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To: Mrs. Don-o
Glad to hear you agree.

In doing so there is no support for the Roman Catholic understanding of the terms.

191 posted on 08/04/2017 7:01:21 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

The Catholic understanding if key terms is rooted in NT usage. For instance the term “father”: in the NT the usage is this:

“Father” is used without offense or reproach, for natural genetic fathers (like Abraham , Isaac, and Jacob), for legal foster fathers (like Joseph), for spiritual fathers who have passed on the Faith (like Paul in relation to both Philemon and Onesimus), as a title for religious teachers and elders (Acts 22:1) and historic religious forebears (Romans 4:16), and as a form of respect
for the older men in the congregation (1 John 2:13).

This approved NT usage has bren retained among Christians in their Church and in Christian society continuously for 20 centuries.


210 posted on 08/04/2017 11:57:37 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (L'Chaim.)
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