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To: MHGinTN
Sir, your vocabulary would indicate a familiarity with biblical things, but the content of your verbiage would seem to indicate quite the opposite. Permit me, please, to make some connections for you using St. Matthew's Gospel.

Chapter 4 verses 18~22 states: "And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers). And He said to them: come ye after Me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. And they immediately leaving their nets, followed Him. And going on from thence, He saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and He called them. And they forthwith left their nets, and followed Him.
Note: Jesus called them to the Apostleship Himself. He did likewise with most of His other Apostles.

In chapter 10, verses 1-6: " And having called His twelve Disciples together, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, Simon the Cannean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not. But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house Israel.
Note: This connects Jesus and the Apostles and tells us that Jesus is the One who is sending them. And to use St. Paul's terminology, they are 'sent'.

In chapter 28, verses 16~20: "And the eleven disciples went into Galillee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And seeing Him they adored: But some doubted and Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to Me in Heaven and in Earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world."
Note: Jesus did not stutter. This is a perpetual comission as His Church. It encompasses all nations therefore He means for it to be Universal and the word 'Catholic' means 'Universal'. The Popes, the Vicars of Christ, good or evil, warts and all, still follow in the succession of Peter who was commissioned by both the Eternal Father and Jesus in chapter 16 verses 17~19: " And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou Simon Bar-Jona: Because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but My Father Who is in Heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter: And upon this Rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon Earth, it shall be bound also in Heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on Earth it shall be lost also in Heaven."
Note: No where in all of Scripture is there any promise from God of a perfect man after Jesus. They all, Popes Apostles, and even you, sir, are fallen sinful men, and subject to sin. We all have free wills with bodies that have inordinate appetites, including our minds. None of us notes of any remoteness of perfection the Will of God. And so, the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostalic Church founded by Christ on His Apostles continues as Jesus commisioned, good, bad, or indifferent stepping all over itself with its free will. And that sir includes you and I and everyone else on the face of the Earth.

662 posted on 06/05/2017 4:11:03 PM PDT by Little Blue Nun
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To: Little Blue Nun; Mark17
Do you know the meaning of 'conflate'? It appears you either do not know the meaning or want to ignore the meaning in ordert o continue to proselytize for your religion, Catholicism.

Before you make a condescending dolt of yourself again, read the profile page of one you would presume to 'teach' your cult dogma to. The CHURCH, better identified as the EKKLESIA, is the body of ALL BELIEVERS who have been born again because they did just as JESUS instructed in John 6:29. Read that passage and note that JESUS (God with us) did not add any of the mubo jumbo of catholociism, like mary worship or praying to dead people or striving to be worthy of salvation by fealty to Catholicism sacraments.

Now peddle your condescension somewhere else. You are not working for Christ Jesus, you are proselytizing for the cult of Rome. ... and doing a rather poor job of it with your condescending posts.

667 posted on 06/05/2017 5:51:26 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Little Blue Nun
Note: No where in all of Scripture is there any promise from God of a perfect man after Jesus.

Likewise...

...nowhere in all of Scripture is there any promise from God of a perfect woman BEFORE and AFTER Jesus; Yet Rome has CREATED one.


For one so worried about CONTENT; you'd best look to the horse you rode in on.

675 posted on 06/05/2017 6:07:05 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Little Blue Nun; MHGinTN; metmom; boatbums; ealgeone; aMorePerfectUnion
I disagree with most of your interpretations. You post scripture, which is fine, then I disagree with your conclusions. Since forum rules only allow me to ask you three times about something, here is the third and last time. Where are you going when you breathe your last? Heaven or Hell? Since purgatory is a town in Colorado, it doesn't exist outside Colorado. Don't wait till the end, and try to bluff your way into Heaven. It ain't going to cut the mustard. I don't know the answer to that question, since you ignore it. One thing I CAN say, is that wherever you choose to spend eternity, is entirely on YOU.
Now that is the third time I asked you about Heaven and Hell, so I cannot ask you again. Those are RF rules.
690 posted on 06/05/2017 9:48:32 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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