Posted on 03/05/2015 5:44:45 AM PST by don-o
“...How dare we...”
The doctrines found in Catechism of the Catholic Church are perfectly cross referenced and backed by scripture, the writings of the earliest Church Fathers and Doctors, including from the First Century .
Serious Catholics read the Catechism and the bible and have no problem with excerpts being posted. Keep posting the CCC. Why on earth would it bother us?
At issue is the deliberate parodying and twisting of the Catholic position (non Catholics have no idea what they are talking about) and then mocking the parody set up. This tactic is similar to the bait and switch unsavory method sometimes found in sales.
Or they have already crashed the thread. LOL! Prayers for their souls.
I doubt if very many of us will have to worry about it.
Excellent observations and in conformity with many other passages of scripture, including: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
John, Catholic chapter seventeen, Protestant verses twenty to twenty six, as authorized by King James
Correct.. Christ is the model we strive to emulate we will alway fall short being man but we still strive towards our model in Christ we strive to become Christ-like God-like in our spirit and thinking...that’s not the same as saying I am Christ I am God... we are not God in our will rules.. we do not lead... we follow God as a template to be like God.. God is the template ..he “is”
“...We cannot pretend religiosity...”
Is imitating Christ “pretending religiosity”?
Scripture instructs us to imitate Christ, so I certainly hope that is not what we are getting at.
Christ finished His work on the cross in order that we might now cooperate with that work by using our own free will not to continue to sin.
Matthew 10:38
Luke 14:27
1 Peter 2:21
If following Jesus is “religiosity” then “religiosity” must be OK.
I noticed that too.
There is a context issue. It’s not “become God”, it’s “become a god.”
Little “g”. It matters.
“a god” as in a perfect person with all power that “God” gives to those He exalts.
God the Father will always be God the Father. His greatest reward is to raise up His children to be like Him.
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Joint-heirs with Christ, glorified together with Christ.
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