To: Heart-Rest
The Bible does not include a comprehensive list of everyone who was at the crucifixion (either close-up, or at a distance on the periphery), any more than it includes a list of everyone who was at the "Sermon on the Mount". The Holy Spirit didn't include lists of things that didn't happen just to satisfy the petulant demands of skeptics.
The fact that something wasn't recorded as not happening doesn't give anyone license to make stuff up along the way and teach it as truth.
If it was important enough to be known, then God certainly would have included it as He included all the rest of the stuff we need to know for salvation and maturity in Christ, as He did.
So tell us.....
What is so critical for salvation and maturity in Christ that the Holy Spirit neglected to include in Scripture that the Catholic church deems it necessary to teach it as truth?
1,343 posted on
01/28/2015 12:11:31 PM PST by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: metmom
"So tell us..... What is so critical for salvation and maturity in Christ that the Holy Spirit neglected to include in Scripture that the Catholic church deems it necessary to teach it as truth?"
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For starters, the "Table of Contents" of the New Testament (i.e., exactly which letters, "gospels", and other writings of those days
did belong in the New Testament, and discernment about which letters, "gospels", and other writings of those days
did not belong in the New Testament). Such a list designating exactly which writings belong in the Holy Scriptures does not exist anywhere in the Holy Scriptures. That list is entirely external to the Holy Scriptures, and was determined by several "Councils of the Catholic Church", under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who Jesus Christ promised would be with His Church forever:
"And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever." John 14:16
1,422 posted on
01/28/2015 6:54:39 PM PST by
Heart-Rest
("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
To: metmom
So tell us..... What is so critical for salvation and maturity in Christ that the Holy Spirit neglected to include in Scripture that the Catholic church deems it necessary to teach it as truth? Stick around on these threads and you will relearn all that you either forgot or ignored during your days as a practicing Catholic. Once they all become clear again, you'll come home....almost all do....even the prodigal son, his pride and all!!
1,432 posted on
01/28/2015 7:43:41 PM PST by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
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