“If not then you have what we see in Protestant Christianity where the “lost books” still are read and the questionibg never ends.”
I have asked this question so many times and never received and answer, so apparently you have all the answers, so here you go I’ll be waiting.
Hey I’m still waiting on that reply mr. rome answer person. I mean since you rc’s gave the world the bible and you know all the mysteries of your god. Since you and other rc’s continue to use the argument of Luther removed the 7 books I will continue to ask why are they so important to a rc?
At face value it appears that you rc’s are just mouth pieces and have no idea what you really believe in except the rcc.org. 1 Peter 3:!5 demands they you be able to defend your belief to everyone.
Do those 7 books belong in the Old or New Covenant?
If they are Old Covenant theology how exactly does that pertain to a New Covenant Christian?
If they are New Covenant books please explain this...
How are they New Covenant when they are clearly before Jesus Christ was manifested in the flesh at Bethlehem?
What theological significance such as salvation, heaven, or hell do they bring to the New Covenant that wasn’t clearly explained in our current New Testament?
I have asked this question before and never get and answer, so either explain it or quit using it. With no explanation it appears that you rcc’s are simply mouth peices of propaganda with no real understanding of Rome’s beliefs.
Please help me to understand why you rcc’s hang on to those 7 books like they contain the ultimate secrets to eternal life or eternal hell.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3864661/posts?q=1&;page=251
Ping me if you get an answer.
Unanswered questions, yet I would not surprised if a RC pipes up with 2 Maccabees 12 in support of RC purgatory (RCP). But which is not referring to RCP, in which souls are assured of salvation by atoning for sins thru suffering becoming good enough to actually be with God, for the fact is that the offerings in 2 Maccabees 12:40-45 were for those who died due to mortal sin in hope that they may see the resurrection (of the just), and thus the offerings were not that they may escape from purgatory . "Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain. ..they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain" - 2 Maccabees 12:40,42) For which mortal sinners there is no hope according to Rome herself.