Posted on 06/08/2018 8:54:57 AM PDT by Salvation
Verse?
Both Martin Luther and Jorge Bergoglio have done that.
Sola Scriptura sounds really funny when one considers that the first Bible printed by the Gutenberg Press was a CATHOLIC VULGATE BIBLE!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible
The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the first major book printed in the West using movable type. It marked the start of the “Gutenberg Revolution” and the age of the printed book in the West. Widely praised for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities,[1] the book has an iconic status. Written in Latin, the Gutenberg Bible is an edition of the Vulgate, printed by Johannes Gutenberg, in Mainz, in present-day Germany, in the 1450s.
Scripture was defined and compiled via tradition.
Christ never told his disciples to write anything, he told them to preach.
But all Protestant churches are led by mere men.
The Catholic Church is led by Jesus Christ who founded it on the Apostles to carry on his work.
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Prove it.
We have the words of the Apostles right at our fingertips. If you’re going to make such a claim of authority, you better have some proof that your teaching is identical to theirs.
And ‘because I say so’ is not proof.
So you’re calling Paul a liar then?
What’s so bad about comparing the claims of Rome to the direct words of Jesus and the Apostles, hmmmm?
Matthew 23:5
I already said I intend to when I can.
But the article itself does not impress me at all.
Nothing here about tassels being *too*long; rather, it is merely a simple statement of fact—i.e.: an honest observation:
Matthew 23:5
5 But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
“By GRACE (a free gift) are you SAVED ( made alive in newness of spirit), by FAITH ( trust, belief in and continual adherence to)-and this is not from yourselves, it is a GIFT (undeserved, unearned favor) of God, , not by WORKS (effort to achieve Gods acceptance), so that no one can boast”. Eph 2:5
So, indeed, the scriptures show us that faith by grace are indeed the sole means of appropriating God’s favor- unless one rejects the rest of the scriptures that depict us all as dead in trespasses and sins ( dead men can do nothing). I accept that Jesus paid for my passage, and God Almighty took my unrighteousness and guilt nd poured out His Holy and Just wrath on the body f Jesus, who deserved only honor and praise, so now that Jesus who was given power by God to lay his life down willingly and then take it back up again, God the Father looks at me through the lens of the Righteousness of His Son , in whom He is well pleased.
My sins and state were punished once for all time, and He remembers them no more.
So, no, not multiple choice, but rather a singular perfect solution for the restoration of mankind, if only one believes.....
‘Scripture was defined and compiled via tradition.’
This statement stands in direct contradiction to Scripture itself:
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is inspired by God [literally: God-breathed] and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
“Broaden” and “Lengthen” imply that there is a standard. Who / what / where is the standard?
You are reading more into the text than is there. Jesus did no more than state a fact: the phylacteries were being broadened and the tassels lengthened. There is zero evidence that that He was lying.
You probably consider this taunting as ‘contending for the faith’, what with your so limited knowledge of The Word of God ... made flesh Who dwelt among us. Your Catholic Jesus appears to need His Mother’s help daily.
Who / what / where is the standard
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First, each book was written by an apostle or one closely associated with an apostle.
Second, the contents of these books were revelatory in nature.
Third, these books were universally recognized by the church in their teaching and preaching ministry.
Fourth, these books were considered inspired because they bore the marks of inspiration.
But let me cut off the expected response I’ve heard before.
Today’s Romanist org that calls itself Catholic has NOT proven itself to be the 1st century New Testament ekklesia.
Rather, what Scripture shows is that Rome is NOT the New Testament church, because Rome preaches in contradiction to what the NT church taught. And we know what they taught, because we see it in Scripture.
Do you think Paul contradicts Paul?
1 Corinthians 9:27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.
2 Timothy 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;
Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Last week he wrote a particularly nice essay.
This is playing with words.
Are we acknowledging that Jews wore these things? Did Jesus?
Paul was just a man, writing his thoughts. He's not a liar, but he's not God, either.
I enjoy watching modern preachers: it's Paul, Paul, Paul. Then a bit more Paul, with a side-order of Paul to follow. Throw in a bit of Jesus, then on to more Paul.
Thirs, the author of this disinformation piece ignores Whom it is the Wrote and now edifies using His Word. With teachers like this in Catholicism it is no wonder so many Catholics will soon get to know the anti-Christ.
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