great gulf fixed...

[boatbums]

The ones listed are merely bad popes

"Merely" bad popes??? Like they weren't any different than any other Catholic? Aren't these men supposed to be Holy Spirit-specially-selected to succeed St. Peter in authority? I can't help but see duplicity when Martin Luther is thrown in the face of "Protestants" - as if they were involved in his selection as the Protestant "Pope" - but the very guys y'all insist MUST be obeyed and submitted to get a pass.

[Elsie]

PBS, are you lurking?

Todays??

[Elsie]

I guess I should have also italicized the second no wonder you in my reply that used terycarl's words.

[Elsie]

Sixty-eight years old and in so many ways still childish.

Ha!

Gotcha beat; Whippersnapper!

[daniel1212]

I’m still waiting to hear whether Peter, assumed by Catholics to be “the first pope,” wore gaudy, flashy robes, a tall hat and carried a blinged out shepherd’s staff.

Only Catholics (well, not only) could see no contrariness with,

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. (Matthew 23:5-7)

[Elsie]

Today’s protestants have no liturgy to speak of, wear no vestments, and have absolutely no authority, other than themselves.

James 2:1-3
My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool..."

[Elsie]

As long as she’s singing and NOT spouting some of her Liberal; uh; stuff, I can handle it.

[Elsie]

I’m tired of the utter stupity on these forums.

Bye

[Elsie]

You need to take a look at how Jewish priests dressed during the time of Jesus.

Exactly like the Catholic honchos do today; right?

After all; I recall nothing printed in red that CHANGED the clothing; do you?

[Elsie]

Protestants can’t change history.

Only visitations to Portuguese children can do that.

[Elsie]

There goes MY Honorary TypoPolice position!

[Elsie]

Why? seriously we quote scripture to you all the time and you claim literal words are figurative or metaphor.

Yeah; that IS a problem; isn't it...

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Matthew 23

 

  
 16.  "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, `If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
 17.  You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 
 19.  You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 
 24.  You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 
 33.  "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I suppose I should just accept being labeled a pagan, being in league with the devil, or the disrespect shown to the Body and Blood of Christ or the implied blasphemy of the protestant position towards the Holy Spirit with equanimity.

Really ironic considering it was post #666!

[Elsie]

I will not allow the haters to mock Christ’s Pilgrim Church on Earth.

How you plan on stopping it; Big Boy?

[Elsie]

Didn’t think so.

Check out the glass paten and SEE!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213769/posts

[Elsie]

Every single protestant reply to my post #774 prove my point 100%

Oh?

What WAS your point?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

God’s mercy is greater than protestants give Him credit for.

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Christians believe in God’s mercy. We believe Jesus is sufficient for salvation.

That’s why we believe to be absent from the body is to be in the presence of God and there’s no need to be punished before entering his presence. There is nothing merciful about purgatory!

Catholics do not believe in the sufficiency of Jesus. That’s why they adopted pagan practices, necromancy, pompous and gaudy dress, goddess worship and purgatory.

Jesus is all you need! Abandon your detestable practices!

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Matthew 23:33. “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

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So Verga, was Jesus speaking to actual snakes or was it a figure of speech?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

What WAS your point?

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There was a point?